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What are the different enlisted schools
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Class A
Class C Class E Class F Class R |
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Class A school
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Basic technical skills for a job, NEC can be awarded
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Class C
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Advanced technical skills for a job, NEC can be awarded
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Class E
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Training for someone pursuing an educational degree
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Class F
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Refresher course for someone heading to an operational unit that lasts less then 13 days
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Class R
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Recruit training for entering military life at Great Lakes, IL
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What is MEPS and what is its purpose?
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Military Enlisted Processing Station, where interviews and the ASVAB is taken located near a recruit's home town.
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What is the difference between a rate and a rating.
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A rate is a pay grade and a rating is a job you are qualified for.
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What is FMS
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Fianal Multiple Score
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List the factors involved in FMS for enlisted E-4 through E-6
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-Time in Rate
-Being competitive on the advancement exam -commanding officer recommendation -understanding of mandatory training manuals -meet all appropriate citizenship or security clearance requirements -Meet all physical readiness standards/body fat standards |
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What does the FMS determine for enlisted personel from E-7 to E-9
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It determines who will go to the selection board
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List the six general apprentence fields and the colors of their stripes.
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Seaman-Black/White
Fireman-red Airman-green Constructionman-blue Hospitalman-Black/White Dentalman-Black/White |
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What is the mission of surface warfare
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To deny the enemy effective use of surface warships and cargo-carrying capability while ensuring allied ability to effectively employ surface warships and cargo carrying vessels.
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Name the four roles of the surface fleet.
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Land Attack
Theatre Air Dominance Maritime Dominance Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Information, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
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Land Attack
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to provide precision strike and surface fires from the sea to enable freedom of maneuver by joint and combined forces and sucessful prosecution of the joint land battle
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Theatre Air Dominance
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allows joint and combined forces freedom of action in the litoral by denying the enemy exploitation of the air battle space
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Maritime Dominance
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dominates the seaward extension of the littoral to provide joint and combined forces unimpeded access to areas of interest
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Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Information, Surveillance, and Reconnaisance
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provides situational awareness for the integration and coordination of joint element maneuvers and sensor-to-shooter connectivity for weapons employment
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Name the two precepts of the CWC
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Decentralized Command
Command by Negation |
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Decentralized Command
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the division of command between different warfare groups so the CWC does not become overwhelmed by minute details
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Command by Negation
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the ability of the CWC to override the orders of a subbordinate and initiate action if necessary
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What are the four phases of Surface warfare
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-Surface, Surveillance, Communications, and Identification
-Approach -Attack -Post Attack |
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What is the purpose of the RGM-84 Harpoon and what makes it better then basic missles
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It is the basic anti-ship missle. It is able to travel below enemy radar then pop-up to attack the tartet
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Active Sonar
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sends out pings and receives the sound waves that bounce of the targes
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Passive Sonar
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System that does not transmit noise but picks up sounds and converts them into bearings
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What are the different Warfare Commanders
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Air Warfare Commander(AWC)
Surface Warfare Commander(SUWC) Undersea Warfare Commander (USWC) Sea Combat Commander (SCC) Strike Warfare commander (STWC) Command and Control Warfare Commander(C2WC) |
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What ships are in a carrier Battele Gouop
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1-2 Frigates
1-2 Destroyers 1-2 Cruisers 1-2 Supply ships 1 Carier 1-2 Subs |
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What was the first commissioned U.S. Submarine and when was it commissioned
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SS-1 Holland 1900
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What is the mission of Undersea Warfare
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The mission of Anti-Submarine Warfare is to deny the enemy effective use of the undersea enviornment. Denying the effective use is not necessilary destroying enemy platforms. Denying the enemy the sea control or the ability to prosecute offensive undersea warfare can be accomplished through a variety of active or passive manuvers
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What was the first nuclear powered submarine? Who directed its construction?
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SSN-571 Nautilus
Admiral Rickover |
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What are the mission capibilities of the sub force
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-Peaceetime Operations
-Surveillance/Intelligence/ Reconnaissance -Special Operations -Precision Strike -Sea Denial -Deterrence |
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Peacetime Operations
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Operations in support of the U.S. defense agenda
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Surveillance/ Intelligence/ Reconnaisance
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acquiring real-time information to avert or mitigate a crisis, collect intel of long-term value
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Special Operations
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inserting small groups of forces to survey landing areas before main forces go in
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Precision Strike
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the use of Tomahawk cruise missles to attack specific targets up to 650 mi inland
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Sea Denial
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preventing ships, subs, and merchant vessels, who pose an unaccaptable level of danger to U.S. forces, access to areas of the sea
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Deterrence
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the third leg of the nuclear triad the maintains the threat of nuclear bombardment to our enemies
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What missle is used by U.S. Subs
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MK 48 Advanced Capabilities (ADCAP) torpedo
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Describe ASW protective operations
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Operations to defend surface ships
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How does stealth provide the advantage of UNCERTAINTY and what is UNCERTAINTY in reagards to sub action
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subs have the advantage of stealth because they are quiet and it is very difficult to determine an exact bearing on the target because it is rare to get visual conformation of the target
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What torpedo is used by U.S. ships and aircraft
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MK 46 torpedo
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What is the advantage of having the mobile mine
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it can propel itself into areas that are inaccessable to larger ships
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What types of ballistic missles are carried by the Ohio Class sub
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C4/D5 Tridnet Missle
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What are the strengths of the subs
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-quiet, stealthy
-carries the Mk 48 ADCAP -good acoustic sensors -"in the medium" |
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What are the disadvanges of the Sub
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-difficult to contact with changes of orders when submerged
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What are the advantages to surface vessels
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-large weapons payload
-command, control, and communications capability -can communicate with aircraft |
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what are the weaknesses of surface vessels
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-difficulty decting subs
-very vunerable to sub attack |
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what are the advantages to aircraft
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-fast getting on station
-large radar coverage -not generally vunerable to sub attack |
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what are the weaknesses of aircraft
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-small weapons payload
-short time on station |
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What is the mission of strike warfare
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Strike warfare is the use of tactical aircraft and/or cruise missle strikes against land targets in an offensive power projection role
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Coordinated Strike
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attacking specific targets in known locations to reduce the enemy's war-making or logistics capability
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Interdiction
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attacking specific targets to deny the enemy access to a certain area
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Armed Reconnaisance
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planes that patrol a specific route and look to attack targes of opportunity, if there are no targets of opportunity there is usually a secondary objective
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Close air support
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when aircraft suppory troops on the ground with air strikes. need to have coordination with ground units who call in strikes
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What are the missions of strike warfare
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-Coordinated Strike
-Interdiction -Armed Reconnaisance -Close air support |
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Describe how a laser guided bomb works
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a laser guided bomb need conjunction with units on the ground to paint the target with a laser that will reflect and guide the missle to the correct location
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Describe the aerodynamic feature that is unique to the Ratarded General Purpose Bomb
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It has a high drag tail that slows the bomb down so that the aircraft that dropped it can escape the blast
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Name two targets that a cluster bomb would be effective against
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enemy ground units
enemy convoy vehicles |
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define TACAIR
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aircraft fitted to serve in an attack role
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What is NSFS and what is the primary danger of using it?
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Naval Surface Fire Support, it is dangerous because the ships firing these rounds have to be relatively close to shore so they are very vunerable to enemy aircraft
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What are the advantages of NSFS and what is the main weapon that it uses
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It is very effective in preparing the for a beach assault becuse of its accuracy in destroying targets; it primarily uses the Mk 45 5 in 54 cal dual purpose deck gun
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What is SEAD
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Suppression of enemy air defense
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What are the advantages of TACAIR
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-greater payload
-target selection capability -battle damage assessment -reusable -capable of close air support and armed reconnaisance -flexable |
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What are the disadvantages of TACAIR
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-human component
-limited deep strike capability -shorter range(without refueling) |
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What are the advantages of cruise missles
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-no chance of losing pilots
-deep strike capability -very accurate -multiple launching platforms |
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Disadvantages of Cruise missles
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-smaller payload
-very expensive -no battle damage assessment -no target selection capability |
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What is the name for the modular attachment that can be fitted to all Mk 80 series bombs to make them GPS guided munitions
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JDAM
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List the four aspects of the tomahawk guidance system
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-Inertial Navagation System (INS)
-Terrain Contour matching (TERCOM) -Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) -GPS |
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What is the mission of Air Warfare
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The actions required to reduce enemy air and missle threats to an acceptable level
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Who made the first landing on a warship
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Eugene B. Ely; 1911; USS Pennsylvania
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What other Composite Warfare Commander works closely with the AWC in offensive AW
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STWC; Strike warfare commander
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Describe how picket units work
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they are stationed at the entry corrodor and all aircraft pass by them and the picket units check to make sure no enemy units are following them; they are "delousing" friendly aircraft
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What are the three aspects of defense in debth
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-Classification, Identification, and Engagement Area
-Survellence Area -Vital Area |
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Where does the high value unit reside
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it is inside the survellance area
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who is usually the AWC
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a captain on an AEGIS cruiser or destroyer
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what is semi-active guidance
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the aircraft that fired the missle must use its onboard computer to guide the missle; the aircraft cannot engage in evasive manuvers until the missle has hit its target
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What is the primary anti-air missle on the AEGIS ships
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Standard missle 2 SM-2
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What is the guidance on the AIM-120
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inertial guidance and active radar homing
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What is the primary radar on the F-14
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AWG-9
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What is the detect to engage sequence
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-Detect-where the presence of a target is initially reconized
-Entry-entering the target into the Naval Tactical Data System -Tracking-getting a specific bearing and location on the target -Identification-determining whether the target is enemy or friendly -Threat Evaluation-determining the level of threat the target poses -Weapons Pairing-getting the optimul weapons for attacking the target -Engagement-attacking the target -Engagement assessment-battle damage assessment; seeing if the weapons were effective |
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What are the types of Sonar Equipment
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-Passive
-Active -Tactical Towed Array System -Hull-mounted arrays -Wide Aperture Array -Sonobuoys |
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What is the birthday of the Marine corp
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Nov. 10, 1775
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who is considered the first commandant of the Marine Corp
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Captain Samual Nicholas
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Where was the first amphibious landing made by Marines
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Fort Nassu, New Providence, Bahamas
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Who was the first Marine to receive the Mameluke sword, and from which country did he receive it?
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1st LT Presley O'Bannon; Tripoli
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How lond did Archibald Henderson serve as Commandant of the Marine Corp
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39 years
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What were the two main functions of Marines during the age of sail
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-sharpshooters
-to protect officiers from potentially hostile crews |
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What marked the beginning of the Colonial Infantry phase of the Marine Corp
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the Philippine Insurrection
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What mission the Marine Corp eventually pull out of the Colonial Infintry phase
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They learned how to work with the local people in countries. The developed the Native Constibularies and put parines in command with locals working under them to create governments
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At which battle would the Marines earn the nickname "Devil Dogs"? In what war did this occur
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Belle Wood; Japan
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What country was the US specifically thinking of as a threat when it was developing its island hopping strategy.
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Japan
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location 1st Marine Air Wing
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MCAS Iwakuni, Okinawa, Japan
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Who is the brigade honor chairman
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Midn Crd Martin
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Who is the Vice Honor chairman
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Midn LCdr Karnaze
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Who is the Deputy honor chairman for education
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Midn LCDR Perez
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Who is the Deputy honor chairman for investigations
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Midn LCDR Shovlin
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Who is the Honor Academis Liason
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Midn LT Warren
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Who is the Honor coordinator
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Midn LT Obermeyer
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Who is the Honor Secretary
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Midn LT Sullivan
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What is the Administrative Chain of Command
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-President of the United States
-Secretary of Defense -Secretary of the Navy -Chief of Naval Operations -Component Commanders -Type Commanders -Group Commanders -Squadron Commanders -Unit Commanders |
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What is the Operational Chain of command
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-National Command Athority
-Unified Commanders -Component Commanders -Numbered Fleet Commanders -Designated Task Force Commanders -Task Group Commanders -Task Unit Commanders -Task Element Commanders |
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What are the Unified Commands
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-EUCOM
-PACOM -USJFCOM -SOUTHCOM -STRATCOM -SOCOM -TRANSCOM -NORTHCOM -SPACECOM -CENTCOM |
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What are the two different types of Ready Reserves
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-Selected Reserve
-Individual Ready Reserve |
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What are the different kinds of reserve forces
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-Ready Reserve
-Standby Reserve -Retired Reserve -Marine Reserve |
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What is the seven part mission of the modern marine corp
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-Provide fleet marine forces with combined arms and supporting air components for service with the US fleet for the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and the completion of all land operations necessary for the campaign
-to provide marine forces for service on armed vessels of the navy and security detachments for the protection of naval property at naval stations and bases -Develop, in accordance with the army, navy, and air force, the doctrine, tactics techniques, and equipment employed by landing forces in amphibious operations -Provide marine forces for airborn operations, in coordination with the Army, navy, and air force, according to the doctrine established by the joint chiefs of staff -Develop, in accordance with the Army, navy, and air force, the doctrine, procedures, and equipment for airborne operations -expand peacetime components to meet wartime needs according to the joint mobilization plans -perform such other duties as the President may direct |
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Where is the 1st MEF located at
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Camp Pendleton, CA
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Where is the 2nd MEF located at
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Camp Lejune, NC
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Where is the 3rd MEF located at
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Camp Courtney, Okinawa Japan
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What are the roles of SEA POWER 21
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-Assurance and Deterrence
-Command of the Seas -Power Projection -Homeland Security |
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What was the turning point of WWII
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winning the battle of Guadacanal
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Who took the picture on top of Mt. Suribachi and where is this mountain
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Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal
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Where was the last great amphibious assault
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Inchon
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What legislation made the commandant of the Marine Corp a member the JCS
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the amentment to the national security act of 1947 which was in 1952
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When did marines first send conventional troops to Vietnam and when did they withdraw troops
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1965; 1973
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Who makes the UH-1 helicopter
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Bell
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What is the range of the UH-1 and what is its common name
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Huey; 318 mi
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How many passengers can the CH-46 hold
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25
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How many passangers can the CH-53 hold
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37
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What is the max speed of the CH-53
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196 knots
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What is the size of the cannon on the AH-1W
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20mm
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location 2nd Marine Air Wing
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MCAS Cherry Point, NC
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3rd Marine Air Wing
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MCAS Miramar, CA
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location 3rd marine Division
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Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan
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location 3rd FSSG
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Camp Kisner, Okinawa Japan
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What is the minimum number of divisions the marine corp will have in peacetime.
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3 active divisions; 3 air wings; 1 reserve division; 1 reserve air wing
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Expeditionary Readiness
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The ability to deploy anywhere in the world within 24 hours and the ability to deploy for 30 within 72 hours
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Forcible Entry
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Amphibious assault of beaches and buiding assets to conduct forward operations
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Combined Arms Operations
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combining a MAGTF under one commander
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Expeditionary Operations
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the mindset that marines will be prepared for immediate deployment overseas if necessary
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Sea-based operations
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providing strategic reach to shape the evolving political enviornment
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Reserve Integration
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reinforcing active units with Marine Reserve units in crisis situations
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What is the maximum speed of the AAAV
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72 kph
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What is the mission of Amphibious warfare
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An amphibious operation is an operation launched from the sea by naval and landing forces from ships or craft, in order to secure a hostile or potentially hostile shore
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Where was the first amphibious assault to secure an advanced naval base
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
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