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Areas have direct oversight of what units.

A

High endurance cutters (WHEC)
Medium endurance cutters (WMEC)
Marine safety & security teams (MSST)

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These lead the Lant and Pac areas.

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3 star admirals

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Who leads maintenance and logistic teams?

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1 or 2 Star Admirals (rear admirals)

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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

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Who commands districts?

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Rear Admirals (1 or 2 Star)

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Who reports directly to Area Commanders?

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Districts

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How many district offices does each Area have?

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Lant - 5

Pac - 4

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What size cutters are under control of Area Commands?

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Above 180’

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How many Coast Guard Units report directly to Headquarters?

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35

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How many captures did Cutters get during the Quasi-War?

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18 unaided

Assisted in 2 others.

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Which cutter had the first capture in the War of 1812?

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Jefferson

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Who controlled the Coast Guard during World War I?

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Treasury Department

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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
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When was the Tampa sunk?

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September 26, 1918

111 of 115 personnel were USCG.

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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.

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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.

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During WWII when was the USCG transferred to the Navy?

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November 1, 1941

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USCG sank how many submarines during WWII?

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11 by ship.

1 by aircraft.

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What cutter used depth charges to capture a submarine?

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Icarus

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Which cutter sank a submarine by ramming it?

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Campbell

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Which cutter tracked a submarine through a convoy?

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Spencer

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What is credited with the sinking of 11 German U-Boats?

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Escort service.

Cutters and Aircraft

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29
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Douglas Munro

A

September 27, 1942 Matanikau River

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Search and rescue during WWII saved how many people?

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1,500 survivors of torpedo attacks.
Cutters on escort duty saved 1,000.
Over 1,500 during Normandy operation.

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32
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What year did the USCG go to Seoul, Korea to train the South Korean CG?

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1946

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In what war did Operation Market Time take place?

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Vietnam war.

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34
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When how many and for what war were the reservists called to active duty?

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August 22, 1990
950
Desert Shield/Storm

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35
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What was the mission in Desert Shield?

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To defend Saudi Arabia.

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36
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When did Desert Shield become Desert Storm?

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January 17, 1991 When Saddam wouldn’t withdraw.

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What was the mission(s) of Desert Storm?

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Destroy:
Republican Guard Forces
Iraqi known chemical, biological and nuclear production, storage, and delivery capabilities.

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38
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What was operation Noble Eagle?

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When U.S Navy ships were employed jointly under Coast Guard Command following 9/11 on November 5, 2001.

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39
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What year did the Federal Life Saving Service begin to take shape?

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1848

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From 1848-1870 what was the survival rate of persons aboard vessels that wrecked?

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90%

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41
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When was the Life-Saving Service “reborn” and by whose leadership?

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1871 after the Civil War

Sumner I. Kimball assisted by Revenue Marine Captain John Faunce.

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When was the last mid-ocean stationed cutter station decommissioned?

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1977

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By who, when, and how many people were apart of the largest number of Migrants rescued from a vessel?

A

CGC Dauntless
November 24, 1995
578 Migrants

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44
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Coast Guard Missions

A 
SAR
Environmental Protection
L.E
Ice Operations
ATON
Boating Safety
Military readiness
CG reserves
CG Aux
Homeland Security
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45
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CG’s mission to protect the environment began when.

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1822, Congress created a Timber Reserve to protect Live Oaks on public lands.

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46
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What year was Alaska purchased?

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1867

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When were Revenue Cutters given authority to enforce all Alaskan game laws?

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May 11, 1908

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48
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What created a 200 Mile offshore fishing zone to be controlled by the U.S Coast guard?

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Fishery Conservation Act of 1976.

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49
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This was the first attempt to address waterway pollution and its growing problems.

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Refuse Act of 1899.

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What instilled the current framework for the CG’s Marine Environmental Protection program?

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Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972.

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Notable Oil Spills -

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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.

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52
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Fleet of ____ cutters authorized by Alexander Hamilton in 1790 was responsible for enforcing tariff laws.

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10

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53
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What year did cutters Alabama and Louisiana capture Bravo?

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1819

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54
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The vessel Bravo was part of what group and who captained it?

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Jean Lafarge, a LT of notorious Jean Lafitte of New Orleans.

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55
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How many slaves were freed due to Coast Guard capturing traffickers?

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Almost 500.

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56
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Who served 38 years at Matinicus Rock and White Head Light Stations Maine while simultaneously caring for her family?

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Abbie Burgess

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Who served 39 years at the Lime Rock Lighthouse , saving 18 lives?

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Ida Lewis

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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.

A

Marcus Hanna

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59
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What year did a hurricane destroy 23 Lights along the Gulf Coast killing keepers at Horn Island and Sand Island?

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1906

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What year did a tsunami hit Alaska , killing the crew of the Scotch Cap Lighthouse?

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1946

61
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When was the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act established?

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February 19, 1941

62
Q

____ served on active duty during and to the end of WWII.

A

Regular reservists.

63
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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.

A

Temporary reservists.

64
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____ enacted on __________, established women’s reserve branch of the coast guard.

A

Public Law 773

November 23, 1942

65
Q

When was the women’s reserve terminated and reinstated?

A

July 1947

August 1949

66
Q

In _____ Congress enacted _______, which included owners of aircraft and radio stations eligible for Auxiliary membership.

A

September 1945

Public Law 451

67
Q

Auxiliary is organized into 4 units:

A

Flotilla
Division
District Regions
National

68
Q

_____ is basic unit of the Auxiliary, headed by a Commander. Consists of 15 or more qualified personnel responsible for executing the Auxiliary program.

A

Flotilla

69
Q

____ are flotillas in the same general geographic area. Headed by a Captain and Vice-Captain.

A

Division

70
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Some auxiliary districts are grouped into these.

A

District Regions

71
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Auxiliary District Regions provide:

A

Divisions with administrative and supervisory support.

Promoted policies of District Commander and National Aux committee.

72
Q

At this level, CG officers are assigned to oversee and promote the AUX programs.

A

District Regions

73
Q

Dept. of Homeland Security was created after what disaster?

A

September 11, 2011

74
Q

When was the CG officially transferred to DHS?

A

March 1, 2003.

75
Q

Coast guards Homeland Security Roles:

A 
Safeguard
Maintain
Ensure
Protect
Coordinate
76
Q

Following WWII, members of what were given rates, ratings, uniforms, and insignia?

A

Auxiliary

77
Q

Drug smuggling in the 1960s gave what mission increased significance?

A

Law Enforcement

78
Q

What event was the impetus for the International Ice Patrol?

A

Sinking of the Titanic

79
Q

The only Coast Guard-manned Light Station in the U.S today is ______.

A

Boston Harbor

80
Q

Who were the first two uniformed women to serve in the Coast Guard?

A

Twin sisters: Genevieve and Lucille Baker

81
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What year did Genevieve and Lucille Baker serve in the Coast Guard?

A

1918

82
Q

Who were the first five African-American women to serve in the SPAR’s?

A 
Olivia Hooker
D. Winifred Byrd
Julia Mosley
Yvonne Cumberbatch
Aileen Cooke
83
Q

Who was the Coast Guard’s first E-9?

A

YNCM Jack Kerwin

84
Q

When did YNCM Jack Kerwin become the first E-9 in the Coast Guard?

A

1958

85
Q

What year did Alex Haley die?

A

1992

86
Q

Who became the first SPAR E-9?

A

YNCM Pearl Faurie

87
Q

What year did YNCM Pearl Faurie become the first SPAR E-9?

A

1962

88
Q

Who was the first Master Chief of the Coast Guard?

A

BMCM Charles L. Calhoun

89
Q

When did BMCM Calhoun become the first MCPOCG?

A

August 1, 1969

90
Q

What were the first 4 ratings available to SPARs?

A

YN
SK
Radioman
Hospital Corpsman

91
Q

What year were women integrated into active duty and reserves?

A

1973

92
Q

Who was the first SPAR to be sworn into active duty?

A

Alice Jefferson

93
Q

When did the Chief Petty Officer Academy begin training? Who did the first class consist of?

A

1982
6 MCPOs
4 SCPOs

94
Q

Who served 44 years 4 months and 27 days in the CG?

A

BMCM Donald H. Horsley

95
Q

In what year did all career fields and enlisted ratings opened to women?

A

1978

96
Q

How many lives is Ida Lewis credited for saving in her span of 39 years at Lime Rock?

A

18

97
Q

What year were women assigned to isolated units?

A

1981

98
Q

Who and when was the first enlisted woman assigned to OinC afloat?

A

1988

Dianne Bucci

99
Q

Who and when was the first enlisted woman assigned officer in charge ashore?

A

1989

Krystine Carbajal

100
Q

First Hispanic American female advanced to E7.

A

1992

Sonia Colon

101
Q

When did the revenue cutter service and U.S Life Saving Service merge?

A

Jan 28, 1915

102
Q

Marcus A. Hanna is the only person to receive what 2 awards?

A

Medal of Honor

Gold Life-Saving Medal

103
Q

How many Life-Saving medals did Frederick Hatch receive?

A

2 Gold

104
Q

How many lives is Joshua James credited for saving?

A

More than 600.

105
Q

How many life-saving medals did Joshua James receive?

A

2 Gold Life-Saving

3 Silver

106
Q

November 1888, James and his crew saved ____ from _____ during one of the worst storms to hit Hull, Mass.

A

29 people

5 vessels

107
Q

Who served at Line Rock light until their death?

A

Ida Lewis

108
Q

Ida Lewis is credited for saving ____ lives during her ____ years at Lime Rock.

A

18

39

109
Q

E-1 in the Army

A

Private (PV1)

110
Q

E-2 in the Army

A

Private (PV2)

111
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E-3 in the Army

A

Private First Class

112
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E-4 in the Army

A

Corporal

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E-5 in the Army

A

Sergeant

114
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E-6 in the Army

A

Staff Sergeant

115
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E-7 in the Army

A

Sergeant First Class

116
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E-8 in the Army

A

Master Sergeant

117
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E-9 in the Army

A

Sergeant Major

118
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E-1 in the Marines

A

Private

119
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E-2 in the Marines

A

Private First Class

120
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E-3 in the Marines

A

Lance Corporal

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E-4 in the Marines

A

Corporal

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E-5 in the Marines

A

Sergeant

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E-6 in the Marines

A

Staff Sergeant

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E-7 in the Marines

A

Gunnery Sergeant

125
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E-8 in the Marines

A

Master Sergeant

126
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E-9 in the Marines

A

Master Gunnery Sergeant

127
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E-10 in the Army/Marines

A

Sergeant Major of the Army/Marine Corps

128
Q

E-1 in the Air Force

A

Airman Basic

129
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E-2 in the Air Force

A

Airman

130
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E-3 in the Air Force

A

Airman First Class

131
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E-4 in the Air Force

A

Senior Airman

132
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E-5 in the Air Force

A

Staff Sergeant

133
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E-6 in the Air Force

A

Technical Sergeant

134
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E-7 in the Air Force

A

Master Sergeant

135
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E-8 in the Air Force

A

Senior Master Sergeant

136
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E-9 in the Air Force

A

Chief Master Sergeant

137
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E-10 in the Air Force

A

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

138
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O-1 in Army/Air Force/Marines

A

Second LT

139
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O-2 in Army/Air Force/Marines

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First LT

140
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O-3 in Army/Air Force/Marines

A

Captain

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O-4 in Army/Air Force/Marines

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Major

142
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O-5 in Army/Air Force/Marines

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Lt. Colonel

143
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O-6 in Army/Air Force/Marines

A

Colonel

144
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O-7 in Army/Air Force/Marines

A

Brigadier General

145
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O-8 in Army/Air Force/Marines

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Major General

146
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O-9 in Army/Air Force/Marines

A

Lt. General

147
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O-10 in Army/Air Force/Marines

A

General

148
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Special in Army/Air Force/Marines

A

General of the Army

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