NAVEDTRA 14325, MILITARY REQUIREMENTS, BASIC (BMR) Chapter 20

Question 1

What term describes a nation’s ability to protect its political, economic, and military interests through control of the sea? (Page 20-1)

Answer 1

Sea power

Question 2

Who was the first person to use the term “sea power”? (Page 20-1)

Answer 2

Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN

Question 3

Which publication defines Naval strategy? (Page 20-6)

Answer 3

Naval Warfare Publication 3 (NWP-3)

Question 4

What broad course of action is designed to achieve national objectives in support of national interests? (Page 20-6)

Answer 4

National strategy

Question 5

What are those conditions that are advantageous for our nation to pursue or protect? (Page 20-6)

Answer 5

National interests

Question 6

What are the specific goals our nation seeks to advance, support, or protect? (Page 20-6)

Answer 6

National objectives

Question 7

What is the U.S. Navy’s primary function? (Page 20-7)

Answer 7

Sea control

Question 8

What is the ability to use sea power throughout the world in the timely and precise manner needed to accomplish a given goal? (Page 20-7)

Answer 8

Power projection

Question 9

What year did Congress authorize the first six frigates of the Continental Navy? (Page 20-9)

Answer 9

1794

Question 10

What year was the Coast Guard established as the United States Revenue Marine? (Page 20-10)

Answer 10

1790

Question 11

What year was the Military Sealift Command (MSC) established? (Page 20-12)

Answer 11

1949

Question 12

Nearly what percent of all military cargo on privately owned U.S. flagships and other merchant marine vessels are shipped by MSC? (Page 20-12)

Answer 12

25