| PURPLEHEART | Decoration for wounded members of the US armed forces (6,5) |
| AGENTORANGE | Powerful herbicide used by the US armed forces to defoliate jungles in the Vietnam War |
| STARSAND | Official newspaper published for members of the US Armed Forces based overseas, ... Stripes (5,3) |
| PURPLEHEARTS | Decorations awarded to members of the US armed forces for wounds incurred in action (6,6) |
| MARINE | Member of the US armed forces, maybe |
| MIL | URL ending for branches of the US armed forces |
| PENTAGON | The HQ of the US armed forces (8) |
| ENLISTEDMAN | US armed forces member below the rank of an officer |
| DOD | Org. in charge of the US Armed Forces |
| GREENBERETS | Members of the US Army Special Forces |
| BRIGADIERGENERAL | In the US armed forces, the rank above colonel (9,7) |
| CONGRESSMAN | Meeting with fellow member of the US House of Representatives (11) |
| JEEP | First mass-produced for the US armed forces in 1940, which sturdy, all-purpose, high-powered car was |
| GI | An enlisted soldier in the USA armed forces especially the army |
| GIS | Enlisted soldiers in the USA armed forces, especially the army |
| DEFCON | System of five graduated levels of readiness for the United States Armed Forces |
| USMC | Branch of the United States Armed Forces in which Lee Harvey Oswald served (1,1,1,1) |
| REPS | Members of the US House for short |
| ENLISTED | Belonging to (US) armed forces (8) |
| BERET | Green ___ (hat for a member of the US Army Special Forces) |
