Common Core 103 Navy Expeditionary History Fundamentals

Question 1

Seabee origins

Answer 1

First Construction Battalion (CB) was established January 1942

The name ‘Seabee’ derived from these Construction Battalions

Seabee became an official name on March 5th 1942 (Seabee birthday)

Question 2

Battle of Coral Sea

Answer 2

• May 4-6 1942
• First of 6 fights between opposing aircraft carrier forces
• Fought entirely with carrier launched aircraft, the two fleets never saw each other
• America won the battle resulting in Austrailia being saved from an imminent Japanese invasion.

Question 3

D-Day

Answer 3

June 6 1942
Allied forces invasion of the beaches of Normandy
Largest amphibious operation in history
Operation Bodyguard (General Patton’s fake army)

Question 4

Battle of Midway

Answer 4

June 4-7 1942
Turning point of the war in the Pacific
Japan lost 4 carriers

Question 5

Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) origins

Answer 5

• First group of volunteers selected to work with the famed British UXO teams following the initial German blitzkrieg attacks in early 1940
• These veterans formed a school, Mine Recovery School, in June 1941

Question 6

Mission of NCW

Answer 6

Employed for expeditionary operations

Support USCG forces in homeland security operations
Support DoD in homeland defense operations

Question 7

America’s First sea-based offensive

Answer 7

Initiated by General George Washington against the British