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Areas have direct oversight of what units.
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High endurance cutters (WHEC)
Medium endurance cutters (WMEC)
Marine safety & security teams (MSST)
1
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These lead the Lant and Pac areas.
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3 star admirals
2
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Who leads maintenance and logistic teams?
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1 or 2 Star Admirals (rear admirals)
3
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Who provides civil engineering, electronics systems, naval engineering, health and safety, legal finance, personnel, and inspection services?
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Maintenance and Logistics Commands
4
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Who commands districts?
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Rear Admirals (1 or 2 Star)
5
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Who reports directly to Area Commanders?
A
Districts
6
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How many district offices does each Area have?
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Lant - 5
Pac - 4
7
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What size cutters are under control of Area Commands?
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Above 180’
8
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How many Coast Guard Units report directly to Headquarters?
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35
9
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How many captures did Cutters get during the Quasi-War?
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18 unaided
Assisted in 2 others.
10
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Which cutter had the first capture in the War of 1812?
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Jefferson
11
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Congress declared war with Mexico on what date.
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May 13th 1846
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When were steamboats first used in a war?
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Mexican-American War
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Who is credited with firing the first naval shot of the Civil War?
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Harriet Lane
14
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When did Spain declare war on the U.S? And why?
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April 24, 1898
For intervening in the Spain/Cuba crisis.
15
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What navy squadron did revenue cutters join during the Spanish-American war?
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Rear Admiral William Sampson’s North Atlantic Squadron for blockade duty off the coast of Cuba.
16
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Who was massacred during the Hudson and USS Winslow’s battle with Spanish gun boats?
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Ensign Bagley US Navy.
17
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Who controlled the Coast Guard during World War I?
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Treasury Department
18
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How many cutters made up squadron 2 of division 6 of the Atlantic fleet in World War I?
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6 - Ossipee Seneca Yamacraw Algonquin Manning Tampa
19
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When was the Tampa sunk?
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September 26, 1918
111 of 115 personnel were USCG.
20
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What war saw the highest percent of coast guard personnel killed of all branches?
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World War I.
21
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What gave the USCG jurisdiction over ships carrying explosives and dangerous cargos?
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Dangerous Cargo Act (WWII)
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Which cutter made the first U.S Naval capture during World War II?
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Northland.
Captured 3 German radiomen ashore in Greenland attempting to set up weather stations.
23
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During WWII when was the USCG transferred to the Navy?
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November 1, 1941
24
USCG sank how many submarines during WWII?
11 by ship.
| 1 by aircraft.
25
What cutter used depth charges to capture a submarine?
Icarus
26
Which cutter sank a submarine by ramming it?
Campbell
27
Which cutter tracked a submarine through a convoy?
Spencer
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What is credited with the sinking of 11 German U-Boats?
Escort service.
| Cutters and Aircraft
29
Douglas Munro
September 27, 1942 Matanikau River
31
Search and rescue during WWII saved how many people?
1,500 survivors of torpedo attacks.
Cutters on escort duty saved 1,000.
Over 1,500 during Normandy operation.
32
What year did the USCG go to Seoul, Korea to train the South Korean CG?
1946
33
In what war did Operation Market Time take place?
Vietnam war.
34
When how many and for what war were the reservists called to active duty?
August 22, 1990
950
Desert Shield/Storm
35
What was the mission in Desert Shield?
To defend Saudi Arabia.
36
When did Desert Shield become Desert Storm?
January 17, 1991 When Saddam wouldn't withdraw.
37
What was the mission(s) of Desert Storm?
Destroy:
Republican Guard Forces
Iraqi known chemical, biological and nuclear production, storage, and delivery capabilities.
38
What was operation Noble Eagle?
When U.S Navy ships were employed jointly under Coast Guard Command following 9/11 on November 5, 2001.
39
What year did the Federal Life Saving Service begin to take shape?
1848
40
From 1848-1870 what was the survival rate of persons aboard vessels that wrecked?
90%
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When was the Life-Saving Service "reborn" and by whose leadership?
1871 after the Civil War
| Sumner I. Kimball assisted by Revenue Marine Captain John Faunce.
42
When was the last mid-ocean stationed cutter station decommissioned?
1977
43
By who, when, and how many people were apart of the largest number of Migrants rescued from a vessel?
CGC Dauntless
November 24, 1995
578 Migrants
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Coast Guard Missions
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SAR
Environmental Protection
L.E
Ice Operations
ATON
Boating Safety
Military readiness
CG reserves
CG Aux
Homeland Security
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45
CG's mission to protect the environment began when.
1822, Congress created a Timber Reserve to protect Live Oaks on public lands.
46
What year was Alaska purchased?
1867
47
When were Revenue Cutters given authority to enforce all Alaskan game laws?
May 11, 1908
48
What created a 200 Mile offshore fishing zone to be controlled by the U.S Coast guard?
Fishery Conservation Act of 1976.
49
This was the first attempt to address waterway pollution and its growing problems.
Refuse Act of 1899.
50
What instilled the current framework for the CG's Marine Environmental Protection program?
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972.
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Notable Oil Spills -
August 1974: Metula in the Straits of Magellan.
January 1975: Showa Maru in Straits of Malacca.
December 1975: Olympic Games in Delaware River.
March 1989: Exxon Valdez on Bligh Reef Prince William Sound.
February 1991: Persian Gulf due to Iraqi firing.
52
Fleet of ____ cutters authorized by Alexander Hamilton in 1790 was responsible for enforcing tariff laws.
10
53
What year did cutters Alabama and Louisiana capture Bravo?
1819
54
The vessel Bravo was part of what group and who captained it?
Jean Lafarge, a LT of notorious Jean Lafitte of New Orleans.
55
How many slaves were freed due to Coast Guard capturing traffickers?
Almost 500.
56
Who served 38 years at Matinicus Rock and White Head Light Stations Maine while simultaneously caring for her family?
Abbie Burgess
57
Who served 39 years at the Lime Rock Lighthouse , saving 18 lives?
Ida Lewis
58
Who served at the Cape Elizabeth Light. He is probably the only man in history to receive the Medal of Honor and Gold Lifesaving Medal.
Marcus Hanna
59
What year did a hurricane destroy 23 Lights along the Gulf Coast killing keepers at Horn Island and Sand Island?
1906
60
What year did a tsunami hit Alaska , killing the crew of the Scotch Cap Lighthouse?
1946
61
When was the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act established?
February 19, 1941
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____ served on active duty during and to the end of WWII.
Regular reservists.
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____ were volunteers and former auxiliary members, both paid, and unpaid, who served in a military capacity performing coastal patrols and port security tasks.
Temporary reservists.
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____ enacted on __________, established women's reserve branch of the coast guard.
Public Law 773
| November 23, 1942
65
When was the women's reserve terminated and reinstated?
July 1947
| August 1949
66
In _____ Congress enacted _______, which included owners of aircraft and radio stations eligible for Auxiliary membership.
September 1945
| Public Law 451
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Auxiliary is organized into 4 units:
Flotilla
Division
District Regions
National
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_____ is basic unit of the Auxiliary, headed by a Commander. Consists of 15 or more qualified personnel responsible for executing the Auxiliary program.
Flotilla
69
____ are flotillas in the same general geographic area. Headed by a Captain and Vice-Captain.
Division
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Some auxiliary districts are grouped into these.
District Regions
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Auxiliary District Regions provide:
Divisions with administrative and supervisory support.
| Promoted policies of District Commander and National Aux committee.
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At this level, CG officers are assigned to oversee and promote the AUX programs.
District Regions
73
Dept. of Homeland Security was created after what disaster?
September 11, 2011
74
When was the CG officially transferred to DHS?
March 1, 2003.
75
Coast guards Homeland Security Roles:
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Safeguard
Maintain
Ensure
Protect
Coordinate
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Following WWII, members of what were given rates, ratings, uniforms, and insignia?
Auxiliary
77
Drug smuggling in the 1960s gave what mission increased significance?
Law Enforcement
78
What event was the impetus for the International Ice Patrol?
Sinking of the Titanic
79
The only Coast Guard-manned Light Station in the U.S today is ______.
Boston Harbor
80
Who were the first two uniformed women to serve in the Coast Guard?
Twin sisters: Genevieve and Lucille Baker
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What year did Genevieve and Lucille Baker serve in the Coast Guard?
1918
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Who were the first five African-American women to serve in the SPAR's?
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Olivia Hooker
D. Winifred Byrd
Julia Mosley
Yvonne Cumberbatch
Aileen Cooke
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83
Who was the Coast Guard's first E-9?
YNCM Jack Kerwin
84
When did YNCM Jack Kerwin become the first E-9 in the Coast Guard?
1958
85
What year did Alex Haley die?
1992
86
Who became the first SPAR E-9?
YNCM Pearl Faurie
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What year did YNCM Pearl Faurie become the first SPAR E-9?
1962
88
Who was the first Master Chief of the Coast Guard?
BMCM Charles L. Calhoun
89
When did BMCM Calhoun become the first MCPOCG?
August 1, 1969
90
What were the first 4 ratings available to SPARs?
YN
SK
Radioman
Hospital Corpsman
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What year were women integrated into active duty and reserves?
1973
92
Who was the first SPAR to be sworn into active duty?
Alice Jefferson
93
When did the Chief Petty Officer Academy begin training? Who did the first class consist of?
1982
6 MCPOs
4 SCPOs
94
Who served 44 years 4 months and 27 days in the CG?
BMCM Donald H. Horsley
95
In what year did all career fields and enlisted ratings opened to women?
1978
96
How many lives is Ida Lewis credited for saving in her span of 39 years at Lime Rock?
18
97
What year were women assigned to isolated units?
1981
98
Who and when was the first enlisted woman assigned to OinC afloat?
1988
| Dianne Bucci
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Who and when was the first enlisted woman assigned officer in charge ashore?
1989
| Krystine Carbajal
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First Hispanic American female advanced to E7.
1992
| Sonia Colon
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When did the revenue cutter service and U.S Life Saving Service merge?
Jan 28, 1915
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Marcus A. Hanna is the only person to receive what 2 awards?
Medal of Honor
| Gold Life-Saving Medal
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How many Life-Saving medals did Frederick Hatch receive?
2 Gold
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How many lives is Joshua James credited for saving?
More than 600.
105
How many life-saving medals did Joshua James receive?
2 Gold Life-Saving
| 3 Silver
106
November 1888, James and his crew saved ____ from _____ during one of the worst storms to hit Hull, Mass.
29 people
| 5 vessels
107
Who served at Line Rock light until their death?
Ida Lewis
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Ida Lewis is credited for saving ____ lives during her ____ years at Lime Rock.
18
| 39
109
E-1 in the Army
Private (PV1)
110
E-2 in the Army
Private (PV2)
111
E-3 in the Army
Private First Class
112
E-4 in the Army
Corporal
113
E-5 in the Army
Sergeant
114
E-6 in the Army
Staff Sergeant
115
E-7 in the Army
Sergeant First Class
116
E-8 in the Army
Master Sergeant
117
E-9 in the Army
Sergeant Major
118
E-1 in the Marines
Private
119
E-2 in the Marines
Private First Class
120
E-3 in the Marines
Lance Corporal
121
E-4 in the Marines
Corporal
122
E-5 in the Marines
Sergeant
123
E-6 in the Marines
Staff Sergeant
124
E-7 in the Marines
Gunnery Sergeant
125
E-8 in the Marines
Master Sergeant
126
E-9 in the Marines
Master Gunnery Sergeant
127
E-10 in the Army/Marines
Sergeant Major of the Army/Marine Corps
128
E-1 in the Air Force
Airman Basic
129
E-2 in the Air Force
Airman
130
E-3 in the Air Force
Airman First Class
131
E-4 in the Air Force
Senior Airman
132
E-5 in the Air Force
Staff Sergeant
133
E-6 in the Air Force
Technical Sergeant
134
E-7 in the Air Force
Master Sergeant
135
E-8 in the Air Force
Senior Master Sergeant
136
E-9 in the Air Force
Chief Master Sergeant
137
E-10 in the Air Force
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
138
O-1 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Second LT
139
O-2 in Army/Air Force/Marines
First LT
140
O-3 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Captain
141
O-4 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Major
142
O-5 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Lt. Colonel
143
O-6 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Colonel
144
O-7 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Brigadier General
145
O-8 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Major General
146
O-9 in Army/Air Force/Marines
Lt. General
147
O-10 in Army/Air Force/Marines
General
148
Special in Army/Air Force/Marines
General of the Army
