Advancement
The highest possible score you can achieve on the advancement exam
80
Uttered the words “I have not yet begun to fight!”
John Paul Jones
‘Top Gun’ came out this year
1986
SCBA
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
The locations of the two Marine Corps basic training sites
San Diego, CA and Parris Island, SC
Number of (exam) points earned by achieving warfare insignia
None; required at deployable command
The last person to wear the rank of fleet admiral
Chester Nimitz
The ship where the Japanese signed their surrender to end WWII
USS Missouri
Where the American Flag is flown while underway
The mast
The day the Marine Corps’ birthday celebrated
November 10
The rationale for testing Sailors to advance
Good question...
Naval Aviator during the Korean War whose most famous accomplishment was a bit “out of this world”
Neil Armstrong
The name of the first US submarine
Turtle
The most common types of anchors used aboard ships
Stockless and lightweight
This CENTCOM Commander later became the United States’ 26th Secretary of Defense
James Norman Mattis
Advancement Manual
BUPERSINST 1430.16G
The Navy’s first ace pilot
David Ingalls
The year the Navy acquired its first aircraft
1911
The name of the newest class of destroyers in the fleet
Zumwalt Class
A Marine’s common warfighting belief
Every Marine is a rifleman
The four methods of rank advancement in the Navy
1. Fleet-wide examination final multiple score
2. Selection boards
3. Special programs (meritorious advancement)
4. Fleet, shore, reserve Sailor of the Year
Seal Officer awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the War in Afghanistan, and was the first Sailor to earn that honor since the Vietnam War
Michael Murphy
Today in Naval history, 1986
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is commissioned at Newport News, VA
Phrase passed on the 1MC just before sunset while underway
Darken Ship
Clenched in the beak of the eagle on the Marine Corps emblem is a scroll inscribed with this
Semper Fidelis