The Beginning
This was the first victory of the Army.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
Established in 1802, this is the oldest service academy
What is West Point
This is the "unofficial" march song on the US Navy.
What is "Anchors Away"
The meaning of "Semper Fidelis"
What is "Always Faithful"
The three things on the Marine Corp Emblem
What is the Eagle, Globe & Anchor
This is where the Marines were founded.
What is Tun Tavern [located in Philadelphia, PA]
The Army adopted this song as their official song 1956
What is "The Army Goes Rolling Along"/"The Army Song"
The meaning of the acronym 'SEAL'
What is SEa, Air and Land
The most decorated Marine
Who is Chesty Puller
Name one of the recruitment slogans used by the Army, Navy or Marines.
What is: Be All You Can Be; Forged by the Sea; The Few. The Proud. The Marines.
The number of current Army regiments that are left from the American Revolution
What is one.
[1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery is the oldest unit in the US Army and the only existing unit that fought in the American Revolution. Known as "Hamilton's Own" as they were headed by Alexander Hamilton.]
The year that planes were introduced into the Army
What is 1910
The USS North Carolina saw action in which war?
What is WWII
The battle that the Marine Corp Memorial in Washington DC depicts
What is Iwo Jima
The flight demonstration squadron of the US Navy
Who are the Blue Angles
The first land battle of the Marines took place in 1805 during the First Barbary War. It gave the Marines the nickname "Leathernecks", the sword their officers still use in their dress uniform and this line in the Marines' Hymn.
What is "To the shores of Tripoli"
One US President is among the graduates of the US Army's War College which was founded in 1901
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower [class of 1928]
This is the oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy.
What is the USS Constitution
The war that saw the first woman to join the Marines.
What is WWI
[Sgt Opha May Johnson, 1918]
The meaning of "MRE" on food packets
Meals, Ready to Eat
This "Father of the Navy" hosted the first American flag on a Colonial Naval Vessel and was the first person in 100 years to attack the English on English soil in April of 1778.
Who is John Paul Jones
11 US Presidents achieved the rank of General in the Army. Name 4.
Who are: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hays, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Dwight D. Eisenhower
[Chester B. Arthur achieved the rank of General in the militia.]
This officer of the US Navy is credited with ending Japan's isolation
Who is Commodore Matthew C. Perry [in 1854, before the Civil War]
Invention that moved the Marines more into land combat
What is the stream engine
[Boarding ships became less common, as did hand to hand combat on ships]
George Washington's current rank (granted in 1976), or is equivalent
What is General of the Armies/6 star general