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How do you spell the AO rating

Aviation Ordnanceman 

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What does the "DVIDS" acronym stand for

Defense Visual Information Distribution Service

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What was Senior's rate before the merger

Journalist (JO)

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What is the name of the first USN Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

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What are all the different roles on a VIPER Team

Team Lead

Photographer

Videographer

Editor/Processor

Recorder/Narrative Writer

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How do you spell the forward space where the anchor chains are stored. Including punctuation.

Fo'c'sle

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What is full title of the "SB" rating

Special Warfare Boat Operator

200

Who was Bobby McGrill and how and where did he die

MC1 Bobby McGrill was an expeditionary combat camera MC and RTC RDC who was killed in Baghdad, Iraq after an IED detonated under his Humvee.

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Who is the "Nimitz" in the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and why was he important

5-star Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was the commander-in-chief of Naval pacific forces during WW2 and orchestrated the victories of the battles of Coral Sea and Midway

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What is the difference between relative and true bearing

True bearing is an absolute direction measured from true north while relative is measured from a vessel's current heading

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What does the ship class acronym "MCM" stand for

Mine Countermeasure Vessel

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What are the full titles of the original rates merged into the MC rating in 2006

Photographer's Mate (PH)

Lithographer's Mate (LI)

Illustrator Draftsman (DM)

Journalist (JO)

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What was the name of the first USN Vessel

Schooner Hannah

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How do you spell the rank insignia shoulder devices worn by officers in dress uniforms.

Epaulletes

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What does the abbreviation "NAVWAR" stand for

Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

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What is the name of the course that was replaced by MCF at DINFOS

Basic Mass Communications Specialist Course

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What are the 6 main aircraft flown aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.

  • F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
  • EA-18G Growler
  • E-2C/D Hawkeye .
  • MH-60R/S Sea Hawk
  • F-35C Lightning II
  • C-2A Greyhound/Osprey
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What is the title of the VIPER 305 PQS

Collateral Duty Public Affairs Officer

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What does the acronym "FUBAR" stand for

Fouled up beyond all recognition 
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Who is the Father of Naval Photography

LT. Walter L. Richardson

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Who was John C. Stennis and why is our ship named after him

Stennis was a long-serving congressman who was a staunch supporter of the Navy's nuclear vessel construction program before it's introduction, and the main opposition to the USAF attempt to hold jurisdiction over all military aircraft.

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