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What did Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben teach the Continental Army?
Prussian tactics and organizational skills
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What year did American forces start being stationed in Vietnam?
1959
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What caused American forces to deploy in large number in 1965?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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What political structure did Vietnam have?
communist
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What was organized to replace the concept of U.S. Volunteers?
the "National Army"
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When was the National Army demobilized?
end of World War I
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Who filled vacancies in the Regular Army?
"Enlisted Reserve Corps" and "Officer Reserve Corps"
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Who is the highest-ranked military officer in the army?
The Chief of Staff
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Who does the Chief of Staff serve as the principal military adviser to?
Secretary of the Army
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How many military services beling to the Department of Defense?
four
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In what year did the Goldwater-Nichols act take place?
1986
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What branch of the USA Armed Forces is the largest?
The United States Army
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How many uniformed services are there in the US?
seven
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What years did the American Revolutionary War span?
1775–83
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What date was the U.S. Army created?
3 June 1784
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What did the U.S Army replace?
Continental Army
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The War of 1812 consisted of the U.S against whom?
United Kingdom
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In what year did the U.S. take control of Lake Eerie?
1813
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Who did the U.S. defeat to collapse the Indian Confederacy?
Tecumseh
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In the Battle of New Orleans, who defeated the British?
Andrew Jackson
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What political party did not have trust in standing armies?
republican
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Who did the state militias have ongoing conflict with?
Native Americans
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Who was defeated at the Battle of the Wabash?
General St. Clair
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In what year was the Legion of the United States established?
1791
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In what year was the Legion of the United States renamed to the United States Army?
1796
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Where is the National Training Center located?
Fort Irwin, California
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Where is the Joint Readiness Training Center located?
Fort Polk, Louisiana
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Where is the Joint Multinational Training Center located?
Hohenfels, Germany
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In what year was ARFORGEN approved?
2006
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In what states is Fort Bliss located?
New Mexico and Texas
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In what year did the Union Forces capture New Orleans?
1862
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Who took control of the Mississippi River in 1862-63?
Ulysses Grant
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Who captured Atlanta?
William T. Sherman
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Where did Lee surrender his army?
Appomattox Court House
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What war occurred after the end of World War II?
Cold War
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In what year were corps V and corps VII reactivated?
1950
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How many divisions of the U.S. Army were in Europe?
four
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What month and year did the U.S. join World War II?
December 1941
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Which military force attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japanese
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What is the month, day and year of "D-Day"?
June 6, 1944
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What war lead to the capture of the Pacific Islands by the U.S.?
Pacific War
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Who was responsible for the desegregation of the army?
Harry S. Truman
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Who adopted the Total Force Policy?
General Creighton Abrams
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What war was responsible for the creation of the Total Force Policy?
Vietnam War
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How many army components were affected by the Total Force Policy?
three
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Which country was invaded by the U.S. in October 2001?
Afghanistan
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The U.S. Army invaded Iraq in what year?
2003
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About how many U.S. soldiers died as of March 2008 due to counterinsurgency?
more than 4,000
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How many Iraqi insurgents were killed from 2003-2011?
23,813
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What were National Guard members considered before 1903?
state soldiers
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In what year did the Milita Act take place?
1903
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The Air Defense Artillery is a branch of what?
the Army
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National Guardsmen are under the authority of who?
the governor
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How many divisions are there in the U.S. Army?
10
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How many brigade teams did the Army downsize to by 2015?
32
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Who is the Army Chief of Staff?
Raymond Odierno
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By 2018, how many active Army members will there be?
450,000
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How many Army Reserve members will there be by 2018?
195,000
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What categories are U.S. Army training divided into?
individual and collective
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How long does basic training last?
10 weeks
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How long does military occupation specialties training last?
14–20 weeks
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What does OSUT stand for?
One Station Unit Training
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Where are the Armor School and the Infantry School both located?
Fort Benning, Georgia
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What does the SAW in M249 SAW stand for?
Squad Automatic Weapon
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What kind of gunfire is the M249 SAW generally used for?
suppressive fire
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What is the Mossberg 590 used for?
door breaching and close-quarters combat
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What gun do designated marksmen use?
M14EBR
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What semi-automatic sniper do Snipers use?
M110
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How many MRAP vehicles has the Pentagon bought since 2007?
25,000
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How many of the 25,000 vehicles do they plan on getting rid of?
7,456
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How many of the vehicles will be used for training?
1,073
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The Army will be keeping 5,681 of what vehicle?
Oshkosh M-ATV
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What type of ambulance will the Army have 301 of?
Maxxpro
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What piece of the uniform has been replaced by the patrol cap?
black beret
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Who was the Army Chief of Staff at this time?
General Martin Dempsey
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What month and year was the black beret replaced?
June 2011
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If a soldier is in a unit in jump status, what color beret do they wear?
maroon
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The rifle green beret is worn by whom?
Special Forces
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How many military departments does the Department of Defense have?
three
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What does SECARMY stand for?
Secretary of the Army
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What does CSA stand for?
Chief of Staff of the Army
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At the end of 2016, how many soldiers were in the Regular Army?
475,000
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How many soldiers were there in the entire U.S. Army at the end of 2016?
1,015,000
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What Indian tribe was the Army's major campaign against?
Seminoles
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During what years did the wars between the Army and the Seminoles take place?
1818–58
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What state were the Seminoles moved to?
Oklahoma
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What did the Army traditionally take control of to defeat the Indians?
winter food supply
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During what century did the Seminoles enter Florida?
eighteenth
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What year did the Korean War start?
1950
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Who walked out of the U.N. security meeting?
the Soviets
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In what two countries did the American troops fight Communist forces?
Korea and Vietnam
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In what year did the Korean war end?
1953
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In 1989, what did the Pentagon plan to reduce the army end strength to?
580,000
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Which country did Iraq invade in 1990?
Kuwait
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What operation began in January 1991?
Desert Storm
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How many troops were involved in Operation Desert Storm?
500,000
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How long did Operation Desert Storm last?
one hundred hours
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What year was the U.S. army organized?
1775
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What group combined with the U.S. Army?
United States Volunteers
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Who raised the United States Volunteers?
various state governments
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