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33 Cards in this Set
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State the seven principles of Naval Logistics
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1. Flexibility
2. Economy 3. Attainability 4. Responsiveness 5. Simplicity 6. Sustainability 7. Survivability |
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Discuss the conditions that led to the formation of the U.S. Navy
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1. Revolutionary War and 13 OCT 1775
2. Quasi War: 1798-1800 3. Barbary States: 1801-1805 4. War of 1812 |
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What three classes of naval vessels existed at the inception of the U.S. Navy?
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1. Ships of the line: largest 64-100 guns
2. Frigates: medium sized with 28-44 guns 3. Sloops of War: smallest/fastest 10-20 guns |
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Discuss the following military customs and courtesies: Hand salute
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possibly started when Knights would raise their visor to be identified, when CPO’s perform duties normally assigned to an officer they rate the same salute as an officer
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Discuss the following military customs and courtesies: Saluting the Ensign
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All USN Sailors will salute the national ensign upon coming aboard or ashore. Salute when passing or being passed by the ensign.
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Discuss the following military customs and courtesies: Dipping the Ensign
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Ships at sea will lower their flag to “salute” a passing US Navy vessel. USN never initiates the salute, but will dip to return.
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Discuss the following military customs and courtesies: Gun salute
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Friendly gesture due to amount of time it took to reload.
ADM=17, VADM=15, RADM=13, RADM (LH)=11, intervals of 5 seconds and always odd numbers. |
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Discuss the importance of the following events as they relate to naval history: Battle of Coral Sea
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7-8 May 1942: First Carrier vs Carrier battle, neither surface force saw the other. We sank one Japanese Carrier and lost the Lexington
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Discuss the importance of the following events as they relate to naval history: Voyage of the Great White Fleet
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16 Dec 1907: Demonstration of power and peace, all vessels were painted white.
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Discuss the importance of the following events as they relate to naval history: Battle of Normandy
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6 June 1944: Largest amphibious operation in history, minesweeping, shore-bombardment and amphibious ops. Enabled D-Day
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Discuss the importance of the following events as they relate to naval history: Midway
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3-5 June 1942: Turning point of the Pac War. Adm Nimitz put the last 3 carriers out of recon range and had them attack as the Japanese attacked Midway (US sent a fake distress signal to lure the Japanese). US sank all 4 carriers and lost the Yorktown.
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Discuss the importance of the following events as they relate to naval history: Guadalcanal
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13-15 Nov 1942: Japan lost 2 cruisers and 6 destroyers and the US lost the Juneau (Sullivan brothers all lost). Protected Australia.
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Discuss the importance of the following events as they relate to naval history: Battle of Leyte Gulf
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23 Oct 1944: Japanese sent a force to attack the US fleet and lost, and the main source of supply from the south was cut.
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Describe the historical significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: The On-the-Roof Gang |
Shack on top of the Navy bldg in DC. 176 Sailors and Marines trained in Radio Ops. Foundation of the CT community
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Describe the historical significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: The Purple Code |
Code used for comms between Germany and Japan, named so for the color of binder the decrytion key was kept in.
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Describe the historical significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: The Battle of Midway |
Breaking of the Japanese Naval code JN-25 which gave us dates and a target Japan was heading to.
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Describe the historical significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: The Attack on the USS LIBERTY |
8 June 1967, Isreal mistook for enemy ship. No indications, lost 34 and had 174 injuries. Led to a stricter policy for onboard SIGINT files and data and emergency destruction issues.
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Describe the historical significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: The Capture of the USS PUEBLO |
N Korea 23 Jan 1968, Lack of comms w/ higher commands, not informed of N Korean hostility. Led to stricter requirements for emergency destruction
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Describe the historical significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: D-Day Landing |
6 June 1944: 1,200 Navy ships and 4,100 landing craft. Tricked the Germans into thinking we were going to attack later and at different locations then we did.
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Describe the historical significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: Landing at Inchon |
General MacArthur’s push to reroute N Korean army, plan required long approaches through shallow channels, poor beaches and tides that restricted ops to a few hours.
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significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: Hainan Island EP-3 incident |
1 Apr 2001: Hit by a chinese J-811 fighter and force to land, crew held for 10 days and chinese had free reign of aircraft. Crew did emergency destruct.
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significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: Bletchley Park |
Britain’s crypto center, created the ENIGMA decipher and BOMBE.
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significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: The Navajo Code talkers |
Used during WWII and only a hand full of people not Navajo could speak it and non were Japanese. Used up until the beginning of the Vietnam War. Never broken.
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significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: The Attack on the USS STARK |
17 March 1987: Attacked by Iraqi Mirage, fired 2 Exocet missles that were never detected. Breakdown of EW, 37 Sailors died.
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significance of the following events as they relate to
Information Dominance: EC-121 Shoot down |
15 April 1969: N Korean MiG fired on double crew. EC-121 retired and replaced with EP-3 and Navy would adopt a higher degree of protection for Recon aircraft.
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State the qualities that characterize the Navy/Marine Corps team as instruments to support national policies.
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1. Readiness
2. Flexibility 3. Self-sustainability 4. Mobility |
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State the three levels of war.
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1. Tactical
2. Operational 3. Strategic |
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Discuss the National Security Act of 1947.
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Established the National Security Counsel (NSC), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Merged the DoN and DoW into one DoD under SecDef and established clear line between domestic and foreign intel.
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State when and why the current Navy Core Values were developed?
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1992 by ADM Kelso, means of changing the central ethos that guides the conduct of Sailors in the Navy.
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Discuss when and why the Sailor’s Creed was developed.
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1993 by direction of ADM Kelso, remind all Sailors that they are Sailors first before Chiefs, Officers, etc.
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Explain the impact of the John Walker espionage case.
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1968 Walker was a retired Navy CWO who spied for Russia. arrest started a widespread investigation of security procedures within the US IC. Led to the first Director of Counterintelligence on the NSC staff.
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State the oldest intelligence organization in the U.S. Navy.
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March 1882 Office of Intelligence, General Order 292 by Secretary of the Navy Hunt
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Explain when ONI was established and by whom it was founded.
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23 March 1882: Department Library and Office of Intelligence combined to become ONI under general order 292.
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