Operational Stress Control
Any mental or physical challenge or set of challenges.
What is a stressor?
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What is the preamble to the US Constitution?
As per the Geneva Conventions of 1949, a class of military personnel not targetable such as chaplains and medical personnel.
Who are non-combantants?
The name of the cover for the NWU Type IIIs.
What is the 8-point cover?
Former Assistant Secretary of the the Navy who, as president, expanded the Navy to be utilized in his "Big Stick Diplomacy" approach.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The ability to adjust, recover, or grow from the effects of stress.
What is resilience?
"..the value that gives me the moral and mental strength to do what is right, with confidence and resolution, even in the face of temptation or adversity."
What is courage?
These are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Serious Violations of the Laws and Customs of War.
What are War Crimes?
The location of the member's rank when wearing NWUs.
What is the center flap?
A type of ship used to counter the large capital ships during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
What is a torpedo boat?
This is more serious than a stress reaction and can lead to serious health concerns and must be addressed and treated.
What is a stress illness?
"I will be accountable for my professional and personal behavior. I will be mindful of the privilege I have to serve my fellow Americans"
What is Honor?
"If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid other to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."
What is Article III of the Code of Conduct?
The Navy Working Uniform basic components.
What are the cover, blouse, trousers, belt and boots?
Strategy used by Imperial Germany during WW1 to cripple US involvement in the war which led to the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
"The day-to-day duty of every man and woman in the Department of the Navy is to join together as a team to improve the quality of our work, our people and ourselves."
What is Commitment?
The four principles of the Law of Armed Conflict.
What are military necessity, unnecessary suffering, proportionality, and discrimination?
Where cell phones and communication devices should be used from when walking in the NWUs?
What is the left hand?
The book written by Alfred T. Mahan which outlined the importance of naval strategy and force in global politics.
What is The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?
A common stigma which prevents individuals from seeking help for stress.
What is believing that stress problems are only experienced by the weak.
We are the United States Navy, our Nation's sea power - ready guardians of peace, victorious in war. We are professional Sailors and Civilians - a diverse and agile force exemplifying the highest standards of service to our Nation, at home and abroad, at sea and ashore.
What is the Navy Ethos?
The act of misusing or misrepresenting protected symbols and personnel to gain a military advantage.
What is perfidy and treachery?
The method of securing the bottom of the NWU trousers over the boots by securing the straps on the bottom of the boots over the third boot eyelet.
What is bloused?
First accomplished by Eugene Elie from the USS Birmingham, this accomplishment would eventually lead to a complete shift in naval warfare and strategy.