Army
The army has about 400,000 enlisted personnel & about 80,000 of these higher rankers
What is Officers
The song most commonly associated with the Air Force begins, "Off we go into" this
What is "The Wild Blue Yonder"
Time is kept on Navy ships through the sounding of these; 8 of them signify the end of a 4-hour watch
What are Bells
A photo of the flag-raising on this island was used as a model for the Marine Memorial at Arlington
What is Iwo Jima
The Jayhawk helicopter can reach 205 miles per hour as one of the Coast Guard's main assets in SAR, "search and" this
What is Rescue
n 1970 Anna Mae Hays became the first woman to achieve this rank in the U.S. Army
What is a general
This European operation that began in 1948 was the independent USAF's first major international challenge
What is The Berlin Airlift
In 1898 this man resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to organize a volunteer cavalry regiment
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
he Mameluke sword carried by officers dates to 1805, when the Marines rid the "shores of" this place of pirates
What is Tripoli
The USCG has reach--a PSU went to protect Navy ships after the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in this Mideast country
What is Yemen
Opened in 1802, the U.S. Army's military academy is at West Point in this state
What is New York
By the end of the Vietnam War, the USAF was guiding bombs with this acronymic technology dating from around 1960
What is Laser
Name shared by Barbary Coast pirates of the 1700s & U.S. Navy World War II fighter planes
Who is Corsairs
In the Pacific, Marine bases are located at Oahu, Hawaii & this Japanese island in the Ryukyus
What is Okinawa
One job of a USCG tender is inspecting & replacing buoys, fog signals, lights & other indicators, collectively called aids to this
What is Navigation
In 1863 the U.S. government passed the first of these laws compelling young men to sign up for service in the Army
What are draft laws (or conscription laws)
The continental U.S.-based interceptor force is provided by this homefront body formed the same day as the USAF
What is the Air National Guard
It's the last year a Naval Academy graduate was a major-party candidate for president
What is 1980
Marine recruits receive basic training in one of 2 places: Parris Island, S.C. or this Southern California city
What is San Diego
In WWII a major Coast Guard task was hunting these vessels, Hitler's main weapon in the Battle of the Atlantic
U-Boat
About 200,000 strong, this non-active duty part of the U.S. Army has its headquarters in Atlanta
What are The Reserves
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is less glamorously nicknamed for this hideous animal
What is the Warthog
The headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet is in this Persian Gulf island country
What is Bahrain
In 1962 he became the first Marine to orbit the Earth
Who is John Glenn
The Coast Guard looks out for the smuggling of drugs & people in this practice, from the old French for "to forbid"
What is Interdiction