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56 Cards in this Set
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THE MARINE CORPS WAS CREATED WHEN?
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10 NOVEMBER 1775.
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WHERE WAS THE MARINE CORPS CREATED?
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AT TUN TAVERN.
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WHO IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS?
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CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1834?
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THE MARINES CAME UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
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WHEN WAS THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT CREATED AND WHEN WAS IT AMENDED?
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1947 AND AMENDED IN 1952.
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WHEN DID THE FIRST MARINE LANDING TAKE PLACE?
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1776 DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
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WHAT DID THE MARINES DO IN NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND?
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SEIZE GUNS AND SUPPLIES.
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THE NICKNAME LEATHERNECK WAS GIVEN IN WHAT YEAR?
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1776
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WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI?
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MARINES STORMED THE BARBARY PIRATES STRONGHOLD.
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WHAT YEAR DID THE MARINES RAISE THE STARS AND STRIPES IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE?
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1805
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC IN MEXICO CITY?
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IN 1847 MARINES OCCUPIED THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA.
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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1859?
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COL ROBERT E LEE STORMED HARPERS FERRY TO STOP A SLAVE REVOLT LED BY ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN.
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WHEN DID THE MARINE CORPS ADOPT THE EGA?
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1868
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WHAT DID BRIGADIER GENERAL JACOB ZEILIN(7TH COMMANDANT) DO?
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MODIFIED THE BRITISH MARINE EMBLEM TO DEPICT MARINES AS BOTH AMERICAN AND MARITIME.
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WHAT DOES THE GLOBE AND ANCHOR SIGNIFY?
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WORLDWIDE SERVICE AND SEA TRADITIONS.
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THE SPREAD EAGLE IS A SYMBOL OF WHAT?
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THE NATION ITSELF.
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THE MOTTO "SEMPER FIDELIS" WAS ADOPTED WHEN?
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1883
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WHAT DOES "SEMPER FIDELIS" STAND FOR?
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ALWAYS FAITHFUL.
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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1900?
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MARINES DEFENDED THE AMERICAN LEGATION IN PEKING, CHINA DURING THE BOXER REBELLION.
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WHEN DID THE MARINE CORPS ESTABLISH IT'S FIRST AVIATION UNIT?
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1913
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WHO WAS THE FIRST MARINE CORPS PILOT?
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MAJOR ALFRED A CUNNINGHAM.
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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1917?
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LANDED IN FRANCE AND PARTICIPATED IN 8 DISTINCT OPERATIONS. MARINES WERE AWARDED A NUMBER OF DECORATIONS AND THE FRENCH FOURRAGERE.
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WHEN WAS THE MARINE CORPS REORGANIZED INTO THE FLEET MARINE FORCE?
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1933
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THE MARINE CORPS EQUIPMENT BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED WHERE?
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QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
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WHAT HAPPENED IN 1965?
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MARINES LANDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND FOUGHT IN THE LONGEST WAR IN HISTORY. MARINES ALSO LANDED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO EVACUATE US CITIZENS.
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WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE SUICIDE TRUCK BOMB ATTACK ON LEBANON?
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23 OCTOBER 1983.
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HOW MANY AMERICANS WERE KILLED AND INJURED ON 23 OCTOBER 1983?
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241 AMERICANS KILLED AND 70 WOUNDED.
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THE LAST MARINE UNIT IN LEBANON WITHDREW WHEN?
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JULY OF 1984.
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WHEN DID OPERATION DESERT STORM OCCUR?
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1991 AFTER THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH UN RESOLUTIONS.
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF BELLEU WOOD?
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MARINES CRUSHED A GERMAN OFFENSIVE THAT THREATENED PARIS.
GERMANS EVALUATED MARINES AS STORM TROOPS. MARINES EARNED THE NICKNAME TEUFELHUNDEN "DEVIL DOGS". |
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF GUADACANAL 07 AUGUST 1942?
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1STMARDIV LAUNCHED THE FIRST LAND OFFENSIVE OF WWII.
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF TARAWA 20 NOVEMBER 1943?
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MARINES SECURED THE GILBERT ISLANDS WITHIN 76 HOURS.
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AT THE BATTLE OF TARAWA THE JAPANESE COMMANDER STATED IT WOULD TAKE HOW MANY AMERICANS AND HOW MANY YEARS TO CONQUER THE ISLAND?
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ONE MILLION AMERICANS AND 100 YEARS.
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DURING JUNE AND JULY OF 1943 WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS?
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL HOLLAND M SMITH LED A COMBINED FORCE OF 136,000 MARINES AND SOLDIERS TO OVER TAKE SAIPAN, GUAM AND TINIAN.
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WHAT HAPPENED 19 FEBRUARY 1945 AT THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA?
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THE LARGEST BLOODIEST BATTLE IN MARINE CORPS HISTORY WHERE THEY SUFFERED 23,300 CASUALTIES.
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WHO QUOTED "AMONG THE AMERICANS WHO SERVED ON IWO ISLAND, UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE"?
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ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
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WHAT HAPPENED NOVEMBER 1950 AT THE BATTLE OF CHOSIN RESERVOIR?
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MARINES SMASHED 7 OUT OF 10 ENEMY DIVISIONS WHILE BRINGING OUTALL THEIR EQUIPMENT, WOUNDED AND MAINTAINING TACTICAL INTEGRITY.
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WHAT HAPPENED DURING JANUARY 1968 AT THE BATTLE OF HUE CITY, SOUTH VIETNAM?
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COMMUNIST FORCES LAUNCHED A SURPRISE OFFENSIVE DURING THE VIETNAMESE HOLIDAY TET. MARINES FOUGHT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE MEASURING IN YARDS. THE CITY WAS SECURED 25 FEBRUARY 1968.
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WHO IS BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL ARCHIBALD HENDERSON?
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BECAME COMMANDANT IN 1820 FOR 39 YEARS
KNOWN AS THE "GRAND OLD MAN OF THE MARINE CORPS" INTRODUCED HIGHER STANDARDS OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE, TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE |
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WHO IS SGTMAJ JOHN QUICK?
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REMEMBERED FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AT CUZCO, WELL FOR THE ATLANTIC FLEET BATTALION.
AWARDED A MEDAL OF HONOR FOR SEMAPHORING FOR AN EMERGENCY LIFT WHILE UNDER SPANISH AND AMERICAN SHELLFIRE. |
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WHO IS SGTMAJ DAN DALY?
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AWARDED 2 MEDALS OF HONOR:THE CHINESE BOXER REBELLION AND FIRST CACO WAR IN HAITI.
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WHO QUOTED DURING THE BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD "COME ON YOU SONS OF A BITCH DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?".
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THEN GUNNERY SERGEANT DAN DALY.
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WHO IS LIEUTENANT GENERAL LOUIS "CHESTY" PULLER?
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SERVED IN NICARAGUA AND WITH A BAND OF 32 MARINES ENGAGED WITH REBEL GROUPS EARNING THE NICKNAME "TIGER OF THE MOUNTAINS".
ALSO HAS A MASCOT ENGLISH BULLDOG NAMED AFTER HIM. |
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WHO IS MAJOR GREGORY "PAPPY' BOYINGTON?
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COMMANDED THE VMH-214 "BLACK SHEEP" DURING WWII.
TOP FLYING ACE WITH 28 KILLS IN 1945. |
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WHO IS CPL IRA HAYES?
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A PIMA INDIAN WHO HELPED RAISED THE FLAG A SECOND TIME ON MOUNT SURUBACHI DURING IWO JIMA.
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WHO IS PRIVATE OPHA MAE JOHNSON?
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FIRST ENLISTED FEMALE MARINE 13 AUGUST 1918.
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MARINE RESERVE(F) WAS THE OFFICIAL TITLE FOR ENLISTED FEMALE MARINES BUT THEY WERE BETTERN KNOWN AS WHAT?
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SKIRT MARINES
MARINETTES |
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WHO IS BRIGADIER GENERAL MARGARET BREWER?
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FIRST FEMALE GENERAL OFFICER 11 MAY 1978.
DIRECTOR OF WOMAN MARINES(WM) FROM 1973-1977. |
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WHEN SHOULD YOU RENDER A HAND SALUTE?
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AT LEAST 6 BUT NO MORE THAN 30 PACES.
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WHO DO YOU RENDER A SALUTE TO?
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ALL OFFICERS ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE OF ALL US MILITARY BRANCHES AND FOREIGN MILITARY NAVAL OFFICERS.
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WHEN DO YOU NOT SALUTE?
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WORKING INDOORS
GUARDING A PRISONER UNDER BATTLE CONDITIONS WORKING PARTY CROWDED GATHERINGS WHEN IT WOULD CREATE A HAZARD WITH YOUR BLOUSE UNBUTTONED WITH A SMOKING DEVICE IN HAND |
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WHAT ARE THE E1-E6 RANKS IN THE MARINE CORPS?
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E1- PRIVATE
E2- PRIVATE FIRST CLASS E3- LANCE CORPORAL E4- CORPORAL E5- SERGEANT E6- STAFF SERGEANT |
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WHAT ARE THE E7-E9 RANKS OF THE MARINE CORPS?
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E7- GUNNERY SERGEANT
E8- FIRST SERGEANT E8- MASTER SERGEANT E9- SERGEANT MAJOR E9- MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT E9*- SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS |
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HOW MANY WARRANT OFFICER RANKS ARE THERE IN THE MARINE CORPS?
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FIVE- WO-1 TO CWO-5
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WHAT ARE THE O1-05 RANKS IN THE MARINE CORPS?
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O1- SECOND LIEUTENANT
O2- FIRST LIEUTENANT O3- CAPTAIN O4- MAJOR O5- LIEUTENANT COLONEL |
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WHAT ARE THE O6-O10 RANKS IN THE MARINE CORPS?
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O6- COLONEL
O7- BRIGADIER GENERAL O8- MAJOR GENERAL O9- LIEUTENANT GENERAL O10- GENERAL 010*- COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS |
