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Historical Facts, Symbols, and Roles of the US Marine Corps, Exams of Social Security Law

A study guide for fmf officers with 170 questions and verified answers by experts. It includes historical facts about the marine corps, such as its establishment in 1775, significant events, and the meaning of symbols like the ega, crossed rifles, and scroll on the device. It also covers the roles and missions of the marine corps, including their participation in joint military operations and defense of naval bases.

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Download Historical Facts, Symbols, and Roles of the US Marine Corps and more Exams Social Security Law in PDF only on Docsity! FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 1 / 19 1. Marine Corps birthday: 10 Nov 1775 2. What is the significance of EGA: Worn making clear statement that the wearer is a member of the Navy/Marine Corps team. 3. What is the background of the Device: - A surf wave crashing on the sandy beach (the littoral zone) - At the time the device was designed, "Forward... From the Sea" was the Navy and Marine Corps joint vision for the future and supported the reputation, "on the shores of Tripoli" and the "sands of Iwo Jima". This is represented in the background of the device. 4. What is the significance of crossed rifles: The two crossed rifles symbolize the rifleman ethic this program is designated to install in Sailors assigned to the Marines. 5. What is the significance of Scroll on device: - The scroll along the bottom of the breast insigni'a is emblazoned with "Fleet Marine Force". - Although Marine componency was established in 1982, the Navy continues to utilize the title Fleet Marine Force in their role as a Naval Type Commander; therefore it is appropriate our program be titled after the role in which Marine Forces are tied to the Navy. 6. Where was the Marine Corps created: Tun Tavern 7. What created the Marine Corps: Resolution of the Continental Congress to raise two battalions of Marines, November 10th 8. What is a Leather Neck: Leather stock, or neckpiece worn as part of the Marine uniform from 1775- 1875. Protects neck from sword slashes FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 2 / 19 9. When was the Leather Neck stock warn by the Marines: 1775-1875 10. What did the Leather Neck stock protect: It protected the neck form saber slashes 11. WHO SAID "UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE"?: ADMIRAL NIMITZ description of Marines and Sailors at Iwo Jima. 12. Significance of the term Devil Dog: 1918, Battle of Belleau Wood, Marines persistent attack and fighting ability had Germans calling them Teufelhunden. 13. First Marine Landing in the Revolutionary War. New Providence Island: 1776 14. Congress recreated the Marine Corps as separate service: 1798 15. WHAT HAPPEND IN 1847: BATTLE OF CHIPULTEPEC, MEXICO CITY MARINES OCCUPIED HALLS OF MONTEZUMA 16. WHERE ARE THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA: MEXICO CITY 17. WHAT HAPPENED IN 1805: MARINES STORMED THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI, BARBARY PIRATES 18. MARINES UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL ROBERT E. LEE U.S. ARMY, STORMED THE U.S ARSENAL AT HARPERS FERRY AND PUT DOWN AN ATTEMPTED SLAVE REVOLT LED BY ABOLITIONIST, JOHN BROWN: 1859 19. WHAT HAPPENED IN 1868: EGA ADOPTED BY THE MARINE CORPS BY GENERAL JACOB ZEILIN, WHO MODIFIED THE ROYAL MARINE EMBLEM FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 5 [Date] 41. WHEN WAS ARCHIBALD HENDERSON THE COMMANDONT OF THE MARINE CORPS: 1820-1859 42. HOW LONG DID ARHABOLD HENDERSON SERVE AS TEH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS: 39 YEARS 43. Won the Medal of Honor at Cuzco Well for semaphoring for an emergency lift of the naval bombardment while under shellfire.: SgtMaj John Quick 44. Two medals of Honor 1. Chinese Boxer Rebellion 2. First Caco War in Haiti. In the Battle of Belleau Wood he yelled to his men, "Come on, you sons of a _____, do you want to live forever?": SgtMaj Dan Daly 45. Two medals of honor 1. Veracruz 2. First Caco War: MajGen Smedley Butler 46. Six Areas of Naval Doctrine: Command and Control Operations Warfare Logistics Intelligence Planning 47. WHEN WAS THE FIRST USC AVIATION UNIT ESTABLISHED: 1913 48. WHO WAS THE FIRST MARINE PILOT: MAJ ALFRED CUNNINGHAM 49. Cpl Ira Hayes: Pima Indian, participated 2nd flag raising on Mount Sirabachi after Battle of Iwo Jima, 23Feb1945 50. Margaret A. Brewer: Brig Gen Brewer Director of Female Marines first General Officer Female FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 6 / 19 51. who said" 1 million Americans 100 years": Japanese Commander 52. How long did it take to defeated the Japanese: 76 hours 53. When di the Navajo code talkers serve: 1942-1945 54. FIRST FEMALE MARINE OFFICER: CAPT ANNE LENTZ 55. WHEN WAS THE FIRST FEMALE MARINE OFFICER COMMISSIONED: 1943 56. 1st enlisted woman on 13 August, 1918. Marine Reserve (F) "skirt Marines" and "Marinettes": Pvt Opha Mae Johnson 57. WHO WAS THE FIRST COMMANDONT OF THE MARINE CORPS: CAPT SAMUEL NICHOLAS 58. John A. Lejeune: 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. And Was the First Marine Officer to Command an Army Division in 1918 59. The most decorated Marine. "Tiger of the Mountains" (1930) __________ and force of 32 Marines famous for engaging rebels in Nicaragua-Honduran border.: LtGen Lewis ("Chesty") Puller 60. Pilot famous for taking the Japanese airfield at Guadalcanal. Awarded the Medal of Honor. WWII 2nd ranking ace.: Capt Joseph Foss 61. Commanded the "Black Sheep" and became the top ranking ace 28 kills.: Maj Gregory ("Pappy") Boyington 62. 3rd black woman, 1st black woman officer to retire after her "full 20": CWO Annie Grimes FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 7 [Date] 63. Director of Women Marines during 1973-1977. And first woman General Officer on 11 May 1978.: BGen Margaret Brewer 64. August 1814, 103 Marines and 400 sailors made a vain attempt to block a force of 4000 disciplined British troops from advancing on Washington. Stopped three headlong charges from British and they were finally the Marines were outflanked and driven back. The British did not complete their objective with Washington.: Battle of Bladensburg 65. Battle of New Orleans: January 1815, under command of Gen Andrew Jackson defeated British forces attacking New Orleans (2000 B -100 M) 66. 1918 in France. One of Marines greatest battles. WW1. Marines crushed German offensive at BW that threatened Paris. French renamed area "the Wood of the Brigade of Marines" Germans called them the highest rating "storm troops" and "Devil Dogs" .: Battle of Belleau Wood 67. Dec 8, 1941, Outnumbered Marines defended island until 23 Dec.: Battle of Wake Island 68. Battle of Guadalcanal: 7 Aug 1942, 1st MARDIV launched the first US land offensive of WW2. 1st combat test of the new amphibious doctrine and turning point in the war. 69. Japanese commander stated it would take a million Americans 100 years to conquer the Tarawa Atoll and Betio Island. On 20 Nov 1943, it took Marines 76 hours. Great losses.: Battle of Tarawa FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 10 / 19 (LCE) LOGISTICS COMBAT ELEMENT 83. What is Special purpose MAGTF: A non-standing MAGTF temporarily formed to conduct a specific mission. Normally no larger than a MEU, providing sea-based security operations, humanitarian assistance, military support to civil authorities 84. DEFINE (MPF): MARATIME PREPOSITIONING FORCE Protecting key naval chokepoints and sea lines of communications (SLOCs) 85. 3 PARTS OF MEB: ACE GCE LCE 86. DEFINE MEF: MARINE EXPODITIONARY FORCE CE: MEF HQ group GCE: Marine Division (MARDIV) ACE: Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) LCE: Marine Logistics Group (MLG) 87. HOW MANY MEFS: 3 88. LOCATION OF I MEF: (WEST COAST) CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA 89. LOCATION OF II MEF: (EAST COAST) NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 11 [Date] 90. LOCATION OF III MEF: JAPAN, HAWAII 91. HOW MANY MARINE DIVISIONS: 4 92. LOCATION OF 1ST MARINE DIVISION: CAMP PENDELTON, 29 PALMS 93. LOCATION OF 2ND MARINE DIVISION: CAMP LEJEUNE 94. LOCATION OF 3RD MARINE DIVISON: OKINAWA, JAPAN, HAWAII 95. LOCATION OF 4TH MARINE DIVISION: NEW ORLEANS 96. HOW MANY MARINE AIR WINGS: 4 97. LOCATION OF 1ST MARINE AIR WING: Okinawa, Japan 98. LOCATION OF 2ND MARINE AIR WING: Cherry Point, NC 99. Location of 3rd Marine Air wing: Miramar, CA 100. LOCATION OF 4TH MARINE AIRWING: NEW ORLEANS 101. HOW MANY MARINE LOGISTICS GROUPS: 4 102. WHERE IS 1ST MLG: CALIFORNIA 103. WHERE IS 2ND MLG: CAMP LEJEUNE 104. WHERE IS 3RD MLG: JAPAN 105. WHERE IS 4TH MLG: NEW ORLEANS FMF OFFICER Study Guide Includes 170 QUESTION 100% Verified Answers BY EXPERT. Latest Version 2024 Definite Success Guaranteed.!! 12 / 19 106. WAHT IS A MAGTF: BALANCED AIR, GROUND COMBINED ARMS, UNDER A SINGLE COMMANDER. PRINCIPLE CONSTRUCT OF ALL MARINE MISSIONS 15 / 19 USSTRATCOM USTRANSCOM 123. Administrative control: ADCON indicates that a unit is under conditional control of another commander with respect to administrative matters. Ex. A tank company is attached to an infantry battalion less ADCON (personnel and logistics is retained by the tank battalion) 124. Operational Control: OPCON is inherent in COCOM and is the authority to organize and employ commands and forces—assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission. Ex. Generally, OPCON applies to larger units in a joint force organization, such as a MEF assigned OPCON to a Navy fleet commander 125 Tactical control: More limited than OPCON and is limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish assigned missions or tasks. Ex. A MEF has TACON over an allied infantry regiment. The MEF commander further assigned the allied unit TACON to a Marine Corps division commander 126. The authority granted by a commander (at any level) to a subordinate to directly consult or coordinate an action with a command or agency within or outside of granting command: Direct Liason Authorized (Dirlauth) EX. A Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) commander gives DIRLAUTH to a division commander to consult with a United Nations relief agency for a humanitarian relief planning. 127. General Support: 128. safety standards: 1. SAFETY TRAINING TIME 2. HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE . 16 / 19 3. ANNUALY CONDUCTED 129. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE NAVAL AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM- : PRESERVE LIVES PROTECT EQUIPMENT 130. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): 1. REQUIRED IF ENGENERING OR ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS NOT APPLICABLE 2. MUST BE TRAINED TO USE PPE 3. PREVENTS OR LIMITS EXPOSURE 4. DECREASES PERSONNEL LOSSES 131. WHAT IS NATOPS: MANUEL OF NAVAL AIRCRAFT AND TRAINING 132. I AM IS: IDENTIFY ASSESS MAKE DECISIONS IMPLIMENT SUPERVISE 133. HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM GOAL: PREVENT OCCUPATION- AL HEARING LOSSES DUE TO NOISE EXPOSURE 134. SERVICE CHAIN OF COMMAND: President Secretary of Defense Secretary of the Navy Commandant of the Marine Corps 135. OPERATIONAL CHAIN OF COMMAND: President Secretary of Defense Commanders of Combatant Commands 136. SEARGENT MAJOR ROLES: DISCIPLINE 17 / 19 WELFARE CONDUCT MORALE LEADERSHIP OF ENLISTED 137. J/G/S 1: ADMIN DEPARTMENT 138. J/G/S-2: INTELLIGENCE 139. J/G/S 3: TRAINING/OPERATIONS 140. J/G/S 4: SUPPLY 141. TPFDD: Time Phased Force Deployment Data 142. MEF: MARINE EXPODITIONARY FORCE 143. ADCON: Administrative Control 144. OPCON: Operational Control 145. JTF: Joint Task Force 146. COALITION: TOW OR MORE NATIONS WORKING AS ONE TEAM 147. MARINE AVIAION: AIR COMBAT OF THE MAGTF 148. 6 PART OF MARINE AVIATION: AIR RECON AIR ASSAULT ANTI AIRCRAFT ELECTRONIC WARFARE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT OFFENSIVEAIR SUPPORT 149. ANTI AIR WARFARE PARTS: ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE
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