EPME Flashcards
What year did Congress authorized the capture of armed French vessels hovering off the U.S Coast?
May 28, 1798
What types of earrings are authorized for women?
Earrings will be 4-6mm ball studs, natural white pearl, white diamond, plain gold or silver with a shiny brushed matte finish settings
The federal lifesaving service took shape in what year?
1848
The lighthouse service was formed on what date?
August 7, 1789
What department was the Lighthouse Service under?
Treasury Department
In what year were cutters charged with preventing slaves from coming into the U.S from Africa and freed almost 500 slaves?
1794
What year was the Lifesaving Service reborn and under whose leadership?
In 1871, under Sumner L. Kimball and assisted by Captain John Faunce
The Motorboat Act was established in what year?
1910
What did the Motorboat Act of 1910 do?
Establish a credible boating safety program.
What did the Motorboat Act of 1940 do?
Improved safety standards
Who was the first SPAR to be sworn into the CG and when?
Alice Jefferson, 1973
What year did Genevieve and Lucille Baker become first uniformed women to serve in the CG?
1918
Women’s fingernails cannot extend more than?
1/4in beyond fingertip
Who was the first MCPO and when?
Master Chief Yeoman Jack Kerwin, November 1, 1958
Who were the first five African-American females to enter the SPARs?
Olivia Hooker D. Winifred Byrd Julia Mosley Yvonne Cumberbatch Aileen Cooke
Who was the first SPAR E9 and when?
Master Chief Yeoman Pearl Faurie, 1962
When were women admitted to OCS for the first time?
1973
What year were women integrated into active duty and the CG Reserve?
1973
When were women assigned to isolated units?
1981
Operation Desert Shield began with how many females serving in the Persian Gulf?
14 female reservists in the Persian Gulf, 1990
Who was the firs Hispanic American female advanced to E-7?
Sonia Colon in 1992
When did the RCS and the Life Saving Service merge?
January 28, 1915
When did Rasmus S Midgett rescue ten people from the grounded ship Priscilla?
August 18, 1899
When did Douglas Munro earn the MOH?
September 27, 1942 at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal
When must applicant minimum eligibility requirement for appointment to warrant grade be completed by?
January 1 of the year in which the CWO appointment board convenes.
Bullets must be submitted to supervisor no more than how many days before end of marking period?
14
How many days does the supervisor have to route the employee review to the Marking Official?
No more than nine days prior to the period ending date
Supervisor must counsel the evaluee on the employee review after the Approving Official has completed their actions, how many days following the employee review period ending date?
30 days
When are E-5 evaluations given?
April and October.
When are E-4 evaluations given?
March and September
When are E-2 evaluations given?
January and July
When are E-6 evaluations given?
May and November
What is the mid-point for semi-annual reviews?
92 days
What is the mid-point for annual reviews?
184 days
What is the mid-point for reserves?
19 drill periods
Counseling a subordinate must not be later than how many days following the employee review period ending date?
21 days
When did Alex P. Haley retire as a Chief Journalist after serving in WWII and Korea?
1959
What were the four ratings available in the first women’s Reserve Enlisted Basic Indoctrination classes?
Yeoman
Storekeeper
Radioman
Hospital Corpsman
The first CPO Academy class had how many CPOs?
four SCPOs - six MCPOs
When did the first CPO Academy class graduate?
November 1982
Who was the first enlisted woman to fill an OIC afloat billet?
Dianne Bucci
Who was the first black female and first female engineer to advance to E-7 in 1988?
Pamela Autry
Who was the first enlisted woman assigned as OIC ashore?
Krystine Carbajal in 1989
Which ten cutters began with the CG on Aug. 4, 1790?
Vigilant Active General Green Massachusetts Scammel Argus Virginia Diligence South Caroline Eagle
What is JJ credited with?
Saving 600 lives, two gold medals, three silver medals
When did JJ earn one of his gold medals?
November 1888 for saving 29 lives from five different vessels in Hull, Massachusetts
Ida Lewis is credited with what?
Saving 18 lives during 39 years at Lime Rock
Earned the gold lifesaving medal
When must applicant minimum eligibility requirement for appointment to warrant grade be completed by?
January 1 of the year in which the CWO appointment board convenes.
What are the age requirements for OCS?
21-26
PPEP candidates must be how old?
21-32 yoa
Candidates for the CGA must be how old?
18-22 years old
When are E-3 evaluations given?
February and August
When are E-2 evaluations given?
January and July
A special employee review is required, regardless of the time since the last employee review on the date a member is:
Awarded a NJP or convicted by a court martial
When was BMCM Charles L. Calhoun initiated as the first MCPOCG?
August 1, 1969
When must applicant minimum eligibility requirement for appointment to warrant grade be completed by?
January 1 of the year in which the CWO appointment board convenes.
When is TA paid up front?
When a course is less than 18 weeks in length
When are Report of Surveys required?
When an item on the property report becomes lost, damaged or destroyed. Or when the property value is greater than $500.
How many district offices do Atlantic and Pacific have?
Atlantic has more because PAC has four.
LANT-5 PAC-4
How many CG units report to HQ?
35
In which war did the USCG augment the Navy with shallow draft craft?
War of 1812
Who captured the first prize of War of 1812?
RCS Jefferson
When did Congress declare war with Mexico?
May 13, 1846
When was the first time steamboats were used in the war?
Mexican American War
When did Spain declare war on the U.S?
April 24, 1898
Officer Ranks O-1-3
O-1 is a 2nd LT
O-2 is a 1st LT
O-3 is a Capt.
Officer Ranks - O-4-6
O-4 is a Major
O-5 is a LT. Colonel
O-6 is a Colonel
Officer Ranks O-7-9
O-7 is a Brigadier General
O-8 is a Major General
O-9 is a Lt. General
What is an O-10 is the Army, MC and AF?
General
What is an E-2 in the Army?
Private E-2 (PV2)
What is an E-3 in the Army?
Private First Class
What is an E-5 in the Army?
Sergeant
What is an E-6 in the Army?
Staff Sergeant
What is an E-1 in the Marine Corp?
Private (PVT)
What is an E-2 in the MC?
Private First (PFC)
What is an E-3 in the MC?
Lance Corporal
What is an E-4 in the MC?
Corporal
What is an E-5 in the MC?
Sergeant
What is an E-6 in the MC?
Staff Sergeant
What is an E-7 in the MC?
Gunnery Sergeant
What is an E-7 in the Army?
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
What is an E-4 in the Army?
Corporal Specialist
What is an E-2 in the AF?
Airman
What is an E-3 in the AF?
Airman First Class
What is an E-4 in the AF?
Senior Airman
What is an E-5 in the AF?
Staff Sergeant
What is an E-6 in the AF?
Technical Sergeant
What cutter was involved in the Spanish American war?
McCulloch
What boats fought Spanish gunboats on May 11, 1898?
USS Winslow and RCS Hudson
When did the U.S enter WWI and transfer to the U.S Navy?
April 2, 1917
When did six RCS cutters transfer to Gibraltar?
Aug-Sep 1917
Who were the six cutters to transfer to Gibraltar?
Seneca, Ossipee, Yamacraw, Algonquin, Manning, Tampa
When was Tampa torpedoed?
Sept. 26, 1918
In WWII, when did port security begin?
June 22, 1940
When did the CG take responsibility for cold weather operations in Greenland?
April 9, 1941
When did the CG make the first naval capture of WWII?
Sept. 12, 1941
When did Douglas Munro die?
Sept. 27, 1942
What kind of role did the CG have in Korea?
Support
In what war was the operation Market Time?
Vietnam
When were select reserve members called to active duty for Desert Shield?
Aug 22, 1990
When did Desert Shield become Desert Storm?
Jan. 17, 1991
When did the Federal Lifesaving service take shape?
1848
The Life Saving Service was reborn under Sumner L. Kimball when?
1871
When did environmental protection begin?
1822
When did the U.S purchase Alaska?
1867
The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 created what?
a 200nm offshore fishing zone
What act addresses water pollution?
Refuse Act of 1899
What is the current framework for the CG’s marine environmental protection?
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972
When and where was a national strike force created?
PAC, Gulf and Atlantic, 1973
When did a cutter make the first narcotics seizure?
August 31, 1890
When did the RCS begin the International Ice Patrol?
Feb. 7 1914
When were all lighthouses federalized and funds appropriated for lighthouses, beacons and buoys?
Aug 7, 1789
When was the Lighthouse Service absorbed into the CG?
1939
Where did Abbie Burgess serve?
Matinicus Rock and White Head Light Station
Where did Marcus Hanna serve?
Cape Elizabeth Light
Who was awarded the Medal of Honor and the Gold Lifesaving Medal?
Marcus Hanna
When was pleasure boat safety first regulated?
1908
When was the CG Auxiliary created?
1939
What title of U.S Code says that we are a military service?
Title 14
MOA was signed to specify the five national defense missions, when?
October 3, 1995
What established the Women’s Reserve as a branch of the CG?
Public Law 773 on November 23, 1942
When was the Women’s Reserve terminated?
July 1947
What was the first organized CG reserve unit?
Boston, 1950
Today’s CG Auxiliary has four units, what are they?
Flotilla
Division
District Region
National
A CG flotilla has how many members?
15
What is a Report of Survey?
CG-5269
What block on your DD-214 lists your military education?
Block 14
In order for a purchase requisition to be valid, what must it have?
Be numbered properly.
Contain appropriation and accounting data
Have valid signature.
How much are PRs for construction requests limited to?
$2,000
How much is a micro purchase for supplies?
Micro purchase shall not exceed $3,000
How much is a micro purchase for services?
Micro purchase for services is limited to $2,500.
What are classified as confined spaces?
Tanks, voids and unventilated spacees.
When is double hearing protection required?
If noise level is above 105 db.
What directive remains in effect until replaced or canceled by the originator?
Instructions (INST)
What directives must originators review and validate every four years?
Instructions
What directive is a permanent type of instruction and has 25 or more pages?
Manuals
What directives are urgent in nature and transmitted via the CG message system?
Message-Type Notices
What directive is cancelled after 12 months and has the same force as an instruction?
Notices
What directives have no defined format?
SOPs
Who are the four main originators who issue directives?
The Commandant
Area, District, and Group Commanders
Commanders of Maintenance & Logistic Commands
COs and OIC
In the Directives, Publications and Reports Index (CMDT Notice 5600), what do CH. 2-3 list?
Chapter 2 - lists all directives numerically
Chapter 3 - lists them alphabetically
What is the SOSO for FLASH (Z) ?
As fast as possible with a goal of 10 minutes
What is the SOSO for a Immediate (O)?
30 minutes
What is the SOSO for a Priority (P)?
3 hours
What is the SOSO for a Routine (R)?
6 hours
If a message has been corrected, what letters will it have?
ZOJ, where is the number of the correction
If a message has been retransmitted, what letters will it have?
ZDK, positioned after the date of the original message
If a message is an administrative type, what letters will it have?
ZYB, which follows the DTG
What are four limitations of CGMS?
Cannot have tabs
Cannot be allowed to auto wrap at the end of the line
Must be limited to 69 characters per line
Have only approved characters
What are two types of CGMS messages?
Classified and Unclassified
What determines priority in CGMS?
Precedence, not classification
Which type of command is responsible for providing services such as civil engineering, health and safety, legal and finance to all operational units within its area?
MLC
Maintenance and Logistics Commands
Who heads up Districts?
Rear Admirals
Who leads LANT and PAC Areas?
Vice Admirals
When was the first time ocean-going cutters augmented Navy and CG surveillance forces?
Vietnam
Following WWII, members of what organization were given rates and ratings, uniforms and insignia?
CG Auxiliary
The Refuse Act of 1899 was the catalyst for what CG mission?
Environmental protection
To help rescue immigrants from vessels ravished by storms, a Federal lifesaving service was initiated in?
1848
When were all officer career fields and enlisted ratings opened to women?
1978
When was the installation of the first MCPOCG?
1969
How many categories of leadership competencies are there?
Four - Leading Self
Leading Others
Leading Performance and Change
Leading the Coast Guard
When may search and seizure be conducted?
Probable cause exists
When probable cause is not required
Where are there rules for search and seizure?
Court - Martial 315
Under court - martial 315, in order to perform probable cause searches, a petty officer must be performing what jobs?
Military Police
Guard
Shore Patrol
Investigative duties
Under court-martial 315, what must be granted by the CO or judge?
A search authorization
What is an Administrative Remarks sheet?
CG - 3307
What are the seven different topes of admin marks that may be entered on a 3307?
- Accession
- Assignment & transfer
- Advancement and reduction
- Performance and discipline
- Separation
- SRB
- Selective Reserve Enlisted Bonus Program
What gives CMDT authority to frock enlisted personnel?
Section 632 Title 14 USC
Who is designated as sole authority for frocking?
CMDT designated CGPC-epm-2.
CG Substance Abuse prevention has 3 goals, what are they?
- Reduce the incidence of substance and alcohol abuse
- Detect and separate those members who abuse drugs
- Facilitate the rehabilitation of active duty members for service in the CG
Who are Addiction Prevention Specialists?
They are MLC personnel assigned to detached duty at major HQ commands.
What are the 3 levels of alcohol abuse rehabilitation?
Level 1. Awareness
Level 2. Outpatient/Intensive Outpatient
Level 3. Residential Rehabilitation program
What is antabuse therapy?
A non-toxic drug that interferes when the body metabolizes alcohol with a flu-like reaction.
Under CG Regs COMDINST M5000.3, what article states that a CO shall “prohibit unit introductory initiations or hazing of personnel”?
4-1-15
All units with _____ or more full time billets are required to have a HRC.
50
CG SELRES mbrs are authorized ____ paid IDT drills and at least ___ paid ADT days per fiscal year.
48 and 12
What CG form is used to order material (directives) ?
CG form 4428
How many steps are in the ORM process?
7
What model addresses general risk concerns that involve operations planning or reassessing risks?
GAR model
What is step 1 of the ORM?
Define mission and tasks.
What is step 2 ORM?
Identify hazards
What is step 3 of ORM?
Assess the risk.
What is step 4 of ORM?
Identify options.
What is step 5 of ORM?
Evaluate risk vs. gain.
What is step 6 of ORM?
Execute the decision.
What is step 7 of ORM?
Monitor the situation.
What are the two main purposes of a mishap?
Initiate corrective action
Improve CG operational readiness and efficiency
Which two mishaps warrant a mishap analysis board?
Class A - Most serious or costly and warrant a MAB
Class B - Sufficiently serious to warrant a MAB
What does a A mishap cost?
greater than or equal to $2 million
What constitutes a Class A mishap?
- $2 million
- A CGC is missing or abandoned with no chance of recovery
- Injury or occupational illness causes a fatality
- If a CG small boat, costing $100,000 is missing or abandoned, it is a Class A
How much is a Class B mishap?
$500,000 - $2 millilon
What constitutes a Class B mishap?
$500,000 - $2 million
Occupational injury or illness resulting in permanent partial disability
More than five people in hospital
A CG small boat with $100,000 of damage
How much is a Class C mishap?
$50,000-$500,000
What constitutes a Class C mishap?
Non-fatal injury or occupational illness results in loss of time from work
A CG small boat $50,000 - $100,000
How much is a Class D mishap?
Non-aviation property damage is more than $5,000 and less than $50,000
Non-fatal injury that does not meet Class C mishap
Who are Class A and Class B mishap boards appointed by?
CMDT (CG-113)
Who conducts MAB for Class C and Class D mishaps?
Unit level and unit safety board
How is privileged material classified for mishap analysis report?
Category I - privileged
Category II- non privileged
For official business correspondence, what do you use?
USCG MACROS II
What is the primary letter format used by the CG?
Business letter
What are the two main reasons for writing a business letter?
- Correspond with a non-federal agency
2. Communicate with a federal agency with a more personal approach.
