Boot Camp: Do You Know U.S. Military Basics?

Which branch of the U.S. Army is popularly known as the Green Berets?

The French Foreign Legion

The Commandos

The Commodores

The Special Forces

Who became the first general and commander in chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775?

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Paul Revere

Benedict Arnold

Which branch of the armed services maintains most of the U.S. nuclear arsenal?

Army

Navy

Air Force

Marine Corps

During which battle was this photograph taken?

Which battle was this? (Image Credit: AP/Wide World Photos/Joe Rosenthal)

Battle of Iwo Jima

Battle of Ypres

Battle of Navarino

It was not taken in a battle; the image was created at Camp Lejeune for a Marine Corps recruiting poster

How do U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missiles pinpoint targets?

Coordinates of the target are preprogrammed

A built-in Global Positioning System receiver tracks the missile and target

Onboard infrared cameras confirm that the missile is approaching the correct target

All of the above

Who founded the United States Military Academy at West Point?

Thomas Jefferson

William Sherman

John Pershing

George Patton

About what percent of the U.S. federal budget goes to military spending?

9 percent

17 percent

33 percent

60 percent

Among the nations with the largest military budgets, U.S. military spending:

Ranks second, behind Russia's

Is roughly equal to Russia's

Roughly equals the combined budgets of Russia and Japan

Is roughly equal to the combined budgets of the other nine biggest spenders

What emerging technology did Theodore Roosevelt direct the Army to pursue in 1907?

Automatic weaponry

Rocketry

Aircraft

Nuclear fission

Approximately how many Department of Defense employees work at the Pentagon?

Pentagon (Image Credit: Photo Researchers, Inc.)

5,000

12,000

23,000

60,000