| 100% | DOUGHBOYS | 9 | Nickname of US army troops in WWI |
| 47% | AEF | 3 | Some U.S. troops in WWI |
| 46% | CLONE | 5 | Trooper in the army of the Republic, in a film |
| 45% | BRO | 3 | Nickname of the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, for short |
| 45% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the first U.S. president born in 7-Down |
| 45% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of a US president who was born in a log cabin |
| 43% | FORTKNOX | 8 | Army post in Kentucky; site of the US Bullion Depository |
| 41% | COBB | 4 | Baseball Hall of Famer and WWI U.S. Army captain Ty |
| 41% | MYLAI | 5 | — Massacre, mass murder by US army soldiers of over 300 civilians in South Vietnam in 1968 |
| 41% | GIS | 3 | US Army troops, for short |
| 40% | DIX | 3 | US Army "Fort" south of Trenton where 250 men in the stockade for being AWOL rioted in June 1969 |
| 40% | AAH | 3 | US Army program begun in 1972 to find a replacement after the cancellation of the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne (abbr.) |
| 39% | KURT | 4 | ___ Vonnegut, author of "Cat's Cradle" who served in the U.S. Army during WWII |
| 39% | AMBROSE | 7 | ___ Bierce, author of "The Devil's Dictionary" who served in the U.S. Union Army |
| 38% | CLINT | 5 | ___ Eastwood, "Gran Torino" actor who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army |
| 38% | HENAO | 5 | Zulay ___, "Boy Wonder" actress who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army |
| 37% | ELVIS | 5 | ___ Presley, "Love Me Tender" actor who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army |
| 37% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of a 1950s US president |
| 37% | CAL | 3 | Nickname of 1920s US president Coolidge |
| 37% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the 16th US president |
| 37% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of President mentioned in 41a |
| 37% | TOLKIEN | 7 | J.R.R. ___, author of "The Lord of the Rings" who served in the British army during WWI |
| 37% | SALINGER | 8 | J.D. ___, author of "The Catcher in the Rye" who served in the U.S. Army during WWII |
| 37% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the 16th U.S. president |
| 37% | REDCOATS | 8 | Nickname of British soldiers in Revolutionary War |
| 36% | ALDA | 4 | Alan ___, "M*A*S*H" actor who served in the military as part of the U.S. Army Reserve |
| 36% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of former US president Dwight D Eisenhower |
| 36% | BABYDOC | 7 | Nickname of Haiti's Duvalier, ousted in 1986 |
| 36% | MRB | 3 | Nickname of George Baxter in "Hazel": 2 wds. |
| 36% | GHOSTFACE | 9 | Nickname of the villain in the Scream movies |