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Sea Power is a nation's ability to protect what interests?
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political, economic, and military
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What are the principle parts of sea power?
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Naval power, ocean science, ocean industry, and ocean commerce
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In peacetime, what does sea power encompass?
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commercial rivalries
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What person coined the phrase "sea power"?
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Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan
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What are the requirements for a nation to have sea power?
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serviceable coastlines, favorable climate, and abundant natural resources
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Tre or False. Immediately after the Civil War, the primary role of the U.S. Navy was to defend the coast and as a commerce raider
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True
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During WWII, fewer battles were fought between ships within sight of each other for what reason?
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The effects of aircraft, aircraft carriers, and radar began to emerge
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Today, sea power involves what industries?
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marine science and maritime industry
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The seas are our lifeline for survival. What factors make this so?
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A barrier between nations, a broad highway for ships, a source for food, minerals, and metals
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True or False. An economic advantage for a nation is to produce goods and services and to exchange them with other nations. Those that have failed in commerce have also failed as world powers.
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True
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What is the determining factor in the United States that changed our point of view about raw materials?
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population growth and advanced technology
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What amount of minerals does the United States produce?
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11 minerals
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The United States acknowledges freedom of the seas under what law or treaty?
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international law
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What actions must our country take to protect our national security and sustain our economy?
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Import raw materials, manufacture goods, and export goods to world marketplace, and keep the seal lanes open
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What states are outside the continental United States (CONUS)?
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Hawaii and Alaska
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There are a total of how many overseas territories?
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Four
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True or False. The primary functions of the Navy and Marine Corps forces is to seek and destroy enemy naval forces, suppress enemy sea commerce gain, maintain general naval supremacy, control vital sea areas, and protect sea lines of communication.
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True
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When did the "tanker wars" occur in the Persian Gulf?
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1987-1989
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Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm is an example of what type of exercise?
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joint amphibious operations
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What is meant by the term "hi-low balanced mix"?
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purchasing highly effective aircraft and ships and developing new classes of low-cost ships
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Define national strategy
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A broad course of action designed to achieve national objectives
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Define national interests
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conditions that are to the advantage of our nation to pursue or protect
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Define national strategy
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use of naval forces to achieve naval objectives
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What objectives would fall under the term "national objective"?
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political, security, and economic
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Sea control and power projection are the Navy's mission in support of?
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naval strategy
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What functions allow the Navy to control the sea and project power?
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strategic nuclear deterrenc, strong naval presence, and security of the sea lines of communications
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On what date did Congress authorize the first six frigates of the Continental Navy?
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27 Mar 1794
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In what year did Congress enact the Merchant Marine Act?
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1936
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During World War II, the U.S. built and manned more than how many merchant ships?
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6,000
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In wartime, the Merchant Marine is responsible for what missions?
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Transporting essential materials and cargo, resupplying allied military forces overseas, and providing underway replenishment to Navy ships at sea
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In peacetime, what military service is not controlled by the Department of Defense?
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U.S. Coast Guard
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The U.S. Coast Guard was established as the United States Revenue Marine in what year?
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1790
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What is the traditional image of the U.S. Coast Guard?
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lifesaver
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Wht are modern-day Coast Guard duties?
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Enforcement of maritime laws and treaties, search and rescue operations, and enforcement of drug and contraband laws.
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During wartime, the Coast Guard operates directly under the?
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CNO
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What organization was established by combining the sealift missions of the Naval and Army Transport services?
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Military Sealift Command
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Military Sealift Command ships use what titles?
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United States Navy Ships (USNS)
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In peacetime, the Military Sealift Command ships nearly what percentage of all military cargo on privately owned U.S. flagships and other merchant marine vessels?
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25 percent
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What are the essential ingredients for U.S. sea power?
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Merchant Marine, Military Sealift Command, Coast Guard, and the Navy
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What qualities should Navy leadership exhibit?
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administrative ability, moral principals, and personal examples
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When followed, what moral principals provide direction and consistency to leadership?
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integrity, loyalty, and honesty
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To make sure an order to a job will get it done, orders need to be given so they can be followed. Orders should be given in what way?
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simple, clear, and complete
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To be a good leader, you need to carry out your orders in what ways?
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promptly, cheerfully, and to the best of your ability
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True or False. Immediate obedience is an automatic response to a command.
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True
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True of False. Reasoned obedience lets you obey an order while learning from your experience while carrying it out.
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True
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What is the primary goal of the Continuous Improvement Program?
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Increase productivity and produce better quality through leadership
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How many security classifications does the Navy use to identify classified material?
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three
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What security classification is used for information or material that requires the highest degree of protection?
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Top Secret
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Frue or False. Having a security clearanc automatically grants you access to classified material.
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False
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True or False. To get a security clearance, you must be a United States citizen.
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True
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What infractions will cause a Sailor's CO to report that infraction to DON CAF?
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criminal conduct, general inaptitude, and noncompliance with security requirements
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Classified material is assigned a security classification for what reasons?
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To ensure personnel are aware of the classified nature of the material, to ensure the material receives the degree of protection required, to assist in extracting, paraphrasing, downgrading, and declassifying actions
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If a publication contains unclassified, FOUO, Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret information, what security classification is assigned?
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Top Secret
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If you need to find the rules for transmitting classified material, you should refer to what SECNAV instruction?
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5510.36
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True or False. Classified information is not transmitted over the telephone except when authorized on approved, secure communications circuits.
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True
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What is a concern of ADP security?
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hardware, software, and admin procedures
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What term defines classified material that is lost, stolen, captured, salvaged, or seen by unauthorized personnel?
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compromised
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What type of communications it one of the least secure communications system?
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telephone
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What action, if any, should you take if you suspect someone you now is compromising classified material?
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report it to your CO through the chain of command
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True or False. Terrorists try to force governments or societies to take certain actions for political, religious, or ideological purposes.
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True
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The greatest publicity is given to what terrorism methods?
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taking hostages and bombings
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What threat conditions affords the highest degree of readiness?
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DELTA
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The Status of Forces Agreement covers what topics?
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taxes, criminal jurisdiction, and passport requirements
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In what year did the Geneva Convention establish certain rights for prisoners of war?
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1949
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The Law of Armed Conflict prohibits what techniques or tactics?
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rape, pillage, and plunder
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The Geneva Convention recognizes a prisoner's right to try to escape. What disciplinary actions may be taken when a prisoner is caught in an escape attempt?
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stoppage of extra privileges and confinement
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