Week 3: Navy Customs and Courtesies / Notable Graduates

Question 1

Who may salute while uncovered?

Answer 1

• Airman

- Soldiers

Question 2

Who do you salute?

Answer 2

• Senior officers U.S. and allied foreign services
• Merchant Marine and Public Health Service
• Medal of Honor recipients
• Officers in and out of uniform
• Personnel standing OOD
• Children and retirees
  (When in doubt, salute!)

Question 3

When did the first official salute of the American flag take place and what ship rendered it?

Answer 3

14 February 1778; French ship Robuste

Question 4

What U.S. Navy ship and Captain was present for the first salute?

Answer 4

USS Ranger; John Paul Jones

Question 5

Where is the union jack flown?

Answer 5

Jackstaff

Located at the bow (front end) of the ship

Question 6

Where is the national ensign flown?

Answer 6

Flagstaff

Located at the aft (back end) of the ship

Question 7

What colors is the PREP pennant?

Answer 7

Yellow and green

Question 8

When underway, where is the national ensign flown?

Answer 8

The Gaff (located in the middle of the ship)

Question 9

What is a brow?

Answer 9

A walkway that bridges the gap between the pier and the ship

Question 10

What is an accommodation ladder?

Answer 10

A stairwell that has been rigged over the side of the ship

Question 11

When may you be in Officer’s or CPO Country?

Answer 11

• Official business

- On watch wearing a duty belt or sidearm

Question 12

How many hours does 8 bells signify?

Answer 12

4 hours

Question 13

Chester W. Nimitz

Answer 13

• Class of 1905
• Fleet Adm./CNO
• Commanded USS Augusta

Question 14

Alan B. Shepard Jr.

Answer 14

• Class of 1945
• NASA Astronaut / 1st American in space
• Congressional Medal of Honor (Space)
• One of the Mercury astronauts

Question 15

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter

Answer 15

• Class of 1947
• 39th POTUS
• Retired as a LT
• 25th book, White House Diary

Question 16

James B. Stockdale

Answer 16

• Class of 1947
• POW / Medal of Honor recipient
• POW for 7 years in the Hanoi Hilton
• President of the War College

Question 17

H. Ross Perot

Answer 17

• Class of 1953
• Entrepeneur / Presidential candidate
• Founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS); sold to General Motors in 1984

Question 18

John McCain

Answer 18

• Class of 1958
• POW / US Senator
• Born in the Panama Canal Zone
• Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee

Question 19

Roger Staubach

Answer 19

• Class of 1965
• Heisman trophy winner
• Direct commission as a Supply officer
• Played for the Dallas Cowboys

Question 20

Maj. General Charles Bolden

Answer 20

• Class of 1968
• NASA Astronaut
• Part of the crew that launched the Hubble Space Telescope
• Became Dep. Commandant of Midshipmen
• Became the administrator of NASA

Question 21

Wendy Lawerence

Answer 21

• Class of 1981
• Born July 2, 1959
• 1,500+ hours of flight time / 1,225 hours in space
• One of the first two female Helo pilots to deploy in the Indian Ocean
• Was a physics instructor at USNA

Question 22

Michelle Howard

Answer 22

• Class of 1982
• First female four-star in the Navy
• Commanded USS Rushmore (LSD 47)
• First woman to serve as Vice CNO

Question 23

David Robinson

Answer 23

• Class of 1987
• Played with the San Antonio Spurs
• ‘The Admiral’
• First male basketball player to play on three U.S. basketball teams in the Olympic Games

Question 24

Erik Christensen

Answer 24

• Class of 1995
• SEAL
• SWO onboard USS Chandler (DDG-996)
• OIC of a Platoon at SEAL Team EIGHT
• Task Unit Commander for SEAL Team TEN