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Marine |\Corps |\birthday |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 10 |\Nov |
1775 What |\is |\the |\significance |\of |\EGA |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Worn |\making |\clear |\statement |\that |\the |\wearer |\is |\a |
member |\of |\the |\Navy/Marine |\Corps |\team. What |\is |\the |\background |\of |\the |\Device |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔- |\A |\surf |\wave |\crashing |\on |\the |\sandy |\beach |
(the |\littoral |\zone) |\
What |\is |\the |\significance |\of |\Scroll |\on |\device |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔- |\The |\scroll |\along |\the |\bottom |\of |\the |\breast |
insigni'a |\is |\emblazoned |\with |"Fleet |\Marine |\Force". |\
Marines |\came |\under |\department |\of |\the |\Navy |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔ 1834
✔✔Marines |\landed |\in |\South |\Vietnam |\committing |\them |\to |
the |\longest |\war |\in |\its |\history. |\Conducted |\many |\large |\scale
Heroism |\in |\battle |\of |\Tripoli. |\Mameluke |\sword |\presented |\to |
him |\in |\1805. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔1stLt |\Presley |
O'Bannon WHEN |\DID |\OPHA |\MAY |\JOHNSON |\ENLIST |\IN |\THE |\MARINES |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 13 |\AUG |\ 1918 WHO |\IS |\ARCHAIBALD |\HENDERSON |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔THE |\GRAND |\OLD |\MAN |\OF |\THE |\MARINE |\CORPS
Won |\the |\Medal |\of |\Honor |\at |\Cuzco |\Well |\for |\semaphoring |
for |\an |\emergency |\lift |\of |\the |\naval |\bombardment |\while |
under |\shellfire. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔SgtMaj |\John |
Quick 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?" |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔SgtMaj |\Dan |\Daly Two |\medals |\of |\honor |\1. |\Veracruz |\2. |\First |\Caco |\War |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔MajGen |\Smedley |\Butler Six |\Areas |\of |\Naval |\Doctrine |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Command |\and |\Control Operations
When |\di |\the |\Navajo |\code |\talkers |\serve |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔1942- FIRST |\FEMALE |\MARINE |\OFFICER |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔CAPT |\ANNE |\LENTZ WHEN |\WAS |\THE |\FIRST |\FEMALE |\MARINE |\OFFICER |
COMMISSIONED |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 1943 1st |\enlisted |\woman |\on |\ 13 |\August, |\1918. |\Marine |\Reserve |
(F) |"skirt Marines" |\and |"Marinettes" |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Pvt |
Opha |\Mae |\Johnson WHO |\WAS |\THE |\FIRST |\COMMANDONT |\OF |\THE |\MARINE |
CORPS |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔CAPT |\SAMUEL |\NICHOLAS John |\A. |\Lejeune |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔13th |
Commandant |\of |\the |\Marine |\Corps. |\And |\Was |\the |\First |
Marine |\Officer |\to |\Command |\an |\Army |\Division |\in |\ 1918 The |\most |\decorated |\Marine. |"Tiger |\of |\the |\Mountains" |
(1930)
__________ |\and |\force |\of |\ 32 |\Marines |\famous |\for |\engaging |
rebels |\in |\Nicaragua-Honduran |\border. |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔LtGen |\Lewis |("Chesty") |\Puller Pilot |\famous |\for |\taking |\the |\Japanese |\airfield |\at |
Guadalcanal. |\Awarded |\the Medal |\of |\Honor. |\WWII |\2nd |\ranking |\ace. |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Capt |\Joseph |\Foss Commanded |\the |"Black |\Sheep" |\and |\became |\the |\top |
ranking ace |\ 28 |\kills. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Maj |\Gregory |
("Pappy") |\Boyington 1st |\enlisted |\woman |\on |\ 13 |\August, |\1918. |\Marine |\Reserve |
(F) |"skirt Marines" |\and |"Marinettes" |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Pvt |
Opha |\Mae |\Johnson 3rd |\black |\woman, |\1st |\black |\woman |\officer |\to |\retire |\after |
her |"full |\20" |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔CWO |\Annie |\Grimes Director |\of |\Women |\Marines |\during |\1973-1977. |\And |\first |
woman |\General
Battle |\of |\Guadalcanal |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 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. 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. |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Battle |\of |\Tarawa 19 |\Feb |\1945, |\Largest |\all-Marine |\battle |\in |\history. |\Bloodiest |\in |\Marine Corps |\history. |\Highest |\Casualty |\rate |\of |\all |\history: |\23,300 |
casualties. |\Raising |\of |\the |\flag |\on |\Suribachi |\Admiral |\Nimitz |
said, |"among |\the |\Americans |\who |\served |\on |\Iwo |\Island, uncommon |\valor |\was |\a |\common |\virtue." |\James |\Forrestal, |
SECNAV, |\said, |"The |\raising |\of |\the |\flag |\on |\Suribachi means |\a |\Marine |\Corps |\for |\the |\next |\ 500 |\years." |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Battle |\of |\Iwo |\Jima April |\1945, |\Last |\large |\action |\of |\WW2. |\MajGen |\Roy |\Gieger |
assumed
command |\of |\the |\10th |\Army |\and |\became |\the |\only |\Marine |
officer |\ever |\to |\have |\commanded |\a |\field |\Army. |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Battle |\of |\Okinawa During |\Nov |\1950, |\Marines |\were |\cut |\off |\by |\ 10 |\divisions |\of |
Chinese Communist |\Forces |\and |\smashed |\seven |\enemy |\divisions |
while |\executing |\a |\proper |\evacuation |\march |\from |\the |
Chosin |\Reservoir. |\Communist |\attempted |\to |\annihilate |\a |
Marine |\unit |\in |\order |\to |\destroy |\American |\Morale. |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Battle |\of |\Chosin |\Reservoir Jan |\1968, |\Marines |\defended |\the |\firebase |\at |\Khe |\Sanh |\for |
2 |\½ |\months |\till two |\NVA |\divisions |\withdrew. |\Communist |\attempted |\to |
annihilate |\a |\Marine |\unit |\in |\order |\to |\destroy |\American |
Morale. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔2nd |\Battle |\of |\Khe |\Sanh 1942-1949, |\nearly |\20,000 |\African-American |\men |\were |
trained |\separately at |\MP. |\Served |\with |\professionalism |\in |\epic |\battles. |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Montford |\Point |\Marines Took |\part |\in |\every |\assault |\conducted |\in |\the |\Pacific |\from |
1942-1945. |\As
USMC |\Mission |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Marines |\are |
trained, |\organized, |\and |\equipped |\for |\offensive |
amphibious |\employment and |\as |\a |\force |\of |\readiness" Provide |\Fleet |\Marine |\Forces |\with |\combined |\arms |\and |
supporting |\air |\components |\in |\the |\seizure |\or |\defense |\of |
advanced |\naval |\bases |\and |\for |\the |\conduct |\of |\such |\land |
operations |\as |\may |\be |\essential |\to |\the |\execution |\of |\a |
naval |\campaign." 4 |\PARTS |\OF |\MAGTF |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔(CE) |
COMBAT |\ELEMENTM (ACE) |\AIR |\COMBAT |\ELEMENT (GCE) |\GROUND |\COMBAT |\ELEMENT (LCE) |\LOGISTICS |\COMBAT |\ELEMENT What |\is |\Special |\purpose |\MAGTF |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔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
Protecting |\key |\naval chokepoints |\and |\sea |\lines |\of |\communications |(SLOCs) 3 |\PARTS |\OF |\MEB |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ACE GCE LCE DEFINE |\MEF |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔MARINE |
EXPODITIONARY |\FORCE CE: |\MEF |\HQ |\group GCE: |\Marine |\Division |(MARDIV) |
ACE: |\Marine |\Aircraft |\Wing |(MAW) |\LCE: |
Marine |\Logistics |\Group |(MLG) HOW |\MANY |\MEFS |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 3 LOCATION |\OF |\I |\MEF |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔(WEST |
COAST) |\CALIFORNIA, |\ARIZONA
ANSWERS |\✔✔Okinawa, |\Japan LOCATION |\OF |\2ND |\MARINE |\AIR |\WING |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Cherry |\Point, |\NC Location |\of |\3rd |\Marine |\Air |\wing |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Miramar, |\CA LOCATION |\OF |\4TH |\MARINE |\AIRWING |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔NEW |\ORLEANS HOW |\MANY |\MARINE |\LOGISTICS |\GROUPS |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔ 4 WHERE |\IS |\1ST |\MLG |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔CALIFORNIA WHERE |\IS |\2ND |\MLG |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔CAMP |
LEJEUNE WHERE |\IS |\3RD |\MLG |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔JAPAN WHERE |\IS |\4TH |\MLG |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔NEW |
ORLEANS
What |\is |\the |\mission |\of |\HQMC |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Commandant |\and |\his |\staff |\agencies: |\Administration, discipline, |\internal |\organization, |\readiness. |\Total |
Performance |\of |\the |\Marine |\Corps Function |\of |\Marine |\Corps |\Combat |\Development |\Command |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Deputy |\Commandant, |\Combat