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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the six areas of naval doctrine.
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1.Naval Warfare
2.Naval Intelligence 3.Naval Operations 4.Naval Logistics 5.Naval Planning 6.Naval Command and Controll |
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Discuss how naval aviation supports Reconnaissance/Surveillance.
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Reconnaissance and surveillance includes the search for and interception, recording, and analysis of radiated electromagnetic energy, used in support of military operations and tasks. Certain select commands serve as elements of the Worldwide Airborne Command Post System and provide relay services.
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Discuss how naval aviation supports Antisubmarine warfare.
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Used to locate and destroy submarines.
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Discuss how naval aviation supports Amphibious Assault warfare.
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An amphibious assault involves the taking of an area of land where the land and sea meet. This may include the landing of troops and equipment. Aircraft provide bombardment by missiles, bombs, and other ordnance. Helicopters may be employed to transport troops and their equipment to be moved from the ship to the shore.
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Discuss how naval aviation supports Logistics.
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Involves the transport of troops, personnel, and cargo or equipment where needed by the military.
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Discuss how naval aviation supports Search and Rescue.
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Naval aircraft and helicopters may be assigned to search and rescue of downed, stranded, or disabled military personnel either by land or sea. They provide search data and surveillance of an area where the rescue is to take place. Helicopters or aircraft may provide the actual rescue actions required once the member in need is identified. These may include rescue by a rescue swimmer, litter rescue, helicopter hoist, etc.
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Discuss how naval aviation supports mine warfare.
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The use of ships, aircraft, submarines, and helicopters to locate and destroy enemy mines.
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Discuss the conditions that led to the formation of the U.S. Navy.
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The areas of our country that became the 13 original states were colonies of England in the mid-1700's. The king of England allowed the colonies to trade only with England. English Parliament passed several tax laws that affected the colonists in a problem known as "taxation without representation". The colonists formed Committes of Correspondence to communicate the problems to England. They convened a Continental Congress to discuss these problems. This first congress met in 5 September 1774. A second Continential Congress convened on 10 May 1775. The colonists appointed George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continential American army on 15 June 1775. The U.S. Navy has its birth on 13 October 1775. On this date the Second Continential Congress authorized the purchase of two vessels. The first commander in chief was Esek Hopkins, who put the first squadron of the Continential Navy to sea in February 1776.
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State the qualities that characterize the Navy/Marine Corps team as instruments to support national policies.
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The qualities are readiness, flexibility, self-sustainability, and mobility.
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What are the three levels of war?
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Tactical, operational, and strategic.
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Explain how Naval Intelligence Operations, more than any other service, support peace time operational decision making.
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Intelligence is central to the decision making process. Proliferation of technology increases the complexity of joint battlespace information management, and compresses the time cycle for decisionmaking. Space systems rapidly collect and distribute large volumes of information. They also provide services that link widely separated forces and provide an important advantage to naval forces in all areas of the world.
Intelligence estimates, disseminated in a timely fashion, center on the focus of effort, identify critical vulnerabilities, and enhance combat effectiveness. |
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State the mission of Naval Logistics.
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Sustained naval and joint operations are made possible by a logistic support system that has two major components: fleet-based sustainment assets and strategic sustainment assets.
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State the importance of planning to Naval Operations.
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When military action is one of the potential responses to a situation threatening U.S. interests, a plan is prepared using either the joint deliberate-planning process or crisis-action procedures. Although military flexibility demands a capability to conduct short-notice crisis planning when necessary, U.S. military strength is best enhanced by deliberate peacetime analysis, planning, and exercises.
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Discuss the importance of the Coral Sea as it relates to Naval Aviation.
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7-8 May 1942: Thanks to the breaking of the Japanese Navy code, the U.S. was alerted to a large Japanese force moving to the Coral Sea. On May 7, the Japanese planes sank two minor ships, while U.S. planes sank an isolated enemy carrier.
The next day, both sides launched all their planes against the other. The aircraft passed each other unseen in the clouds, in the world's first carrier verses carrier battle. One Japanese carrier was damaged. The U.S. carrier Lexington was sunk, and the carrier Yorktown was damaged. Although a tactical victory, Coral Sea was a strategic set-back for the Japanese who never again threatened Australia. |
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Discuss the importance of the Battle of Midway as it relates to Naval Aviation.
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3-6 June 1942: Midway was the turning point of the Pacific war. The U.S. breaking of the Japanese naval code was again the key element as it had been at Coral Sea a month earlier. A huge Japanese armada of 160 warships was involved, but commander-in-chief Admiral Yamamoto split his force, sending some ships north to the Aleutian Islands in a diversionary attack. The Japanese retained superior numbers approaching Midway which included 4 aircraft carriers and 11 battleships.
At Midway the U.S. had 3 carriers and no battleships. The Americans knew what was coming because of the broken codes, and Admiral Nimitz positioned his 3 carriers, the Hornet, Enterprise, and Yorktown, out of Japanese reconnaissance range. As the Japanese carriers launched their planes to assault the Midway defenses, the U.S. planes headed for the enemy carriers. It took attack after attack, but finally the U.S. crews got through and sank 3 Japanese carriers. The next day the fourth carrier was sunk. Japanese planes sank the Yorktown. In one day Japan lost its bid for control of the Pacific. |
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Discuss the importance of the battle of Guadalcanal as it applies to Naval Aviation.
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13-15 November 1942: After three days of bitter fighting, the Japanese naval forces retreated and U.S. Marines were able to secure the island of Guadalcanal. The Japanese lost 2 cruisers and 6 destroyers.
The U.S.S. Juneau was involved in the battle. Navy policy was to place members of the same family on different ships, but the five Sullivan brothers, from Waterloo, Iowa, insisted on staying together. An exception was made and they all became crewmen onboard the Juneau. The Juneau was damaged during the battle in a close-range night encounter. As it limped off for repairs, it was torpedoed. The Sullivans along with 700 others were lost. Because of this tragedy, Navy policy concerning family member separations was reinstated. A ship was later named in their honor. With the fall of the island, the southern Solomons came under Allied control and Australia was in less danger of attack. |
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Discuss the significance of 8 May 1911, as it applies to naval aviation.
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Captain W. I. Chambers prepared requisitions for two Glenn Curtiss
biplanes. The machine thus described became the Navy's first airplane the A-1. The planes were purchased for $5,500 each. This is the birthday of Naval Aviation. |
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State the name of the first aircraft carrier.
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USS Langley
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What was the first jet powered naval aircraft?
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The FJ-1 Fury made the Navy's first operational landings and takeoffs at sea onboard the USS Boxer (CV 21).
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Who was the first naval aviator in space?
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5 May 1961: Alan Shepard
Flew a 15-minute suborbital flight onboard the Mercury capsule, Freedom 7. |
