It is actually an American Civil war reference. The Zouave style is one of the silliest uniforms of all times. Here is some info from wiki that is very accurate and concise in summing up the story of the "Fire Zouaves" -
Arguably the most famous Union Zouave regiments were from New York: the
5th New York Volunteer Infantry, "Duryee's Zouaves" (after its first colonel,
Abram Duryee), and the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry, "Fire Zouaves". The 11th New York was initially led by Col.
Elmer E. Ellsworth, until his death in 1861. The regiment was badly mauled during the
First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. The 5th New York was considered one of the elite units of the
Army of the Potomac and was only one of two volunteer regiments brigaded with the regular division commanded by
George Sykes. At the
Second Battle of Bull Run, the 5th New York, along with another Zouave regiment, the 10th New York "National Zouaves", held off the flanking attack of
James Longstreet's Corps for ten crucial minutes before it was overrun. The 5th New York thus suffered the highest percentage of casualties in the shortest amount of time of any unit in the Civil War (of 525 men, approximately 120 were killed and 330 were wounded in less than 10 minutes). From 1863 onward, Zouave uniforms were often used to reward Union army regiments for exceptional battlefield performance. Zouaves gradually vanished from the U.S. military in the 1870s and 1880s, as the militia system slowly transformed into the
National Guard.
The Fire Zouave
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