PMK

Question 1

When was the battle of Coral Sea?

Answer 1

4may1942

Question 2

What happened at that battle?

Answer 2

The first time a battle was fought using only aircraft, both fleets never saw each other

Question 3

When was the voyage of the great white fleet?

Answer 3

16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909

Question 4

Who issued the order?

Answer 4

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 5

When was the battle of Normandy?

Answer 5

06jun1944

Question 6

Why was it significant?

Answer 6

It was the largest amphibious operation in history

Question 7

When was the battle of midway?

Answer 7

04june1942

Question 8

Why was it significant?

Answer 8

Turning point of the pacific war, Japanese lost 4 carriers

Question 9

When was the battle of Guadalcanal?

Answer 9

7aug1942-feb1943

Question 10

Why was it important?

Answer 10

Japan was fended off and Australia was safe from any further advances

Question 11

When was the battle of leyte gulf?

Answer 11

23oct1944

Question 12

What was important about this battle?

Answer 12

It was the deciding blow for the Japanese navy

Question 13

What was the “on the roof gang”?

Answer 13

A total of 176 enlisted radio operators were specially trained at a unique school located on the roof of the old Navy Department Building where they were trained to intercept and analyze foreign radio communications

Question 14

What was the purple code?

Answer 14

Purple was the name used by the US military to identify the most secure diplomatic cryptographic system used by the Japanese Foreign Office

Question 15

When was the attack on the USS Liberty?

Answer 15

8jun1967

Question 16

What happened during the attack?

Answer 16

struck by Israeli aircraft

Question 17

What was the only US ship that got captured?

Answer 17

USS PUEBLO

Question 18

What was the result of the USS Pueblo incident?

Answer 18

EAP

Question 19

What was the Hainan Island EP3 incident?

Answer 19

01APR2001, EP3 collided with a Chinese aircraft and ended up crashing on Hainan Island before destroying all of their crypto

Question 20

What was the result of the EP3 crash?

Answer 20

EDP

Question 21

Who were the Navajo code talkers?

Answer 21

Native Americans that joined the war and used their own language as code, it was never broken by the Japanese

Question 22

When was the attack on the USS STARK?

Answer 22

17may87

Question 23

What happened?

Answer 23

Struck by two Exocet anti-ship missiles fired from an Iraqi F-1 Mirage plane during the Iran–Iraq War

Question 24

What is the significance of the USS Pueblo?

Answer 24

The only ship captured and still being help. It was captured by North Korean forces on 23JAN1968. It is currently a North Korean Museum

Question 25

What is the significance of the USS Nautilus?

Answer 25

The world’s first operational nuclear powered submarine

Question 26

Memorize the Eleven General Orders of a Sentry

Answer 26

1. To take charge of this post and all government property in view. 2. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. 3. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce. 4. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guard house than my own. 5. To quit my post only when properly relieved. 6. To receive, obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me, all orders from the Commanding Officer, Command Duty Officer, Officer of the Deck, and Officers and Petty Officers of the Watch. 7. To talk to no one except in the line of duty. 8. To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder. 9. To call the Officer of the Deck in any case not covered by instructions. 10. To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased. 11. 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.

Question 27

What date is the Navy’s birthday?

Answer 27

October 1775.

Question 28

FLEET HEADQUARTERS

Answer 28

3rd Fleet - 3rd fleet headquarter is in San Diego, California; the Pacific and Indian oceans. d. 4th Fleet - Mayport, Florida; Caribbean and South America e. 5th Fleet - Manama, Bahrain; the Persian Gulf. f. 6th Fleet - Gaeta, Italy; the Mediterranean. g. 7th Fleet - 7th fleet headquarter is in Yokosuka, Japan; the Pacific and Indian oceans. h. 10th Fleet - Ft. Meade, Maryland; Fleet Cyber Command (Internet).