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United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon
United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, a 24-Marine precision drill unit of Marine Barracks Washington performing wordless routines with M1 Garand rifles since 1948, selected via Silent Drill School with a 70 percent drop rate.
United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command
MARSOC, also called Marine Raiders, is the Marine Corps component of USSOCOM, activated February 24, 2006 at Camp Lejeune, with about 3,500 personnel in the Marine Raider Regiment, Support Group, and Training Center.
United States Maritime Administration
The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD), established in 1950, is a U.S. Department of Transportation agency that promotes the American maritime industry and maintains reserve cargo ships for national emergencies.
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is the DOJ bureau, descended from the 1789 Judiciary Act, that enforces federal court orders, runs fugitive task forces, safeguards judges and witnesses, and manages federal prisoners.
United States Medical Licensing Examination
USMLE, the United States Medical Licensing Examination, is the three-Step exam (Step 1, Step 2 CK, Step 3) owned by FSMB and NBME that physicians must pass for US medical licensure; first administered 1992, Step 1 pass/fail since January 26, 2022, four attempts per Step.
United States Men's Curling Championship
United States Men's Curling Championship, the USA Curling national men's title (Kay Sugahara trophy), a round-robin with Page Playoffs whose winner represents the US at the World Men's Curling Championship; Team Shuster won in 2023.
United States men's national basketball team
United States men's national basketball team, Team USA, USA Basketball-selected squad for Olympics and FIBA World Cup; 1936 gold pioneer, 1992 Dream Team, five straight Olympic titles through 2024, but 2019 and 2023 World Cup setbacks.
United States men's national ice hockey team
United States men's national ice hockey team, Team USA, run by USA Hockey, IIHF member since 1920; won its third Olympic gold at Milan Cortina 2026, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime, first title since the 1980 Miracle on Ice.
United States men's national soccer team
United States men's national soccer team (USMNT): the U.S. men's international soccer team under U.S. Soccer (founded 1913). 12 World Cups, 1930 semifinal, 2002 quarterfinal, seven Gold Cups, coached by Mauricio Pochettino through 2030.
United States men's national under-20 soccer team
United States men's national under-20 soccer team (U-20 MYNT), U.S. Soccer's under-20 men's side: 18 of 24 FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances tied with Argentina for second-most, fourth place in 1989, three straight Concacaf titles (2017, 2018, 2022), and 44 alumni who reached senior World Cups.
United States men's national volleyball team
The United States men's national volleyball team represents the US in international play, with Olympic gold in 1984, 1988, and 2008 and the 1986 World Championship title.
United States Merchant Marine
The United States Merchant Marine is the fleet of privately owned, U.S.-registered merchant ships that carries cargo and passengers, with civilian crews who support the military in wartime.
United States Merchant Marine Academy
United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA, Kings Point), a federal service academy at Kings Point, NY, run by MARAD under DOT; trains merchant marine officers with a condensed three-year curriculum, Sea Year at sea, Coast Guard license, and reserve commission.
United States midterm election
United States midterm election: congressional election halfway through a president's term, all 435 House seats and one-third of the Senate on the ballot; next held November 3, 2026; the president's party has lost House seats in every midterm since the Civil War except 1934.
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy, located in West Point, New York, is the oldest continuously occupied military post in America. It trains officers for the U.S. Army.
United States military buildup in the Caribbean during Operation Southern Spear
US military buildup in the Caribbean during Operation Southern Spear: a 2025 concentration of SOUTHCOM forces, including the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group, F-35s, MQ-9s, and about 15,000 personnel, one of the largest U.S. regional deployments since the Cold War, supporting strikes on alleged drug vessels and pressure on Venezuela.
United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan
U.S. military casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021): 2,461 U.S. deaths and over 20,000 wounded per the Department of Defense, with over 775,000 troops deployed; deadliest year 2010, IEDs the leading cause at 44% of war-zone deaths.
United States military casualties of war
United States military casualties of war cover American service members' deaths and wounds from 1775 to the present, tracked by VA and DCAS; about 651,031 battle deaths through 1991, led by the Civil War and World War II.
United States military deployments
United States military deployments are the stationing of American forces abroad. As of December 2025, 169,589 active-duty troops were stationed overseas, with Japan and Germany hosting the most.
United States Military Government in Cuba
The United States Military Government in Cuba was the provisional U.S. military government administering Cuba from 1898 until the Republic of Cuba was inaugurated in 1902.
United States military government in France
United States military government in France: the 1943-1944 Allied AMGOT plans for administering liberated French territory, with occupation currency, that de Gaulle opposed; AMGOT was never applied in France.
United States military nuclear incident terminology
United States military nuclear incident terminology is the set of Pentagon flagwords, including Broken Arrow and Bent Spear, that classify accidents involving U.S. nuclear weapons.
United States military occupation code
United States military occupation codes, such as the Army MOS, Air Force AFSC, and Navy NEC, classify service members' jobs; DMDC crosswalks and the DOL Military to Civilian Crosswalk translate them across services and to civilian SOC and O*NET occupations.
United States Military Standard
A United States military standard, or MIL-STD, is a standardization document setting uniform engineering and technical requirements for products used by the US Department of Defense.
United States Military Telegraph Corps
The United States Military Telegraph Corps, usually called the U.S. Military Telegraph (USMT), was a civilian organization that operated telegraph lines for the Union War Department during the Civil War.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States Minor Outlying Islands (UM, FIPS 74): nine small uninhabited U.S. island territories in the Pacific and Caribbean, including Midway, Wake, Palmyra Atoll, and Navassa Island.
United States Mint
The United States Mint, or US Mint, is the federal bureau created by Congress in 1792 that manufactures all US legal tender coinage; it joined the Treasury in 1873.
United States MRAP program
The United States MRAP program was a Department of Defense effort begun in February 2007 to rapidly buy V-hulled armored vehicles protecting troops from IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan.
United States national baseball team
United States national baseball team (Team USA), run by USA Baseball since 1978; WBC champions 2017, runners-up 2023 and 2026; Olympic gold 2000, silver Tokyo 2020; Premier12 silver 2015.
United States national cricket team
United States national cricket team, USA men's side, ICC Associate member since 1965; co-hosted the 2024 T20 World Cup, beat Pakistan, reached Super 8; USA Cricket suspended by ICC in September 2025.