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What is the difference between Grid North and Magnetic North?
Grid North is North on the Map.
Magnetic North is North on the compass.
Hazing.
What is any conduct whereby a Service member or DOD employee knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally and without proper authority but with a nexus to military service causes a Service member or members, regardless of Service or rank, to suffer physically or psychologically or be exposed to any activity which is cruel, abusive, humiliating, oppressive, demeaning, harmful, or creates a risk of physical or psychological injury?
The best medicine on the battlefield.
What is fire superiority?
Combat.
What is engaging the enemy with individual or crew served weapons; being exposed to direct or indirect enemy fire; and otherwise undergoing a high probability of direct contact with enemy personnel and firepower, to include the risk of capture?
The requirement and duty of Religious Program Specialists (RPs).
What is protecting the Chaplain in a hostile situation?
Compute the declination diagram in Quantico, VA from Grid North to Magnetic North on the following azimuths:
90
11
354
179
101
22
5
190
List the 5 Horizontal Themes.
A LEADER OF EXEMPLARY CHARACTER
DEVOTED TO LEADING MARINES AND SAILORS 24/7
ABLE TO DECIDE, COMMUNICATE, AND ACT IN THE FOG OF WAR
A WARFIGHTER WHO EMBRACES OUR NAVAL CHARACTER AND THE CORPS’ WARRIOR ETHOS
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY TOUGH
A serious malfunction of the body's heat regulatory mechanism. Symptoms can include muscle twitching, dilated pupils, lack of sweating, and delirium.
What is heat stroke?
Nature of War.
What is a process of continuous mutual adaptation, of give and take, move and counter move.
Friction, fluidity, disorder, uncertainty, complexity, the human dimension, violence and danger
The six principles that help overcome fear.
What is morale, discipline, Esprit de corps, proficiency, motivation, and training?
Describe what a draw would look like on a topographical map.
The contour lines point away from the low lying feature.
Define Equal Opportunity in accordance with MCO 5354.1.
Marine Corps Equal Opportunity policy aims to ensure equality of treatment and opportunity for all service members and encompasses efforts to prevent discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.
Four critical areas of the human body to camouflage.
What is the head, waist, shoulders, and ankles.
Does war serve policy or politics? Explain.
War must serve policy. Politics refers to the distribution of power through dynamic interaction, policy refers to the conscious objectives established within the political process. War's destruction should be in line with the policy motive of that war.
Tactical communications role in the MAGTF.
What is part of the C2 support structure which “aids the people who create, disseminate, and use information.” Tactical Communications’ role within the MAGTF is demonstrated by the enabling of information flow throughout all levels of command within the MAGTF.
Describe the process to properly set the compass' Bezel for night navigation.
If the azimuth is less than 180 degrees, you divide the azimuth by three and turn the Bezel that many clicks counter clockwise.
If the azimuth is more than 180 degrees, you subtract the azimuth from 360 and divide by three and turn the Bezel that many clicks clockwise.
Explain the four Cardinal Virtues.
Prudence: To know right from wrong, using wisdom as a guide.
Justice: When right be kept right; when wrong be made right.
Courage: Your character in action.
Temperance: Self-control.
The S's of why things are seens.
What is shine, shape, shadow, silhouette, spacing, sudden movement, and signature.
Combined Arms.
What is the full integration of arms in such a way that to counteract one, the enemy must become more vulnerable to another.
Identify the levels of security classification in sequence.
For Official Use Only, although NOT a classification designator, may be used instead of UNCLASSIFIED to designate unclassified portions containing information exempt from mandatory public release.
Unclassified is material which does not fall into one of the three categories below.
Confidential is the designator applied to material whose unauthorized disclosure could be expected to cause identifiable damage to national security.
Secret is the designator applied to material whose unauthorized disclosure could be expected to cause serious damage to national security.
Top secret is the designator applied to material whose unauthorized disclosure can be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security.
The acronym SOSES is used to describe landforms, what does SOSES stand for?
Shape, Orientation, Size, Elevation, Slope
Purpose of USMC Fraternization policy.
What is:
Maintain good order and discipline.
Promote relationships of mutual respect and confidence between juniors and their seniors.
Prevent adverse impact upon a junior’s response to orders, the senior’s exercise of command, or the perception of others regarding the senior’s impartiality.
Preserve the integrity of the chain of command.
COLDFEET.
What is:
C – Keep Clothing Clean. Dirty clothing has lower insulation properties
O – Overheating. Sweating wets clothing and chills.
L – Loose and in Layers. Trapped air insulates, when working hard, loosen layers to allow ventilation and cooling, or remove layers.
D – Keep clothing Dry.
F – Fit your clothing properly, Take time to adjust properly, good seals at ankles, waist, neck, head, wrists
E – Exercise Face, Fingers and Toes regularly to keep blood circulating.
E – Eat. Food is energy which your body can burn to keep you warm. Alcohol causes blood to flow near skin surface. You burn more calories in the cold.
T – Tight Boots are terrible. Constrict blood flow leading to cold feet and cold weather injuries. Look after your feet and keep your boots waterproofed and dry.
Identify and describe the principles of War.
Mass - concentrating the effects of combat power at the decisive place and time to achieve decisive results
Objective - directing every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable objective
Offensive - continuously focused on seizing, retaining, exploiting the initiative
Security - never permitting the enemy to acquire and unexpected advantage
Economy of Force - allocating minimum essential combat power to secondary efforts
Maneuver - place the enemy in a disadvantageous position through the flexible application of combat power
Unity of Command - for every objective, we ensure unity of effort under one responsible commander
Surprise - strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which he is unprepared
Simplicity - clear and uncomplicated plans and clear, concise orders ensures thorough understanding
The nine common elements found in the combat environment
What are:
1. Confusion and lack of information
2. Casualties
3. Violent, unnerving sights and sounds
4. Feelings of isolation
5. Communication breakdowns
6. Individual discomfort and fatigue
7. Fear, stress, and mental fatigue
8. Continuous operations and
9. Homesickness.