Organizational Norms
In these services, junior members eat first.
What is the Army and Marine Corps?
The Air Force's Wild Weasels are often overheard shouting this unofficial motto, abbreviated "YGBSM"
What is "You Gotta Be Shittin' Me"?
This legendary unit parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and never surrendered despite being surrounded during the Battle of the Bulge
What is the 101st Airborne, Screamin' Eagles?
"Store No. 1" is the nickname for a famous coffee chain at this organization's HQ
What is Langley?
The Director of National Intelligence oversees this number of intelligence agencies in the U.S. Government.
What is 17?
Established in 1971 during the Vietnam War, this protected communication channel allows State Department employees to formally challenge current policies without fear of professional retaliation.
What is a dissent cable?
Semper Paratus is this service's slogan
What is the U.S. Coast Guard?
This person is the longest tenured Director of the FBI
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
Training academy of the FBI and Marine Corps officers
What is Quantico?
Headquartered on a military base in DC, this agency is often overshadowed by its 'central' cousin in Langley, despite being the Pentagon’s primary 'all-source' answer to the CIA.
What is the DIA?
This Netflix TV show depicts the FBI's transition from "old-school" Hoover-era law enforcement agents to the new age of behavioral science and profiling
What is Mindhunter?
"First to Fight" is this service's unofficial motto
What is the Marine Corps?
Known as "Amazing Grace," this Rear Admiral was a computer science pioneer who popularized the term "debugging" and helped develop COBOL.
Who is Grace Hopper?
Located in Nevada, this detachment of Edwards Air Force Base was officially acknowledged in 2013
What is Area 51?
To communicate secretly with an asset, a case officer might leave a message here.
What is a dead drop?
When boarding a naval vessel, you stop at the top of the gangway, face aft, and salute this object before saluting the Officer of the Deck.
What is the National Ensign (or the US Flag)?
"If you don’t fully fund the State Department, then I need to buy more ammunition" was said by...
Who is Secretary Jim Mattis?
This African American fighter group displayed exceptional valor in protecting bomber formations in WWII
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen (332nd Fighter Group/Red Tails)?
This base is the home of the Global Positioning System (GPS)
What is Schriever Space Force Base, CO?
This agency was unacknowledged until 1992, when then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Donald Atwood publicly discussed its existence, ending decades of secrecy surrounding its role in operating U.S. intelligence satellites
What is the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)?
This interagency group, chaired by the Ambassador, brings together heads of the CIA, FBI, and military to ensure that all 20+ U.S. government agencies in a foreign capital are following a single 'integrated strategy' rather than working at cross-purposes.
What is a country team?
In WWII, this was Major General McAuliffe's famous reply to the German's ultimatum to surrender at Bastogne
What is "NUTS!"?
Often called the "Father of Central Intelligence," this Army major general earned the Medal of Honor in France decades before heading up the OSS - the WWII precursor to the CIA.
Who is "Wild" Bill Donovan?
Bill Murray and Harold Ramis famously completed "Army training, sir!" at this Kentucky Army post to film the 1981 comedy Stripes, though the gold vault itself remained strictly off-limits to the production.
What is Fort Knox?
"Get rid of the clowns," this president said of the CIA. "What use are they? They've got 40,000 people over there reading newspapers."
Who is Richard Nixon?