ESWS Naval History – Flashcards
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What is the Sailor's Creed?
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I AM A UNITED STATES SAILOR. I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND I WILL OBEY THE ORDERS OF THOSE APPOINTED OVER ME. I REPRESENT THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF THE NAVY AND THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE ME TO DEFEND FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD. I PROUDLY SERVE MY NAVY'S COMBAT TEAM WITH HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT. I AM COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE AND THE FAIR TREATMENT OF ALL.
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What are the Navy Core Values?
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Honor, Courage Commintment
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What is your 1st General order?
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To take charge of this post and all government property in view
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What is your 2nd General order?
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To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
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What is your 3rd General order?
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To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
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What is your 4th General order?
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To repeat all calls from post more distant than my own.
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What is your 5th General order?
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To quit my post only when properly relieved.
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What is your 6th General order?
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To receive, obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the CO, CDO, OOD, Officers, and Petty Officers of the watch only.
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What is your 7th General order?
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To talk to no one except in the line of duty.
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What is your 8th General order?
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To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.
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What is your 9th General order?
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To call the OOD in any case not covered by instruction.
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What is your 10th General order?
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To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.
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What is your 11th General order?
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To be especially watchful at night and during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
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What 3 classes of naval vessels existed at the inception of the Navy?
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Ships-of-the-Line, Frigates, Sloops-of War
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What is the oldest US Navy commissioned vessel?
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USS CONSTITUTION
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When was the USS CONSTITUTION commissioned?
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21 October 1797
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What is the nickname of the USS CONSTITUTION?
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"Old Ironsides"
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When is the Navy's birthday?
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13 October 1775
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What were the 6 frigates built that lead to the formation of the U.S. Navy?
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the Constitution, the Constellation, the United States, the Congress, the Chesapeake, the President.
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What was the first Navy ship named after an enlisted man?
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Osmond Ingram (DD-255)
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When is the only instance a sailor can render a left hand salute?
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A sailor or Marine whose right arm of hand is encumbered (broken) may salute left handed
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When does the US Navy dip our ensign first?
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NEVER
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Under what conditions (who do we) honor with a 21 gun salute?
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Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and to honor the president of the United States and heads of foreign states.
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How many guns does an Admiral receive?
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17 guns
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How many guns does a Vice Admiral receive?
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15 guns
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How many guns does a Rear Admiral (upper half) receive?
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13 guns
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How many guns does a Rear Admiral (lower half) receive?
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11 guns
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At what interval are gun salutes fired?
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Intervals of 5 seconds
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How long was the voyage of the Great White Fleet?
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14 months
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How many Battle ships were involved on the voyage of the Great White Fleet?
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16
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What was the purpose of the voyage of the Great White Fleet?
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To show the world that our fleet can shift from the Atlantic area to the Pacific area easily
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When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
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7 December 1941
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Which ship that was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor is a memorial today?
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USS ARIZONA
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How many ship were sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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4
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When did the Battle of the Coral Sea take place?
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4-8 May 1942
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What was the significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea?
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Battle was fought solely by aircraft
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How many ships were involved in the Battle of the Coral Sea?
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8
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What is the Battle Of Normandy often referred to as?
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"D-Day"
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What was the significance of the Battle Of Normandy?
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It was the largest Amphibious Assault ever
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What day was "D-Day"?
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5 June 1944
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When did the Battle of Midway occur?
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4-6 June 1942
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What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
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turning point of WWII
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What was the significance of the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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This battle marked the end of WWII
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What was the significance of the battle of Leyte Gulf?
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This was the last battle that the imperial Japanese Navy would conduct large scale operations during war.
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What was the significance of the USS Independence?
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First Atlantic Fleet carrier to conduct Vietnam War combat operations.
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How did the USS Forrestal fire start?
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Electrical problem with one of the bombs attached to a jet. Safety pin was blown from its casing. It started a chain reaction with other jets and bombs on the flight deck. Most of the "Crash Crew" died instantly on the flight deck, damage controlmen took over firefighting efforts spraying AFFF to kill the flames, however, untrained crew members used FFW, washing away the AFFF away and forcing the fire to spill below decks.
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What was the significant change in the Navy because of the USS Forrestal fire?
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Every Sailor is now trained in all facets of damage control: Every Sailor is a Firefighter!
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What happened to the USS Stark?
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She was mistakenly hit by 2 Israeli missiles. 38 Crew members perished, one of the missiles hit the Mess Decks when Sailors were lining up for chow.
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When did the bombing of the USS Cole take place?
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12 October 2000
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Where was the USS Cole when she got bombed?
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Yemen
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How many Sailors perished in the fire on the USS Cole?
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17
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President:
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The Honorable Barack Obama
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Vice President:
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The Honorable Joe Biden
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SECDEF:
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The Honorable Ash Carter
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SECNAV:
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The Honorable Ray Mabus
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CNO
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ADM Johnathan Greenert
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MCPON:
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MCPON Michael Stevens Senior Navy officials expect that Adm. John Richardson will be named Adm. Jon Greenert's successor as chief of naval operations
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How many Fleet Master Chiefs do we have?
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4
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How many Force Master Chiefs do we have?
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16
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What are the 4 operational fleets?
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Us Fleet Forces, Pacific Fleet, Europe/Africa, and Navy Total Force/ Manpower, Personnel, Education and Training
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Why is Military Sea Lift Command not considered an operational command?
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The MSC is operational worldwide to support all Naval Operations.
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What is the Geographic AOR for 2nd Fleet?
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Atlantic Ocean
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What is the Geographic AOR for 3rd Fleet?
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Central/ Eastern Pacific waters
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What is the Geographic AOR for 4th Fleet?
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SOUTHCOM (Caribbean, Central, and South America)
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What is the Geographic AOR for 5th Fleet?
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Middle East (Persian Gulf)
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What is the Geographic AOR for 6th Fleet?
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Mediterranean Sea
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What is the Geographic AOR for 7th Fleet?
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Western Pacific waters/ Indian Ocean
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What is the Geographic AOR for 10th Fleet?
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CYBERFOR
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What does SORM stand for?
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Standard Organization and Regulations of the US Navy.
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What is the difference between an IA and a GSA tour?
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IA's (Individual Augmentee) are TAD orders from the command. GSA (Global Support Assignment) orders are actual orders from BUPERS.
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How many Command Carrer Counselors do we have onboard?
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3
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Who are the Command Career Counselors onboard?
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MCCS Martinez, NCC Oribello, NC1 Scott
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What is the purpose of the 8 o'clock reports?
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These are turned in to inform the chain of command of any changes in the state of material conditions, or anything that may change the overall readiness of the command.
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What is the purpose of 12 o'clock reports?
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Reports include aviation fuel, boat draft, fuel & water, magazine temp, muster report.
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How many types of discharges are there?
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5
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What are the 5 types of discharge?
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Honorable, General, OTH (other than Honorable), Bad Conduct, Dishonorable
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How often do you receive a Good Conduct Award?
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Every 3 years
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What two reasons would make you ineligible for a Good Conduct Award?
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AN eval mark below 1.0 in any trait and NJP.
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What can you find on a Page 2?
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Name/ Rank/Rate, number of dependents, spouse information, spouse next of kin, dependents information, beneficiary information, SGLI update date, address of dependents, custodial parents of children, PNOK information, SNOK information, parents information.
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What can you find on a Page 4?
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ASVAB scores, NRTC's completed, off duty education, navy schools, NEC's, designators, date of rate, time in rank, quals, awards.
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What is the purpose of a Page 13?
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This is information that has no other place in service record.
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What can you find in an EVDR?
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Prospective gains, prospective losses, manning information, citizenship, security clearance, deserters, alpha roster, PRD's, EAOS's, SPI code (active duty of FTS), ACC code.
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What is the purpose of NAVPERS FORM 1626/7?
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Report Chit
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Why do we use ORM?
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Risk Assessment provides a measure of the degree of risk associated with a deficiency by assessing both the severity of the hazard produced by the deficiency and the probability of a mishap occurring, therefore, provides a priority for the correction of deficiencies.
