United States Army - Quiz
United States Army
  • 1. How many active divisions does the U.S. Army currently have?
A) 12
B) 8
C) 10
D) 14
  • 2. Which active duty division does not have permanently assigned brigade combat teams?
A) 1st Infantry Division
B) 11th Airborne Division
C) 2nd Infantry Division
D) 25th Infantry Division
  • 3. Where is the 2nd Infantry Division based?
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) South Korea
D) Alaska
  • 4. Who was the Army Chief of Staff that projected the 2018 strength reductions?
A) Raymond Odierno
B) Donald Trump
C) George Marshall
D) Mary K. Izaguirre
  • 5. Which division was formed by the reorganization of United States Army Alaska?
A) 2nd Infantry Division
B) 25th Infantry Division
C) 10th Mountain Division
D) 11th Airborne Division
  • 6. How many Armored brigade combat teams are in the active component following recent transitions?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 14
D) 11
  • 7. Which branch provides virtually all psychological operations and civil affairs units?
A) National Guard
B) Active Duty
C) Army Reserve
D) Medical Department
  • 8. Who is the incumbent Surgeon General of the United States Army?
A) Mary K. Izaguirre
B) George Washington
C) Raymond Odierno
D) Dwight Eisenhower
  • 9. How many medical-focused specialty branches are within AMEDD?
A) 6
B) 4
C) 8
D) 10
  • 10. What is the former name of the United States Army Medical Department?
A) Army Health Corps
B) Surgeon General Office
C) Military Medical Command
D) Army Medical Service
  • 11. Which rank does the Surgeon General of the United States Army hold?
A) Colonel
B) Major general
C) Lieutenant general
D) Brigadier general
  • 12. How many Infantry brigade combat teams are in the active component following recent transitions?
A) 12
B) 11
C) 6
D) 14
  • 13. Which branch is NOT one of the six AMEDD specialty corps?
A) Infantry Corps
B) Dental Corps
C) Veterinary Corps
D) Nurse Corps
  • 14. How many Army civilians were killed in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001?
A) 125
B) 22
C) 53
D) 47
  • 15. In what year did the U.S. Army lead the invasion of Iraq?
A) 2003
B) 2001
C) 2009
D) 2013
  • 16. Approximately how many insurgents were killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2011?
A) 4,000
B) 23,813
C) 450,000
D) 12,000
  • 17. What was the name of the Army's chief modernization plan until 2009?
A) Joint Modernization Command
B) Active-Army end-strength program
C) Brigade Modernization Command
D) Future Combat Systems
  • 18. What did the Brigade Modernization Command become in 2017?
A) Active-Army Command
B) Modernization Headquarters
C) Future Combat Systems
D) Joint Modernization Command
  • 19. To what level were the Army's end-strengths projected to fall by the end of fiscal year 2017?
A) 4,000
B) 23,813
C) 1940
D) 450,000
  • 20. Which helicopters did the Army retire between 2016 and 2017?
A) Apache gunships
B) Black Hawk helicopters
C) OH-58 Kiowa Warrior
D) Chinook helicopters
  • 21. What missile had its first combat use against Iran in 2026?
A) ATACMS
B) Hellfire
C) Patriot
D) Precision Strike Missile
  • 22. Which unit was speculated to assist in the April 2026 pilot rescue operation in Iran?
A) The Pentagon guard
B) Joint Modernization Command
C) 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
D) 10th Mountain Division
  • 23. Which two corps were reactivated under the Seventh United States Army in 1950?
A) IX and X
B) V and VII
C) III and IV
D) I and II
  • 24. In which month and year did the Korean War begin?
A) July 1953
B) June 1950
C) January 1950
D) May 1945
  • 25. What event allowed the UN Security Council to authorize military action in Korea?
A) The collapse of the North Korean government
B) The Soviets walked out of a meeting
C) The surrender of the Chinese military
D) A formal declaration of war by the UN
  • 26. When was the Korean Armistice Agreement signed?
A) May 1968
B) June 1950
C) December 1967
D) July 1953
  • 27. Why is the Vietnam War often regarded as a low point for the U.S. Army?
A) Use of drafted personnel and unpopularity
B) Loss of the traditional battlefield
C) Lack of intelligence and training
D) Insufficient weapon technology
  • 28. What incident in 1965 led to the large-scale deployment of U.S. forces to Vietnam?
A) The invasion of West Germany
B) Gulf of Tonkin Incident
C) The fall of Saigon
D) The Korean Armistice
  • 29. What type of tactics did the Viet Cong and NVA use that troubled U.S. forces?
A) Full-scale armored warfare
B) Guerrilla hit and run tactics
C) Aerial bombardment
D) Naval blockades
  • 30. Who was the Secretary of Defense that restructured the Army National Guard in 1967?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Robert McNamara
  • 31. How many combat divisions remained in the Army National Guard after the 1967 cuts?
A) Fifteen
B) Eight
C) Eighteen
D) Seven
  • 32. How many brigades were in the Army National Guard after the 1967 restructuring?
A) 7
B) 5
C) 18
D) 15
  • 33. What primary reason convinced state governors to accept the Army National Guard reorganization?
A) Increased federal funding
B) Promises of shorter deployments
C) New mechanized weaponry
D) No reduction in total strength
  • 34. Between which dates did the states reorganize their National Guard forces under the 1967 plan?
A) 1 June 1950 and 1 July 1953
B) 1 July 1960 and 1 July 1970
C) 1 December 1967 and 1 May 1968
D) 1 January 1965 and 1 December 1965
  • 35. What was the main purpose of U.S. troops in countries like Belgium and the Netherlands until the 1990s?
A) Stabilizing the Vietnam War
B) Managing the Korean Armistice
C) Assisting in the Gulf of Tonkin
D) Anticipation of a possible Soviet attack
  • 36. What was the U.S. Army's mission following the Civil War?
A) Training new naval recruits
B) Invading foreign nations in Europe
C) Containing western Native American tribes on reservations
D) Patrolling the borders of Canada
  • 37. Which military branch fought the key battles of the Spanish–American War of 1898?
A) The Marines
B) The Air Force
C) The Navy
D) The Army
  • 38. When did the U.S. Army begin acquiring fixed-wing aircraft?
A) 1910
B) 1898
C) 1916
D) 1941
  • 39. Which rebel leader attacked Columbus, New Mexico in 1916?
A) Antonio López de Santa Anna
B) George C. Marshall
C) Pancho Villa
D) Harry S. Truman
  • 40. When did the U.S. intervention in Mexico following the attack on Columbus end?
A) September 1939
B) December 1941
C) 7 February 1917
D) November 1918
  • 41. In what capacity did the U.S. join World War I in 1917?
A) As an independent nation without allies
B) As the leader of the Axis powers
C) As an Associated Power
D) As a neutral observer
  • 42. Who became Army chief of staff in September 1939?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) George C. Marshall
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Pancho Villa
  • 43. How many amphibious landings did the Army conduct in the Pacific during World War II?
A) 89
B) 86
C) 12
D) 71
  • 44. When did the Army Air Forces separate to become the United States Air Force?
A) August 1945
B) June 1944
C) September 1947
D) January 1948
  • 45. What order desegregated the U.S. Army in 1948?
A) The Armistice of 1918
B) The Reconstruction Act
C) Executive Order 9981
D) The Pearl Harbor Decree
  • 46. Which nation's army was larger than the U.S. Army in 1939?
A) Germany
B) Spain
C) Portugal
D) Japan
  • 47. In which region did U.S. Army forces make up the vast majority of ground forces during the Pacific War?
A) The Mexican border
B) The Pacific Islands
C) The Western Front
D) French North Africa
  • 48. How long has the peace between the U.S. and Great Britain lasted following the War of 1812?
A) One century
B) Seventy-five years
C) Over two centuries
D) Fifty years
  • 49. How long did the conflict between the U.S. and the Seminoles last?
A) Over 50 years
B) 10 years
C) Over 20 years
D) Over 100 years
  • 50. What was the primary cause of death in the Civil War according to the text?
A) Combat
B) Disease
C) Starvation
D) Exposure
  • 51. Who led the Union forces beginning in 1864?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) William T. Sherman
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Ulysses Grant
  • 52. What strategy was used by the Union to help strangle the Confederacy?
A) Seizing winter food supplies
B) Blockading ports
C) Negotiating with European powers
D) Forming alliances with enemies
  • 53. Which city did General William T. Sherman capture during his march?
A) Atlanta
B) New Orleans
C) Richmond
D) Vicksburg
  • 54. Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender his army?
A) Vicksburg
B) Appomattox Court House
C) Richmond
D) Atlanta
  • 55. Which state was ceded to the U.S. after the Mexican-American War?
A) Florida
B) Georgia
C) California
D) Louisiana
  • 56. What body of water did General Ulysses Grant seize during the Vicksburg Campaign?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Mississippi River
C) Rio Grande
D) Tennessee River
  • 57. Who helped teach Prussian Army tactics and organizational skills to the Continental Army?
A) General St. Clair
B) Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
C) Nathanael Greene
D) George Washington
  • 58. Which nation provided aid and military thinking to the Continental Army?
A) Prussia
B) Netherlands
C) France
D) Spain
  • 59. Which general used a strategy of hitting where the British were weakest in the South?
A) Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
B) Nathanael Greene
C) George Washington
D) General St. Clair
  • 60. In what year did the Continental Army achieve a decisive victory at Yorktown?
A) 1777
B) 1781
C) 1776
D) 1780
  • 61. What happened to the Continental Army soldiers after the war?
A) They were sent to the Western Frontier
B) They were given pensions
C) They were immediately drafted into militias
D) They were given land certificates
  • 62. Where was the single battery of artillery stationed after the war?
A) West Point
B) Yorktown
C) Philadelphia
D) Trenton
  • 63. How many soldiers were killed at the Battle of the Wabash?
A) More than 200
B) More than 1,000
C) More than 500
D) More than 800
  • 64. In what year was the Legion of the United States renamed the United States Army?
A) 1791
B) 1799
C) 1796
D) 1789
  • 65. During which conflict did Congress establish a 'Provisional Army'?
A) The War of 1812
B) The war against Native Americans
C) The Quasi-War with France
D) The Revolutionary War
  • 66. Which body created the Continental Army?
A) State militias
B) The British Parliament
C) United States Congress
D) Second Continental Congress
  • 67. In what year was the United States Army founded?
A) 1775
B) 1784
C) 1812
D) 1776
  • 68. Which combat vehicle is operated by the U.S. Army?
A) Virginia-class submarine
B) M1 Abrams
C) F-22 Raptor
D) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
  • 69. What is the Army's reorganization plan due date?
A) 2028
B) 2025
C) 2030
D) 2024
  • 70. Which of these is a major branch of the U.S. Army?
A) Space Operations
B) Coastal Defense
C) Submarine Warfare
D) Armor
  • 71. What is the name of the helicopter used by the U.S. Army?
A) AH-1 Cobra
B) CH-47 Chinook
C) AH-64 Apache
D) UH-60 Black Hawk
  • 72. What is the name of the joint military training exercise held between the United States and Egypt?
A) Operation Just Cause
B) Exercise Bright Star
C) Operation Urgent Fury
D) Operation Desert Storm
  • 73. What act in 1986 created unified combatant commands?
A) Reorganization Act of 1980
B) Desert Storm Act
C) Total Force Policy Act
D) Goldwater–Nichols Act
  • 74. What was the code name for the 1983 invasion of Grenada?
A) Operation Bright Star
B) Operation Desert Storm
C) Operation Just Cause
D) Operation Urgent Fury
  • 75. What was the code name for the 1989 invasion of Panama?
A) Operation Urgent Fury
B) Operation Reorganization
C) Operation Desert Storm
D) Operation Just Cause
  • 76. Which country invaded Kuwait in 1990?
A) Egypt
B) Iraq
C) Panama
D) Grenada
  • 77. What operation commenced in January 1991 to drive out Iraqi forces?
A) Operation Urgent Fury
B) Operation Desert Storm
C) Operation Just Cause
D) Operation Bright Star
  • 78. Which year did the Department of Defense issue guidance for 'rebalancing' after a review of the Total Force Policy?
A) 2004
B) 1986
C) 1990
D) 1991
  • 79. Who concluded in 2004 that rebalancing guidance would reverse the Total Force Policy?
A) General Creighton Abrams
B) The Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) The Pentagon briefers
D) USAF Air War College scholars
  • 80. In what decade was the army primarily focused on reorganization?
A) 1970s
B) 1960s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s
  • 81. What incentive was mentioned for reducing army end strength in 1989?
A) Service extension
B) Mandatory enlistment
C) Increased bonuses
D) Early retirement
  • 82. When was a task force formed to address Army modernization?
A) 1933
B) 1916
C) 2018
D) 2017
  • 83. How much funding was allocated for modernization priorities in the FY2020 budget?
A) $22 billion
B) $50 billion
C) $30 billion
D) $8 billion
  • 84. When did the task of organizing the U.S. Army begin?
A) 1933
B) 1941
C) 1775
D) 1916
  • 85. During the 19th century, what force augmented the U.S. Army during times of war?
A) United States Volunteers
B) Army Futures Command
C) State defense forces
D) Regular Army
  • 86. Who has authority over National Guardsmen when they serve as state reserve members?
A) The Army Chief of Staff
B) The Governor
C) The Secretary of Defense
D) The President
  • 87. What is the vehicle for sustainable reform of the acquisition process for the future?
A) State militias
B) Permanent forts
C) Career soldiers
D) Cross-functional teams
  • 88. How many components is the U.S. Army made up of?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Two
D) Four
  • 89. Under which Title of the United States Code is the Army National Guard organized?
A) Title 50
B) Title 18
C) Title 10
D) Title 32
  • 90. Where is United States Army Pacific headquartered?
A) Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden, Germany
B) Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
C) Fort Shafter, Hawaii
D) Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • 91. What is the base unit of the U.S. Army after its transformation?
A) Battalions
B) Divisions
C) Regiments
D) Brigades
  • 92. Which of the following is a type of brigade combat team?
A) Maritime brigades
B) Stryker brigades
C) Logistics brigades
D) Tank brigades
  • 93. What is the strength of an Armored brigade as of 2014?
A) 4,500 troops
B) 5,000 troops
C) 4,743 troops
D) 4,413 troops
  • 94. How often do part-time soldiers in reserve components perform battle assemblies?
A) Every day
B) Twice a year
C) Once a week
D) Once a month
  • 95. Where is United States Army Europe and Africa headquartered?
A) Fort Sam Houston, Texas
B) Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden, Germany
C) Fort Shafter, Hawaii
D) Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
  • 96. What is the name of the Army's integrated personnel and pay system?
A) TMTF
B) BCAP
C) DOPMA
D) IPPS-A
  • 97. When did the Army Reserve and Active Army begin using IPPS-A?
A) December 2021
B) 17 January 2023
C) January 2020
D) 17 January 2022
  • 98. What does the acronym BCAP stand for?
A) Battalion Commission Assessment Program
B) Brigade Commander Assessment Personnel
C) Battalion Commander Assessment Program
D) Basic Command Assessment Personnel
  • 99. What are officers encouraged to file if there is adverse information in their record?
A) Resignations
B) Grievances
C) Rebuttals
D) Appeals
  • 100. Which of these is not listed as a path to becoming a commissioned officer?
A) Officer Candidate School
B) Enlisted promotion board
C) Reserve Officers' Training Corps
D) United States Military Academy
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