| PENTAGON | US armed-forces headquarters (8) |
| POLICESTATION | Space to toil in converted force's headquarters (6,7) |
| GENDARMERIE | Grand lakeside wing appended to complete force's HQ (11) |
| ENLISTED | Belonging to (US) armed forces (8) |
| STARSAND | Official newspaper published for members of the US Armed Forces based overseas, ... Stripes (5,3) |
| MARINE | US armed forces branch, - - - - - - Corps (6) |
| DOD | Org. in charge of the US Armed Forces |
| MIL | URL ending for branches of the US armed forces |
| PURPLEHEART | Decoration for wounded members of the US armed forces (6,5) |
| JEEP | First mass-produced for the US armed forces in 1940, which sturdy, all-purpose, high-powered car was |
| AGENTORANGE | Powerful herbicide used by the US armed forces to defoliate jungles in the Vietnam War |
| PURPLEHEARTS | Decorations awarded to members of the US armed forces for wounds incurred in action (6,6) |
| BRIGADIERGENERAL | In the US armed forces, the rank above colonel (9,7) |
| ENLISTEDMAN | US armed forces member below the rank of an officer |
| GI | Enlisted soldier in the USA armed forces |
| USMC | Branch of the United States Armed Forces in which Lee Harvey Oswald served (1,1,1,1) |
| 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 |
| SWAT | US armed police unit was sent out on time (4) |
| DESERTED | Left the armed forces without permission (8) |
