RESOURCES
NAVAL HISTORY
EASYRIDERS
TRUE/FALSE
THAT'S NOT NAVY
100

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE SAILOR 360 PROGRAM?

WHO IS ALL RANKS & RATES?

100

THIS 1797 WOODEN-HULLED FRIGATE KNOWN AS "OLD IRONSIDES," IS THE OLDEST COMMISSIONED WARSHIP AFLOAT.

WHAT IS THE USS CONSTITUTION?

100

LONG BEFORE MOVING TO THE WINDWARD SIDE AT MCBH IN 1999, THE EASYRIDERS WERE ORIGINALLY BASED AT THIS NOW-CLOSED NAVAL AIR STATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF OAHU.

WHAT IS NAS BARBERS POINT?

100

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DRIVE THROUGH THE GATE AFTER DRINKING ALCOHOL, AS LONG AS YOUR BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC) IS BELOW THE LEGAL LIMIT OF 0.08%.

WHAT IS FALSE?

100

THIS FAMOUS 1960S TV SHOW USED A NEARBY KANEOHE BAY ISLAND, COCONUT ISLAND FOR ITS ICONIC OPENING SHOT.

WHAT IS GILLIGAN'S ISLAND?

200

THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS SAILORS TO SPEND THEIR LAST 180 DAYS OF SERVICE IN A CIVILIAN INTERNSHIP WHILE STILL RECIEVING NAVY PAY.

WHAT IS SKILLBRIDGE?

200

THIS IS THE NAVY SLANG TERM FOR THE DESSERT BAR OR THE "GOOD" SNACKS.

WHAT IS THE GEEDUNK?

200

FOR THEIR FIRST JOB, THIS CHIEF USED TO SHIP DIRT FROM OIL FIELDS. 

WHO IS CHIEF FRANCO?

200

A "SHELLBACK" CEREMONY IS A MANDATORY NAVY TRAINING REQUIREMENT LISTED IN THE PQS.

WHAT IS FALSE? (IT IS A TRADITION/VOLUNTARY CEREMONY)

200

THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR CANNED MEAT IN THE ISLANDS, OFTEN SERVED AS "MUSUBI" AND EVEN SPOTTED UNDER LOCK AND KEY AT SOME STORES.

WHAT IS SPAM?

300

THIS SPECIFIC DOCUMENT IS YOUR OFFICIAL RECORD OF ALL YOUR AWARDS, SCHOOLS, AND EVALUATIONS; IT SHOULD BE CHECKED VIA MYNAVY PORTAL REGULARLY.

WHAT IS OMPF (OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE)?

300

"I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT".

WHO IS JOHN PAUL JONES?

300

HSL-37 BECAME HSM-37 ON THIS DATE.

WHAT IS OCOTBER 1, 2013?

300

THE KANEOHE SANDBAR IS TECHNICALLY A SUNKEN ISLAND THAT WAS ONCE A VOLCANO.

WHAT IS TRUE? (IT IS PART OF THE ANCIENT CALDERA OF THE KO'OLAU VOLCANO.)

300

IN THE MOVIE TOPGUN, THIS KENNY LOGGINS HIT IS PLAYED DURING THE OPENING CARRIER DECK SCENE AND HAS BECOME THE UNOFFICIAL ANTHEM FOR NAVAL AVIATION.

WHAT IS "DANGER ZONE"?

400

THIS TERM FOR RUMORS OR GOSSIP ORIGINATED FROM THE NAME OF THE WATER BARREL WHERE SAILRS WOULD GATHER TO TALK ON WOODEN SHIPS.

WHAT IS SCUTTLEBUTT?

400

THIS CHIEF WAS ONCE A PROFESSIONAL REPO MAN ON CARS BEFORE JOINING THE NAVY.

WHO IS SENIOR JONES?

400

DURING THE DECEMBER 7TH ATTACK, THE PLANES AT KANEOHE BAY WERE DESTROYED BEFORE THE MAIN ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR EVEN STARTED.

WHAT IS TRUE?

500

THIS IS THE SPECIFIC ARTICLE OF THE UCMJ YOU COULD BE CHARGED WITH IF YOU FAIL TO CARRY OUT A LAWFUL ORDER POSTED IN THE PLAN OF THE DAY (POD).

WHAT IS ARTICLE 92 (FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER OR REGULATION)?

500

ORIGINALLY THE "NAVY FLIGHT EXHIBITION TEAM," THIS SQUADRON WAS RENAMED IN 1946 AFTER A PILOT SAW AN AD FOR THIS NEW YORK CITY NIGHTCLUB IN THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE.

WHAT IS THE BLUE ANGEL?

500

THE CENTRAL FIGURE ON THE HSM-37 LOGO IS THIS LEGENDARY HAWAIIAN MONARCH, OFTEN DEPICTED WITH A SPEAR AND HELMET.

WHO IS KING KAMEHAMEHA (THE GREAT)?