| Military management | 19 |
| Military maneuver | 17 |
| Military maneuvers | 18 |
| Military manual: Abbr. | 22 |
| Military manufacturer ___ & Whitney | 39 |
| Military map's focus | 24 |
| Military march | 14 |
| Military marching syllable | 26 |
| Military mascot | 15 |
| Military matériel | 20 |
| Military material | 17 |
| Military matter | 15 |
| Military meal | 13 |
| Military meal manager | 21 |
| Military meals | 14 |
| Military medal | 14 |
| Military medal featuring George Washington's profile | 56 |
| Military medal recipient | 24 |
| Military medal, e.g. | 20 |
| Military medals | 15 |
| Military medals, e.g. | 21 |
| Military medals: Abbr. | 22 |
| Military medics' monikers | 29 |
| Military melody | 15 |
| Military men | 12 |
| Military mess assignment, and this puzzle's title | 53 |
| Military mess workers, for short | 32 |
| Military messages | 17 |
| Military messes | 15 |
| Military messes? | 16 |
| Military might | 14 |
| Military miscreant | 18 |
| Military misdemeanor | 20 |
| Military misfit | 15 |
| Military miss | 13 |
| Military missile | 16 |
| Military mission | 16 |
| Military mission, briefly | 25 |
| Military mission, for short | 27 |
| Military missions | 17 |
| Military mix-up | 15 |
| Military monetary scale | 23 |
| Military money substitute | 25 |
| Military morale-boosting gp. | 28 |
| Military mother | 15 |
| Military motto, familiarly | 26 |
| Military move | 13 |
| Military movement | 17 |
| Military movements | 18 |
| Military moves carrying a warning | 33 |
| Military Ms. of W. W. II | 24 |
| Military muck-a-mucks | 21 |
| Military muckamucks | 19 |
| Military muddle | 15 |
| Military muddles | 16 |
| Military muscle | 15 |
| Military name: abbr. | 20 |
| Military need | 13 |
| Military newbie | 15 |
| Military newbies | 16 |
| Military newspaper founded in 1861 | 34 |
| Military nickname | 17 |
| Military nicknames | 18 |
| Military no-show | 16 |
| Military no-show, briefly | 25 |
| Military no-show, for short | 27 |
| Military no-show: Abbr. | 23 |
| Military obligation | 19 |
| Military obligation, e.g. | 25 |
| Military off. | 13 |
| Military offense | 16 |
| Military offensive | 18 |
| Military offensive of 1968 | 26 |
| Military offensives | 19 |
| Military officer | 16 |
| Military officer in charge of food and clothing | 47 |
| Military officer's ride | 27 |
| Military offs. | 14 |
| Military oil supply? | 20 |
| Military operation | 18 |
| Military operation's start | 30 |
| Military operations center | 26 |
| Military operations centers | 27 |
| Military opponent | 17 |
| Military or Boy Scout unit | 26 |
| Military or music abbr. | 23 |
| Military order | 14 |
| Military org. | 13 |
| Military org. on campus | 23 |
| Military org. that had roots in the Easter Rising | 49 |
| Military org. with the motto "Per ardua ad astra" | 59 |
| Military orgs. | 14 |
| Military ornament | 17 |
| Military outerwear | 18 |
| Military outfit | 15 |
| Military outpost | 16 |
| Military outposts | 17 |
| Military overstock seller | 25 |
| Military pants | 14 |
| Military paper | 14 |