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Marine Corps History and Leadership Exam Answers with Descriptions, Exams of Health sciences

The correct answers to questions from a marine corps history and leadership exam, along with brief descriptions. Topics covered include notable commandants, operations, policies, and leadership theories. Useful for students preparing for military exams or interested in marine corps history.

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General Louis H Wilson - Correct answer 26th commandant of the Marine Corps The great personnel campaign - Correct answer Lolo Allan R. Millet vision to change the Marine Corps into a branch filled with quality servicemen. Quality over quantity General Gray (29th CMC) - Correct answer Established the Marine Corps University and the reading list. These emphasize his focus on the warrior thinker and the educated leader OODA Loop - Correct answer Observe, Orient, Decide, Act FMFM-1 War fighting - Correct answer the philosophical guide for the Marine Corps and the intellectual approach required to be successful in the complex and challenging environment of war. Drafted by Captain John Smith directed by CMC Gray Operation fluid drive - Correct answer Marine amphibious unit evacuated 160 Americans and 148 foreign nationals out of Beirut Operation Eagle Claw - Correct answer President Jimmy Carter; failed attempt to rescue US hostages in Iran. 8 American lives lost including 3 marines Operation Urgent Fury - Correct answer the rescue of students from the island of Grenada 1983.

Operation Just Cause - Correct answer Invasion of Panama by the US in

  1. Leader Noriega was deposed, Endara sworn in. Bush cited that 1) the aim was to safeguard US citizens 2) defend human rights and democracy
  1. combat trafficking 4) Protecting integrity of Torrijos-Carter Treaties (neutrality of panama canal) Persian gulf war - Correct answer (1990 - 1991) Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply. A very one sided war with the United States' coalition emerging victorious. Operation Desert Shield - Correct answer after Iraq invaded Kuwait Bush sent 230,000 troops to protect Saudi Arabia from Saddam Hussein. Marines helped enforce a maritime blockade of Iraqi shipping. Marine pre-positioning ships - Correct answer Cargo ships that carry a full complement of equipment and vehicles for a marine unit. Operation Desert Storm (January 16, 1991) - Correct answer the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991). The largest combat operation in Marine Corps History The 100 hour war - Correct answer Reference to Operation desert storm because the Marines were able to defeat the Iraqis in 100 hours UNITAF - Correct answer Unified Task Force Operation united shield - Correct answer 1995, response to Black Hawk Down situation in Somalia, engaged in firefights while conducting humanitarian missions FA-18 Hornet - Correct answer Introduced to the Marine Corps operating forces in the mid 1980's. Successful in locating and destroying enemy targets on the ground. Employee extensively during the Persian Ulf War.

Operation Moshtarak - Correct answer Led by Marines in 2010, it was the largest military operation since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, reclaiming cities across southern Afghanistan. Corporal Kyle carpenter - Correct answer Awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during combat operations in Marjah. He jumped on grenades to absorb the blast for his fellow marines Operation Neptune Spear - Correct answer U. S. Navy SEAL operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden Operation Iraqi Freedom - Correct answer Operation where U.S. troops invaded Iraq and Saddam's forces collapsed almost immediately. Baghdad fell, and Saddam and other Iraqi leaders went into hiding. In the months that followed Saddam and many of his supporters were captured Operation Phantom Fury - Correct answer highest point in conflict in the Second Battle of Fallujah Battle of Fallujah - Correct answer 2004- US marines’ battle for the city that was lost to the opposition Battle of Ramadi - Correct answer 2006: Marines struck the city and the fighting was frequent and intense. Three months after the assault. The insurgents killed a man called Abu Ali Jassim causing a revolt of 20 tribes called the Anbar Awakening. The tribes turned against the insurgents pushing them out and giving the coalition forces control and security forces. Jason Dunham - Correct answer Jason Dunham 1st Marine to earn Medal of Honor posthumously since Vietnam War. Jumped on grenade with helmet to sacrifice himself to save his men. ISIS - Correct answer Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIL - Correct answer Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Operation Inherent Resolve - Correct answer U.S military interventions against ISIS Counter-insurgency field manual - Correct answer Publishes by General James Mattis and is a modern study of Counter insurgency MV-22 Osprey - Correct answer Tilt-rotor, vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft manufactured by Bell Helicopter. Can take off and land like a helicopter but fly smoothly like a plane MARSOC - Correct answer Marine Special Operations Command, formed in December of 2002. The Marine Corps component of SOCOM Wounded Warriors Regiment - Correct answer Established in 2007, mission is to help injured Marines through their recovery. HQ is at MCB Quantico Human Trafficking - Correct answer The recruitment, transportation, transfer, or receipt of persons, by means of threats, use of force, abduction, or by giving or receiving payments in order to have control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation Marine Corps policy on Human Trafficking - Correct answer Zero Tolerance Sex trafficking - Correct answer the recruitment and control of persons for sexual exploitation Labor trafficking - Correct answer the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage or slavery.

Syphilis - Correct answer a bacterial infection that is caused by Treponema Palladium. Sexually transmitted but can be passed by an infected woman to an unborn child First stage of syphilis - Correct answer a single, painless sore appears normally on the genitals, but can also appear on the mouth Second stage of syphilis - Correct answer a non-itchy skin rash appears on the hands and feet then usually disappears on its own. Symptoms include: Fever Swollen lymph glands Sore throat Patchy hair loss Headaches Weight loss Muscle aches Fatigue Third stage of syphilis - Correct answer Bacteria attack internal parts of the body, can severely damage the brain, nervous system, eyes, heart, and blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints Penicillin is most effective against - Correct answer Syphilis Genital herpes - Correct answer a sexually transmitted infection caused by the herpes simplex virus Symptoms of herpes - Correct answer 1) Blister-like rash

  1. Itching
  2. Sores Gonorrhea - Correct answer caused by Neisseria gonorrhea, a bacterium that grows and multiples quickly in moist warm areas of the body such as

the vagina, urethra, mouth, or rectum. Most commonly spread during genital contact but can be spread orally. Gonorrhea can be treated with - Correct answer antibiotics Chlamydia - Correct answer a sexually transmitted disease, the most common in developed countries, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Often producing no symptoms, it can cause infertility, chronic pain, or a tubal pregnancy if left untreated. Symptoms of Gonorrhea - Correct answer discharge and painful urination Symptoms of Chlamydia - Correct answer 1) Abdominal Pain

  1. Unusual Discharge
  2. Painful Urination Chlamydia can be treated with - Correct answer antibiotics Genital Warts (HPV) - Correct answer the most common sexually transmitted infection that can be prevented with vaccines. Can cause cervical cancer in women if left untreated. Symptoms are warts that appear on the body Hepatitis A - Correct answer a form of viral hepatitis transmitted in food, causing fever and jaundice. Found in feces of an infected person Hepatitis B virus - Correct answer virus that causes inflammation of the liver; transmitted through any body fluid, including vaginal secretions, semen, and blood Abstinence - Correct answer a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

Authoritarian style - Correct answer Characterized by one-way communication from yourself to your Marines Selling style - Correct answer Characterized by presenting a plan or decision and inviting questions or comments, this does not necessarily mean you are open to changing the plan. This shows you care about what your subordinates think Participating style - Correct answer explaining a problem, asking for input, and making a decision after hearing your Marines thoughts Delegating style - Correct answer Characterized by you stating an objective, the purpose behind the objective, stating lateral limits and letting your marines figure out the rest. Authorized theory - Correct answer Based on the assumption that people naturally dislike work and will try to avoid it where possible, and that they must be forced by coercion and threat of punishment to work towards the common goal Persuasive theory - Correct answer assumes that work is as natural as rest or play, people do not inherently dislike work and work can be a source of satisfaction or source of punishment The marine corps prefers the - Correct answer Persuasive leadership style Officers are in - Correct answer Command SNCO's are in - Correct answer Charge Principal officers - Correct answer Original appointments in the grades of 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, and Captain in the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps and ensign, and Lieutenant in the navy

Appointments Clause - Correct answer Congress can give permission for "inferior" officers to be set without the Senate's approval Inferior officers - Correct answer members of the executive branch having less power or authority in relation to others, Major, Lieutenant colonel and colonel Grant of power - Correct answer declaring that a certain person or group has a specific power. Article VI, clause 3 - Correct answer the senators and representatives before mentioned and all officers shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support the constitution The oath of Office - Correct answer "I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of office on which I am about to enter, So help me god The four virtues - Correct answer Patriotism, valor, abilities, fidelity Five core responsibilities of an officer - Correct answer Physical welfare, mental welfare, moral welfare, discipline, military training Three core concepts of military profession - Correct answer Responsibility, accountability, discipline Self-discipline - Correct answer the ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses; the ability to pursue what one thinks is right despite temptations to abandon it

Stress Continuum Model - Correct answer used to identify how people react under stressful situations (Ready zone, reacting zone, injured zone, and ill zone) The ready zone (green) - Correct answer encompasses adaptive coping, effective functioning in all spheres, and personal well-being REACTING (yellow) - Correct answer Reacting to temporary or mild stress Injured (Orange) Zone - Correct answer In this zone distress is no longer 'mild' and the results are no longer temporary...it's severe and/or persistent. At this point, your people are impaired (not mission ready) as a result of dealing with more significant stressors such as a loss of a family member, a threat to their lives, or just an accumulation of normal wear and tear (deploying back to back multiple times with no chance to recover in between). Ill (Red) Zone - Correct answer Zone at which, individuals have experienced significant stressors. If the INJURED zone persist or gets worse your people may be at the point where their lives become impaired (e.g., can't make it out of bed, can't do normal everyday tasks, etc.) or at risk to injure themselves or someone else, at this point they are in the ILL zone. Medical disorders such as PTSD, major depression, and substance abuse disorders are diagnosed in this zone. Habits that can mitigate stress - Correct answer Eat nutritious foods, exercise regularly, social support, talking and writing about your thoughts, praying if you are religious, have a sense of humor Domestic violence - Correct answer An offense that has an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against a person and is committed by: Current or former spouse, parent, guardian of the victim Person with whom the victim shares a common child

Person who is cohabitating with the victim as a spouse or guardian Child abuse - Correct answer deliberate action that is harmful to a child's physical, emotional, or sexual well-being Four categories of domestic violence and child abuse - Correct answer Physical abuse Sexual abuse Emotional abuse Neglect of spouse-withholds necessary care The Lautenberg Amendment prohibits which of the following from handling a firearm or ammunition? - Correct answer anyone with a domestic violence conviction including service members Military associates resources for domestic and child abuser - Correct answer Installation Family advocate program Uniformed victim advocates Victim and wellness assistance program Chain of command Chaplain Law enforcement Child protective services