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What are the 7 principles of Naval Logistics?
Flexibility Economy Attainability Responsiveness Sustainable Survivability Simplicity FEARSSS
What 3 major classes of warship existed at the inception of the Navy?
Ships of the Line
Frigates
Sloops-of-War
What is the oldest US Navy commissioned vessel?
USS Constitution
Oct 21, 1797
What is the Navy’s birthday?
October 13, 1775
What was the first ship named after an enlisted man?
Osmond Ingram (DDG 225) February 28, 1919
What is the origin of the hand salute?
Men in armor raised their visors to be recognized
What is the significance of saluting the ensign?
Gesture of respect to other nations.
What is the significance of dipping the Ensign?
Gesture of respect between nations.
Gun Salutes
21 - Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and the president 17 - admiral 15 - vice admiral 13 - rear admiral 11 - commodore
National flag
Emblem of the U.S. Flown as a symbol of nationality
Ensign
A flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality
Merchant ensign
National flag flown by civil ships to denote nationality
Fly
Horizontal dimension of a flag flown from a vertical staff
Hoist
Vertical dimension of a flag flown from a vertical staff
Union Jack
white stars and blue field of the Union of the U.S. National flag
Great white Fleet
Dec. 16, 1907
Exercise demonstrated the strength of the U.S. Navy.
Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7, 1941
The U.S. Entered WWII
Coral Sea
May 4-8, 1942
Fought completely by air
Midway
June 4-7
Turning point of WWII
Guadalcanal
Nov 13-15, 1942
5 Sullivan brothers’ deaths re-instated the policy concerning family member separation
Normandy
June 6, 1944
D-Day, largest seaborne invasion in history
Leyte Gulf
October 23, 1944
Final blow to the Japanese
USS Independence
7 ships had the same name
USS Forestal Fire
July 29, 1967
Increased firefighting and damage control training
USS Stark attack
1987
Only successful anti-ship missile attack on a U.S. Navy warship
USS Cole attack
October 12, 2000
The Navy implemented measures in anti-terrorism and force protection
September 11 attacks
September 11, 2001
Homeland Security established and start of War on Terror
Commander in Chief
President of the United States
Barrack Obama