Jobs/agencies
in the Department of Defense
Statistics of the Department of Defense
Department of Defense random
100

The DoD is the _______ employer AND department in the U.S.

What is largest?

100

The leader of the DoD is the secretary of defense, who is appointed by the head of the executive branch. The head of the executive branch is also known as the _________.

What is President?

200

The DoD hires people in the _____ field to manage specific details about supplies, equipment, and transportation 

What is statistics?

200

The year the DoD was formed, rounded to the nearest decade.

What is 1950?

300

The number of U.S. Civilians working in the DoD

What is 700,000? 

300

The number of people, rounded to the nearest million, employed by the DoD.

What is 3 million? Specifically, 2,845,386 employees.

300

Where the DoD is headquartered.

What is the Pentagon?

400

The DoD has __ agencies. All teams can guess, closest gets the points.

What is 34?

400

The annual budget of the DoD, rounded to the nearest hundred billion

What is $800,000,000,000? Specifically, $842,000,000,000

400
Name at least two of the four armed forces branches the DoD operates.

What is the Air Force, Navy, Marines, and/or Army?

500

The current Secretary of Defense.

What is Pete Hegseth?

500

The only branch of the U.S. armed forces that is NOT operated by the DoD, and instead by the DHS (Homeland Security).

What is the U.S. Coast Guard?