Fleet Marine Force
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Created by:
DrSavi on March 12, 2011
Subjects:
marine corps history, protocol
Description:
Military, Marine Corps history, Marine protocol
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English | Finnish |
|---|---|
 What is the Marine Corps Birthday? | 10 November 1775 |
| Where was the Marine Corp Born? | Tun Tavern, Philidelphia Penn |
| In what year did the boxer rebellion take place? | 1900 |
| who is Considered the grand old man of the Marine Corps? | Brevet Brigadier General Archibald Henderson |
| Who was the first Commandant of the Marine corps? | Captain Samuel Nicholas |
| What was the longest war in Marine Corp history? | Viet Nam |
| What is the maximum range of the M16? | ... |
| What is the maximum range of the M9 service pistol? | ... |
| When was the first Marine landing? | 1776 in new providence island in the bahamas |
| What happened in 1847? | Marines occupied the "Halls of Montezuma" and helped take california. |
| In what year did the Marines storm the Barbary pirates stronghold in Burma on the "Shores of Tripoli"? | 1805. Also was the first time the stars and stipes were raised in the eastern hemisphere. |
| What Happened in 1859? | Marines under the command of Robert E. Lee put down a rebellion lead by abolitionist John Brown. |
| In what year was the E.G.A. adopted? | 1868 |
| In what year the Marine Corps adopt the motto "semper fidelis"? | 1883 |
| Marines defended the American legation in Peking China during the Boxer rebellion in what year? | 1900 |
| In what year did the marine Corp establish it's aviation unit? And who was the first pilot? | 1913; Major Alfred Cunningham. |
| The French fourragere was awarded to what marine units for participating in 8 distinct operations while apart of the American forces in France,1917? | 5th & 6th Marine units. |
| The marines landed in south Vietnam in what year? | 1965 |
| What was the longest war in Marine Corp history? | Vietnam |
| Marines deployed to Lebanon as a peacekeeping in what year? | 1982 |
| Operation Desert Storm: Marine Aviation was heavily used and marine ground forces swept into kuwait and liberated the country after the Iraqi government refused to comply with UN regulations in what year? | 1991 |
| Marines were Evaluated as "Storm troops" and nicknamed "Devil Dogs" during this great battle. | The Battle of Belleu Wood. |
| The 1st US land offensive took place when and where? Whyy was it important? | 7 Aug 1945; on the beaches of Guadacanal; 1st combat test of the new amphibious doctrine and turning point in the war against Japan. |
| A Japanese commander claimed it would take 1 Million americans, 100 years to conquer an island in this battle? | The battle of Tarawa. Marines secure the island in 76 hours. |
| Which battle saw the largest ever number of troops to operate in the feild under Marine Command? | The Battle of Mariana Islands. |
| The bloodiest Battle of Marine corps history; 23,300 casualties | The Battle of Iwo Jima. |
| Facing 10 units sent to annihilate them Marines smashe 7, brought out all operable equipment, properly evacuated all casualties and maintained tactical integrity. | The Battle of Chosin Reservoir. |
| Fighting was house to house and progress was measured in yards in this battle? | The Battle of Hue City. |
| Sergeant Major John Quick | Earned the Medal of Honor for semaphoring for an emergency lift of the Naval bombardment while under Spanish and American shellfire. |
| Sergeant Major Dan Daly | Earned 2 MOH's and shouted " Come on you son's of bitches, do you want to live forever?" at the Battle of Belleu Wood. |
| Lieutenant General Louise B "Chesty" Puller | His group of 32 Marines became famous for engaging rebels in battle. Was known as "Tiger of the Mountains" and the Marine Corp mascot is named after him. |
| Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington | Recognized for prowess is arial dogfights. commanded the "Black Sheep" during WWII. Top flying ace with 28 kills |
| Corporal Ira H. Hayes | Pima indian photographed in the 2nd flag raising incident on mount suribachi. |
| Private Opha Mae Johnson | The first female enlisted Marine. |
| Brigadier General Margaret A. Brewer | As a Colonel served as director of Women Marines. Later became the Marine Corps first female General officer. |
| What does O.R.M. stand for? | Opernational Risk Managegment |
| Name the 4 principals of O.R.M. | 1). Accept risk when benefits outweigh the cost. 2). Accept no unnecessary risk. 3). Anticipate and manage risk by planning. 4). Make risk decisions at the right level. |
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