The U.S. Army Quiz

You can join the Army if you are a resident alien, too.

You cannot be more than 35 years old, and you can serve as a 17-year-old with parental consent.

"Hooah" is military slang referring to or meaning "anything and everything except no."

In 1778, the Continental Congress charged Gen. George Washington with deciding on a service uniform for the Continental Army, and he directed soldiers to wear "blue coats with differing facings for the various state troops, artillery, artillery artificers and light dragoons."

Before the Revolutionary War, the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought by militias until it was clear a serious war was coming. Then, on June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized a Continental Army with a unified command structure to be led by Maj. Gen. George Washington, hence the birth of the U.S. Army.

Col. Douglas Wheelock graduated from West Point. His first mission to space was in 2008 to the International Space Station, where he participated in three spacewalks.

The biggest helicopter in present use by the U.S. Army is the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, which can carry 33 combat-equipped soldiers or up to 50 troops.

The Humvee replaced the jeep and can be configured as a troop carrier, armament carrier, shelter carrier, ambulance, TOW missile carrier or scout vehicle.

The M4 carbine is the standard weapon for brigade combat teams. It is lightweight, mobile and adaptable and can be mounted with an M203A2 grenade launcher, M320A1 grenade launcher or M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System.

Over the course of 10 weeks at Basic Combat Training, Army recruits learn tactical and survival skills, as well as how to shoot, rappel and march.

The four paths to becoming an officer are through Army ROTC, direct commission, Officer Candidate School and United States Military Academy at West Point.

The infantry branch is the main land combat force. It is responsible for meeting any threat by land.

The lowest in this ordering is second lieutenant, and the highest is brigadier general.

A lieutenant colonel commands a battalion, which usually includes two or more companies and 400 to 1,200 troops.

This rank is only achievable in times of war, when the commanding officer must be of equal or higher rank than those commanding armies from allied nations.

Those five officers were George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Henry H. Arnold, Omar Bradley and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In 1950, General Omar Bradley was promoted to five-star general of the Army, the last to achieve that rank. He also served as Army chief of staff and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces.

Mary Edwards Walker is the only woman to earn the Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War.

Spurred on by the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress approved the creation of WAAC on May 14, 1942.

The historic December 2015 decision now allows women to lead infantry soldiers into combat and serve as Army Rangers, Green Berets, Navy SEALs and everything else that was previously open only to men.

Capt. Kristen Griest made history by being the first woman be branched infantry on April 25, 2016. Griest also is one of the first two women to meet all the requirements to complete Ranger School.

"The Army Goes Rolling Along" was originally written by Edmund L. Gruber and titled "Caisson Song."

Until 1946, the U.S. Air Force was called the Army Air Corps.

On Sept. 16, 1940, Congress passed the Burke-Wadsworth Act and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States was imposed.

One hundred years after Lt. Col. Roosevelt charged up San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, the nation awarded him the Medal of Honor.

Only one — James Buchanan — never became an officer.

The yellow swastika on a square red background served as recognition of the large number of Native Americans serving in the 45th Infantry Division. It also symbolized the Spanish heritage of the four Southwestern states that made up the membership of the 45th — Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. The division changed it to a thunderbird in the late 1930s for obvious reasons.

The 1st Infantry Division, also known as the Big Red One for its combat shoulder patch, has seen continuous action since its development in 1917 during World War I.

Only about half of all soldiers will make it through the Benning phase of Ranger School; only about 40 percent will complete the entire training to become Rangers.