Military Children
80% of military children speak more than one language
Fact
What is deployment?
Which country has the largest Navy in the world?
Where is the United States of America?
What color do we use to honor all of the military branches?
What is purple?
If you combine all of the branch colors, it is said to make the color purple. This is why Purple is used to honor all military.
Fact or Fiction
Marines are part of the Navy.
What is fact?
Did you know Marines were initially created as bodyguards for the Navy to fend off pirates? Today the Marines come from the Naval Academy with training to invade and secure land for the Navy.
True or False
Military children are more likely to serve in the military when they grow up?
They are 2x more likely to join the military than civilian youth.
A term often used over radio to mean "yes" or "message received".
What is "Roger"?
This one is pretty common knowledge, though not all civilians may know why the military says, “Roger that,” rather than “yes.” Under the old NATO phonetic alphabet, the letter R was pronounced, “Roger” on the radio. Radio operators would say, “Roger,” to mean that a message had been properly received. The meaning evolved until “roger” meant “yes.” Today, the NATO phonetic alphabet says, “Romeo,” in place of R, but “roger” is still used to mean a message was received.
The Navy use this term, bamboozle, which also means what?
What is deceive or trick?
In today's Navy when you intentionally deceive someone, usually as a joke, you are said to have bamboozled them. The word was used in the days of sail, also, but the intent was not hilarity. Bamboozle meant to deceive a passing vessel as to your ship's origin or nationality by flying an ensign other than your own -- a common practice of pirates.
Who is the Commander and Chief over all of the military?
Who is the President?
Fact or Fiction
Virginia has the highest active duty population in the nation.
What is fiction?
California is #1 in active dut population. Virginia falls close behind at #2.
Roughly how many US military kids are there around the world?
What is 1.2 million?
A term used meaning "I've got your back".
What is "got your six"?
Military members commonly describe direction using the hours of a clock. Whichever direction the vehicle, unit, or individual is moving is the 12 o’clock position, so the six o’clock position is to the rear. “Got your six” and the related “watch your six” come from service members telling each other that their rear is covered or that they need to watch out for an enemy attacking from behind.
True or False:
You always know how long a deployment will be.
The typical deployment is 6-9 months but the timeframe may be adjusted.
What are the 6 different branch of the military?
What are the Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, Army, Coast Guard, Reserves and National Guard?
The first black woman enlisted in the military in the 1800's.
Fact
The first black woman to enlist in the Army was Cathay Williams. She was enlisted under the name William Cathay in 1866.
At what age do military children get their ID?
What is age 10?
A commonly use term taken from the military that is yelled when jumping off of something.
What is Geronimo?
“Geronimo” is yelled by jumpers leaping from a great height, but it has military origins. Paratroopers with the original test platoon at Fort Benning, Georgia yelled the name of the famous Native American chief on their first mass jump. The exclamation became part of airborne culture and the battalion adopted it as their motto.
What is the largest ship in the Navy?
What is the Aircraft Carrier?
Women make up this percentage of the military.
What is 14.4%?
Women make up 14.4% of active duty forces, roughly 18%make up the Reserve.
Dogs were not used in the military until the 1900's.
What is fiction?
Their work wasn’t recognized until WWII when Dobermans were used to scout the Pacific theater. Today we have bomb canines that are worth up to $150,000 in training.
Military children are also called this nickname.
What is a military brat?
Another name for military members relocating for work.
What is a P.C.S?
Also known as a Permanent Change of Station
Where is the largest Navy base in the world?
What is Naval Station Norfolk?
The Air Force's F117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research on how this insect flies.
What is the bumble bee?
Woman have always been involved in the military.
What is fact
Women have been involved since inception with the first woman spy employed during the Revolutionary War. To this day no one knows her identity.