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UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS, 1990 Flashcards

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United States Navy Regulations began with the enactment by the Continental Congress of the “Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies’” on what date?

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November 28, 1775

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What is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy, endowed with the sanction of law as to duty, responsibility, authority, distinctions and relationships of various commands, officials and individuals?

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United States Navy Regulations

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Which part of the United States Codes allows the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations to carry out his or her functions, powers and duties?

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Title 10

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Who maintains the Navy Regulations and ensures that they conform to the current Department or the Navy needs?

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CNO

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Who must approve any additions, changes or deletions to the U. S. Navy Regulations?

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Secretary of the Navy

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On which date did Congress pass legislation forming a committee to purchase and arm two ships?

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October 13th, 1775

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Which date were two battalions of Marines authorized?

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November 10th, 1775

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Under the Constitution, the First Congress assigned responsibility for the conduct of naval affairs to the War Department on what date?

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August 7th, 1789

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What date was a separate Department of the Navy established by Congress with the Secretary of the Navy as its chief officer?

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April 30th, 1798

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Which year was the United States Marine Corps made a part of the Department of the Navy?

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1834

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The National Security Act of what year, as amended, is the fundamental law governing the position of the Department of the Navy in the organization for national defense?

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1947

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The Department of the Navy consists of three elements which include the Navy Department, the Operating Forces of the Navy and the Marine Corps, and what else?

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Shore Establishment

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The Navy Department is organizationally comprised of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and what else?

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Headquarters, Marine Corps

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Who is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for carrying out the functions of the Department of the Navy so as to fulfill (to the maximum extent practicable) the current and future operational requirements of the unified and specified combatant commands?

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Secretary of the Navy

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Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy under Section 3 of Title 14, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as whom has when the Coast Guard is not so operating?

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Secretary of Transportation

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Who (Research, Development and Acquisition) is the Acquisition Executive for the Department of the Navy?

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy

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Who is responsible for public affairs within the Department of the Navy?

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Chief of Information

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Who is designated as the deputy and principal assistant to the Secretary of the Navy?

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Under Secretary of the Navy

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How many Assistant Secretaries of the Navy are there?

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4

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The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management) serves what role and is responsible for all matters related to the financial management of the Department of the Navy?

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Comptroller of the Navy

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Who provides or supervises the provision of all legal advice and related services throughout the Department of the Navy, except for the advice and services provided by the General Counsel?

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Judge Advocate General

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Who inspects, investigates or inquiries into any and all matters of importance o Department of the Navy with particular emphasis on readiness, including, but not limited to effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and integrity?

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Naval Inspector General

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The Chief of Naval Operations, while so serving, has the grade of what?

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Admiral

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Chief of Naval Operations performs duties under the authority, direction and control of whom?

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Secretary of the Navy

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Who is the principal naval advisor and naval executive to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct of the naval activities of the Department of the Navy?

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Chief of Naval Operations

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Civilian manned ships, of the Military Sealift Command or other commands, designated “active status, in service” shall be called what?

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U.S.N.S.

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The Commandant of the Marine Corps, while so serving, has the grade of what?

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General

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Upon the declaration of war or when the President directs, the Coast Guard shall operate as a service in the Navy, and shall be subject to the orders of whom?

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Secretary of the Navy

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Who is the senior officer of the United States Coast Guard?

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Commandant of the Coast Guard

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Who shall represent the Coast Guard before the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

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Chief of Naval Operations

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The commander of a principal organization of the operating forces of the Navy, as determined by the Chief of Naval Operations, or the officer who has succeeded to such command as provided elsewhere in these regulations, shall have what title?

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Commander in Chief

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What term means those officers and other designated persons assigned to a commander to assist him or her in the administration and operation of his or her command?

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Staff

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The officer detailed as chief of staff and aide to a fleet admiral or admiral normally shall be a vice admiral or what other rank?

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Rear admiral

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The officer detailed as chief of staff and aide to a vice admiral or rear admiral shall normally be a rear admiral or what other rank?

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Captain

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If the designating commander desires the commanding officer of staff enlisted personnel to possess authority to convene courts-martial, the commander should request the Judge Advocate General to obtain such authorization from whom?

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Secretary of the Navy

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Any flag or general officer in command, any officer authorized to convene general courts-martial, or the senior officer present may designate organizations which are separate or detached commands. Such officer shall state in writing that it is a separate or detached command and shall inform whom of the action taken?

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Judge Advocate General

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What is the only volunteer society authorized by the government to render medical and dental aid to the armed forces of the United States?

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American National Red Cross

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Except by reason of necessity or in the interest of the welfare and morale of the command, the performance of work shall not be required on what day?

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Sunday

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In accordance with Article 137 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the articles specifically enumerated therein shall be carefully explained to each enlisted person; at the time or entrance on active duty or within how many days thereafter, again, after completion of six months’ active duty, and again, upon the occasion of each reenlistment?

A

6

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Commanding officers or other persons in authority shall not deliver any person in the naval service to civil authorities except as provided by what?

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Manual of the Judge Advocate General

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No captured enemy property, of whatever description, may be kept as a souvenir or for personal use except as specifically provided by whom?

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Secretary of the Navy

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Charges and accounting for any work, supplies or services shall be as prescribed in the what?

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Navy Comptroller Manual

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Control of passage in and protracted visits to aircraft and ships of the Navy by all persons, within or without the Department of the Navy, shall be exercised by whom?

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Chief of Naval Operations

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The commanding officer of a hospital ship or the commander of a medical aircraft shall be responsible for complying with the appropriate provisions of the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea of what date?

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12 August 1949

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Professional standards and regulations governing ship handling, safe navigation, safe anchoring and related operational matters shall be promulgated by whom?

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Chief of Naval Operations

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The responsibility for any application of force rests wholly upon the senior officer present. The senior officer present shall report immediately all the facts to the National Command Authority, keeping the operational chain of command and who else informed?

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Secretary of the Navy

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The use of force in time of peace by United States naval personnel against another nation or against anyone within the territories thereof is illegal except as an act of what?

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Self-defense

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What is used to determine Officer precedence when they are of the same relative grade?

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Dates of rank

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Who takes precedence over all the persons under the command of the commanding officer?

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Executive Officer

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Persons in authority are forbidden to injure their subordinates by tyrannical or capricious conduct, or by what other means?

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Abusive language

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Which word shall appear below his or her signature when an officer temporarily succeeding to command signs official correspondence?

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Acting

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Who has the authority over all persons on his or her post within limits stated in their orders?

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Sentry

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Which basis will appointments, details, transfers and assignments be made on?

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Official Records

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When different commands of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard join or serve together, the officer highest in rank in any of the armed services on duty there, who is otherwise eligible to command, commands all those forces unless otherwise directed by whom?

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POTUS

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While assigned to a combat area during a period of armed conflict, members of Medical, Dental, Chaplain, Medical Service, Nurse or Hospital Corps and Dental Technicians shall be detailed or permitted to perform only such duties as are related to medical, dental or religious service and the administration of medical, dental or religious units and establishments. This restriction is necessary to protect the non-combatant status of these personnel under the Geneva Conventions of August 12 of which year?

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1949

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Which duties will not be assigned to petty officers and noncommissioned officers except when nonrated personnel are not available?

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Mess

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Marines shall not be detailed to perform the duties of master-at-arms, yeoman or what else, except in case of emergency, which shall be determined by the Commanding Officer?

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Hospital Corpsman

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Except as otherwise provided in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, no person in the naval service may demand what, either on him- or herself or on any other person in the naval service?

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Court Martial

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Instruments of restraint, such as handcuffs, chains, irons and straitjackets, shall not be applied as what?

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Punishment

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Except in cases of members of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve performing inactive duty for training for a period of less than seven days, the punishments of extra duties and hard labor without confinement shall not be performed on what day?

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Sunday

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What shall not be inflicted as punishment?

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Guard Duty

62
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Prisoners shall be confined only in brigs or other facilities designated as naval places of confinement by whom?

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Secretary of the Navy

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No person in the naval service shall persist in considering him- or herself in custody or under restriction, arrest or confinement after he or she has been released by proper authority, nor shall he or she refuse to do what?

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Return to Duty

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Persons in the naval service to whom reports or complaints are submitted for statement shall not reply by making what?

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Countercharges

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At a minimum, all personnel shall comply with directives issued by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy regarding what?

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Standards of Conduct and Government Ethics

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No officer shall borrow money or accept deposits from, or have any pecuniary dealings with whom?

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Enlisted personnel

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No person in the naval service on active duty who makes a loan of money to another member of the armed services shall knowingly charge, demand or receive money or other property constituting interest in an amount or having a fair value in excess of what annual percentage?

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18%

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Except as necessary during contract administration to determine specification or other compliance, no person in the Department of the Navy, in his or her official capacity, shall endorse or express an opinion of approval or disapproval of any what?

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Commercial product or process

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Except as specifically provided in this section, maintenance of personal records of individuals, and the release of those records, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act and directives issued by whom?

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Secretary of the Navy

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Any person in the Department of the Navy receiving a request from the public for Department of the Navy records shall be governed by the provisions of the what?

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Freedom of Information Act

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All persons in the naval service are required to obey readily and strictly, and to execute promptly, what from their superiors?

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Lawful orders

72
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No person in the naval service shall use language which may tend to diminish the confidences in or respect due to his or her what?

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Superior officer

73
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Who must grant permission for any person in the naval service to exchange an assigned duty with another?

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Commanding Officer

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he wrongful possession, use, introduction, manufacture, distribution and possession, manufacture, or introduction with intent to distribute, of a controlled substance by persons in the naval services are offenses under which article of the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

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Article 112a

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A person in the naval service who is captured by the enemy is required to give his or her name, rank, service number, along with what else?

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Date of Birth

76
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Regular training on and explanation of what for members of the Armed forces of the United States shall be conducted in accordance with directives issued by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy?

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Code of Conduct

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The right of any person in the naval service to communicate with whom in a proper manner, and at a proper time and place, shall not be denied or restricted?

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Commanding Officer

78
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No person may restrict any member of an armed force in communicating with a member of whom?

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Congress

79
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Garbage shall not be thrown overboard within a contiguous zone which is how many miles from any coastline?

A

12

80
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Any oil slick within how many miles of the coastline of the United States shall be reported as soon as possible to the nearest Coast Guard District Headquarters?

A

50

81
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What shall be afforded on the basis of individual effort, performance, conduct, diligence, potential, capabilities and talents without discrimination as to race, color, religion, creed, sex or national origin?

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Equal Opportunity

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No person in the Naval service shall participate in any organization that espouses what?

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Supremacist Causes

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No salute shall be fired in honor of any nation of any official of any nation not formally recognized by which government?

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United States

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Should the required number or frequency of international salutes, official visits or other honors or ceremonies be deemed excessive, the senior officer present in the United States naval service may make, subject to the requirements of what such modification as circumstances warrant and as may be agreed upon with the responsible officials or the senior officer present of the nation involved?

A

International courtesy

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The National Anthem of the United States, “The Star Spangled Banner,” when played by a naval band, shall be played in its entirety as written and as prescribed in the official what?

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U.S. Navy Band arrangement

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The playing of the National Anthem of the United States, or of any other country, as a part of a what is prohibited?

A

Medley

87
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On occasions when a foreign national anthem is performed, the National Anthem of the United States will be performed last, except when performed in conjunction with what?

A

Morning colors

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The ceremonial hoisting and lowering of the national ensign at what time and also sunset at a naval command ashore or aboard a ship of the Navy not under way shall be known as morning and evening colors?

A

0800

89
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n the absence of a band, or an appropriate recording to be played over a public address system, what shall be played by the bugle at morning colors?

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To the colors

90
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In the absence of a band, or an appropriate recording to be played over a public address system, what shall be played by the bugle at evening colors?

A

Retreat

91
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Which traditional music selection is designated as a musical tribute to the President of the United States, and as such will not be performed by naval bands as a tribute to other dignitaries?

A

Hail to the Chief

92
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What is the long-established form of greeting and recognition exchanged between persons in the armed services?

A

Hand salute

93
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On board ship, salutes shall be dispensed with after the what, with certain exceptions?

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First daily meeting

94
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When boats pass each other with embarked officers or officials in view, hand salutes shall be rendered by the senior officer and whom else in each boat?

A

Coxswain

95
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Saluting ships and stations of the naval service are those designated as such by whom or their duly authorized representative?

A

Secretary of the Navy

96
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How many gun salutes shall be fired to the flag of the President?

A

21

97
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How many gun salutes shall be fired to the flag of the Secretary of State?

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19

98
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How many gun salutes shall be fired to the flag of the Secretary of Defense?

A

19

99
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When a ship enters a port of a foreign nation, the government of which is formally recognized by the Government of the United States, she shall fire a salute of how many guns to that nation unless certain conditions are met?

A

21

100
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Gun salutes prescribed in these regulations for officers and officials entitled to how many guns or less shall not be fired unless so ordered by the senior officer present or higher authority?

A

15

101
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How many seconds should the interval between gun salutes normally be?

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5

102
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No official or officer, United States or foreign, except those entitled to how many or more guns, shall be saluted by the same ship or station more than once in twelve months unless certain conditions are met?

A

17

103
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No salute shall be fired between sunset and sunrise, before what time or on Sunday, except where international courtesy so dictates, or when related to death ceremonies?

A

0800

104
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What are those honors, other than gun salutes, rendered on occasions when ships or embarked officials or officers pass, or are passed, close aboard?

A

Passing

105
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“Close aboard” shall mean passing within how many yards for ships?

A

600

106
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“Close aboard” shall mean passing within how many yards for boats?

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400

107
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Passing honors shall not be rendered after sunset or before what time except when international courtesy requires?

A

0800

108
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What is a formal visit of courtesy requiring special honors and ceremonies?

A

Official visit

109
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What is an informal visit of courtesy requiring no special ceremonies referred to as?

A

Call

110
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When arrivals occur after what time or on Sunday, or on a holiday, the required calls may be postponed until the next working day?

A

1600

111
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At the seat of government of a United States territory, commonwealth or possession having a governor general or governor commissioned as such by the President, the senior officer present shall, within what time frame after arrival or assuming command, make an official visit to the governor general, governor or, in the absence of the official, to the acting governor general or governor?

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24 hours

112
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During an official visit, the visitor, if entitled to how many guns or more, shall be invited to inspect the guard upon completion of such honors as may be rendered?

A

11

113
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An official visit shall be returned within what time frame when practicable?

A

24 hours

114
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A flag or general officer shall, circumstances permitting, return the official visits of officers in the grade of what in the Navy or senior thereto, and to officials of corresponding grade?

A

Captain

115
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Side boys shall not be paraded on Sunday, or on other days between sunset and what time, or during meal hours of the crew, general drills and evolutions, and periods of regular overhaul, except in honor of civil officials or foreign officers, when they may be paraded at any time during daylight?

A

0800

116
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An official or officer entitled to a salute of how many or more guns shall receive the honors for an official visit, subject to the regulations pertaining to gun salutes, on the occasion of every visit?

A

19

117
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When specified by the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Chief of the Secret Service, or their authorized representatives, what may be used as an opportunity for the President and immediate party to move to or from their places while all other stand fast?

A

Hail to the Chief

118
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Which flag shall the distinctive mark of a hospital ship of the Navy that is in commission be?

A

Red Cross

119
Q

When not underway, the national ensign and the union jack shall be displayed from what time until sunset on the flagstaff and the jack staff?

A

0800

120
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The union jack shall be displayed at a what to denote that a general court-martial or court of inquiry is in session?

A

Yardarm

121
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Which command pennant shall indicated command of a force, group or squadron of ships of any type or an aircraft wing or carrier air wing?

A

Broad

122
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Which command pennant shall indicate command of a division of ships or craft, or a major subdivision of an aircraft wing?

A

Burgee

123
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A spread eagle for an official or officer whose official salute is how many guns or more will be fitted as the peak on a boat?

A

19

124
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A halbred for a general officer whose official salute is how many guns or more will be fitted as the peak on a boat?

A

19

125
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A halbred for a civil official whose official salute is at least how many guns but less than 19 will be fitted as the peak on a boat?

A

11

126
Q

A ball for an officer of the grade, or relative grade, of what in the Navy will be fitted as the peak on a boat?

A

Captain

127
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A star for an officer of the grade, or relative grade, of what in the Navy will be fitted as the peak on a boat?

A

Commander

128
Q

A flat truck for an officer of the grade, or relative grade, of below what in the Navy will be fitted as the peak on a boat?

A

Commander

129
Q

On President’s Day an on Independence Day, every ship of the Navy in commission, not under way, shall do what?

A

Full-dress ship

130
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On Memorial Day, each saluting ship and each naval station having a saluting battery shall fire at noon a salute of how many minute-guns?

A

2

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