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Trivia Questions

He was the first man to walk on the moon as an active member of the military

This man was the first Vietnam veteran nominated for president by either the Democrats or Republicans

The army's 8th & 39th infantry brigades are in this part of the U.K. to help defeat terror & maintain order

The amphibious "Royal" these date back to the 1600s & got a commando force in 1942, in time for D-Day

The navy was put in charge of this alphanumeric spy service; that's why James Bond is sometimes called "Commander"

Though lower-deck sailors were seldom made officers, Thomas Lyne rose to "rear" one of these

The youngest of the 3 British services, it had almost a million personnel by the end of WWII

(Sarah of the Clue Crew is flanked by two students at West Point, NY.) Freshmen at West Point are shown their place by being known as these, from a Roman term for ordinary, uneducated citizens

(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a field at West Point, NY.) This West Point grad went on to become a four-star general, & once declared, "It is as natural for me to be a soldier as it is to breathe"

(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a military exercise.) A shortage of blue cloth led to uniforms of a different color & to this 3-word term for the corps of cadets