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What YEAR was the Department of the NAVY established? At this time the Coast Guard was the only armed force afloat. |
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Traditionally, our role in wartime has been to: |
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Augment the NAVY with cutters and manpower. Embark on special missionsutilizing the Coast Guard's unique skills. |
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What date was the QUASI-WAR? |
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How many prizes did the Revenue Cutter Service's eight cutters capture unaided? How many prizes did they assist in capturing? |
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18 Unaided captures. 2 Assisted captures. |
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The cutter ___________ captured 10 prizes, one of which carried 44 guns and 200 men, three times her own force. |
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Cutters at or under 180 feet in length come under the control of who? |
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How many Coast Guard Units report directly to headquarters? |
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During what war did congress authorize the capture of armed French vessels hovering off the US coast? |
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During the Quasi-War, cutters captured how many prizes unaided and assisted in the capture of how many others? |
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18 Prizes and assisted in the capture of 2 others |
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During the War of 1812, which cutter captured the first prize of the war? |
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How many memorable battles of the War of 1812 were noted? |
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What cutter is credited with firing the first naval shots of the civil war? |
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The McCulloch subsequently served as the _______ and ________ with Commodore George Dewey’s Asiatic Squadron. |
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In WWI the entire Coast Guard's manpower, vessels, and units were transferred to whom? What year was this done? |
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On April 9, 1941, the Coast Guard was given responsibility for cold weather operation's in _________? |
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During the Korean War, when “war” broke out the Coast Guard’s role was marginal, primarily one of _________ ? |
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Shallow-draft warships and operating expertise in coastal waters were needed for the interdiction of trawlers being used by North Vietnam for infiltration and resupply activities. This operation was named? |
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In ______ , the first ocean-going cutters augmented the _______? |
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The Coast Guard led a U.S. interagency team responsible for advising Saudi Arabia on a massive oil spill clean up in the __________________ ? |
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Persian Gulf Created By Iraq |
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To protect our nations coastline, ports, and waterways _______ U.S. Navy cyclone-class patrol coastal warships were assigned to Operation Noble Eagle. |
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On what date was the first time U.S. Navy ships were employed jointly under Coast Guard Command? |
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The lost of lives mostly occurred because there was no way to reach the wrecks across the breaking surf and to retrieve the occupants of the ravished vessel. To address this problem the _________________ was created in________ ? |
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Federal Lifesaving Service, 1848 |
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Pollution of our waterways has been a concern for many decades. The first attempt to address this growing problem was the passage of what? |
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In the _______ law enforcement again assumed increased importance. In the _______ drug interception became a major focal point and continues today. |
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The sinking of the Titanic was the driving force for establishing the ________________? |
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The only Coast Guard-manned light station in the U.S. today is _____________ . |
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Ida Lewis, who served 39 years at the__________, saved 18 lives. |
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Marcus Hanna served at the _____________. He is probably the only man in history to have been awarded both the Medal of Honor and Gold Lifesaving Medal. |
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Training in five branches is available to Auxiliarists? |
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Seamen, Artificer-Radio, Artificer-Engine Room Force, Aviation, Special Brach |
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Today’s CG Auxiliary is organized in what four units? |
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Flotilla, Division, District Regions, National |
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Twin sisters Genevieve and Lucille Baker of the Naval Coastal Defense became the first uniformed women to serve in the Coast Guard in what year? |
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The first five African-American female entered the SPARS in what year? |
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The first African-American female entered in the SPARS was who? |
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Master Chief Yeoman Jack Kerwin became the first Coast Guard E-9 on what date? |
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Master Chief Yeoman Pearl Faurie became the first SPAR E-9 in what year? |
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Women were integrated into active duty and Coast Guard reserves in what year? |
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In what year were all officer career fields and enlisted ratings opened to women? |
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Marcus A. Hanna was awarded the Medal of Honor for his action while serving in the_______________? |
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Union Army during the Civil War |
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Surfman Frederick Hatch won the Gold Lifesaving Medal how many times? |
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Joshua James was credited with saving how many lives? |
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Joshua James earned ____ gold lifesaving medals, ____ silver lifesaving medals and other awards during his long and distinguished career. |
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Ida Lewis is one of the most famous people to have ever served in what? |
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Who may recommend Petty Officer First Class and above for appointment to the grade of CWO2 if they meet all the minimum eligibility requirements? |
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Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserves must have how many years in the U.S. Armed Forces to be eligible for CWO? How many of those years must be in the Coast Guard? |
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OCS applicants must be between the ages of _____ and ____ ? |
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PPEP allows selected enlisted personnel to attend college on a full-time basis for up to how many years? |
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PPEP students receive _______ pay and allowances. |
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Pre-Commissioning applicants must be between the age of what? |
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Cadets to the Coast Guard Academy are selected by competitive examination. Enlisted personnel in the armed forces are able to compete for____________to the CG academy. |
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Coast Guard Academy applicants must be between the age of ____ and _____, they must not be ______ and they cannot have any __________. |
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18, 22, Married, No Dependents |
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Route the completed employee review, including supporting comments for any recommended supporting remarks, to the Marking Official not later than_____days prior to the period ending date. |
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Counseling on marks must take place not later than ____ days following the employee review period ending date. |
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The Coast Guard Foundation Education Grant program is for active duty personnel in pay grade ____ to ____ with two or more year of Coast Guard Service. |
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A Report of Survey is not required for property with a value of less than ________. |
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A Report of Survey is prepared on what form? |
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EMI can only last how long? |
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What form needs to be completed for award recommendations? |
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On September 26, 1918, _______ , after escorting a convoy from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom, proceeded toward the port of Milford Haven, Wales. Presumably this vessel was torpedoed by the German submarine and all the crew was killed. Of the 115 total crew, 111 were Coast Guard personnel. |
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During colonial times during fog, _______________ on shore was used to warn ships away from land. |
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Unsatisfactory conduct marks must be assigned for any member who is: |
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1. Awarded NJP 2. Convicted At Court-Martial 3. Convicted in Civil Court 4. Financially Irresponsible 5. Not Support Dependents 6. Involved In an Alcohol Incident 7. Fails to Comply With Civilian and Military Rules, Regulation, and Standards |
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You should exercise with an elevated heart rate for _____ minutes and at least ______ times a week. |
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Some questions to ask for opening lines of communication for suicide are: |
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1. How long have you been feeling this way 2. Do you know why you feel this way 3. Have you thought about how you would end you life 4. Have you made a plan 5. Have you acquired means |
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1. Evidence of a CO’s recommendation2. Any award reviewed3. Data from the enlisted evaluation4. An indication as to weather the member has sufficient sea duty5. Credited Sea Time6. End of course test results7. Time in service and rate8. Relevant qualification codes9. Eligibility status |
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What is a non-permitted confined space? |
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A space that does not contain hazards, or potential hazards. Once determined a non-permit confined space, no special requirements are necessary for entry by any employee. |
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A permit-required confined space contains or has potential to contain: |
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1. A known or potentially hazardous atmosphere (fuel tank, cht tanks etc..) 2. Material capable of engulfing entry (soil) 3. Any other recognized serious safety or heat hazard 4. An internal configuration such that and |
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Some examples of permit-required confined spaces ashore include: |
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Process vessels, silos, pits, sewers, boilers, vaults, pipelines Open-top permit spaces include: Pits, Degreasers, open water tanks, ship holds |
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Some examples of permit-required confined spaces on cutters and other vessels include: |
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Fuel tanks, cofferdam, double bottom, ballast tanks |
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A good verbal communicator has the following traits: |
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- Good posture. - Good Voice Control. - Uses proper enunciation. - Makes good eye contact. - Presents information so ideas are clear. - Natural in delivery system. |
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- Contains information that has continuing reference value or that requires continuing action. - Remains in effect until replaced or cancelled by the originator or higher authority. - Reviewed and validated by originators every 4 years. |
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- Permanent type of instruction. - Contains 25 or more pages. - Have a table of contents and are organized into chapters and sections. - Are reviewed annually by originators and cancelled when no longer applicable. |
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- Additional instruction in a phase of military duty where and individual is deficient. - Intended for and directed toward the correction of that deficiency. - A legitimate training technique to improve an individual’s duty performance efficiency |
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As a supervisor, you are responsible for ensuring: |
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- EMI lasts for only 2 hours or less per day. - EMI is only for the period of time it takes to correct the performance deficiency for which it was assigned. - EMI is assigned on a day that is not the enlisted members Sabbath. - You have the CO’s permission if you assign EMI for completion after normal working hours. |
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As a supervisor, you ______ deprive a person of his or her normal liberty as a form of punishment. |
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The Commandant designated _________________as the sole authority for frocking of enlisted personnel. |
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A summary of action is not required for the CG Achievement and CG Commendation medals. However, one-page summary of action is required for______________________. |
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The meritorious Service Medal |
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Addiction Prevention Specialists (APSs) are maintenance and logistics commands personnel assigned to detached duty major headquarter commands. APSs serve as full-time addiction prevention facilitators. Conducting and assisting other command CDARS (including reserve units) in developing and conducting general alcohol awareness and Substance Abuse Free Environment (safe) training programs. The APS is _________ to be assigned CDAR duties. |
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Operational Risk Management (ORM) applies to more than just operational units or operational missions in the usual sense of “operations”. All Coast Guard missions and daily activities, both ___________________ in Risk management decisions. |
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Most serious or costly and warrant a formal Mishap Analysis board. The cost is reportable property damage is 1,000,000 dollars or greater. A Coast Guard cutter is missing or abandoned, recovery is impossible or impractical, or repair is uneconomical. An injury or occupational illness resulting in a fatality or permanent total disability. |
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Sufficiently serious to also warrant formal Mishap Analysis Board Action. The resulting cost of reportable property damage is 200,000 dollars or more, but less than 1,000,000 dollars.Any injury or occupational illness resulting in permanent partial disability. Five or more personnel are “in-patient” hospitalized. |
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Less serious and do NOT warrant formal Mishap Analysis Board action. Class C the cost of property is 10,000 or more, but less than 200,000 dollars. A nonfatal injury or occupational illness results in any loss of time from beyond the day or shift on which it occurred (lost time case)Class D the cost of property damage is less than 10,000 dollars. A nonfatal injury or occupational illness occurs that does not meet the criteria of a class C Mishap (no lost-time case) a person is overboard, an accidental firearm discharge occurs, or an electric shock occurs that doesn’t meet criteria of a higher classification. |
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In 1871 the Life saving service was reborn under the leadership of ________ assisted by revenue marine captain John Faunce. |
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When Alexander Hamilton founded the revenue cutter service, he visualized it to be organized with all military lines. Hamilton ordered that the Revenue Marine Officers be _________ |
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A special employee review is required regardless of the time since the last employee review, on the date a member is: |
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awarded non-judicial punishment (NJP) or convicted by a court-martial (CM). |
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Tuition Assistance (TA) Program is designed to assist eligible personnel in their _______________. |
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Every PR that contains items that can be made with recycled materials needs to include a ______________ form. |
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Requisitioner determination form, if applicable. |
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The Personnel Support Center Coordinates the _______________. |
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service wide exam process |
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The following does NOT count as timed served and must be deducted. |
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Absence over leave, absence without leave, desertionAbsence from duty due to misconduct, to include injury, disease, or sickness resulting from excessive use of alcohol or drugsAbsence from duty due to arrest and serving sentence imposed by either civil or military authorities. However, if the arrest results in no conviction, time spent under arrest is NOT deductible. |
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- Notices (notes) transmitted via Coast Guard message system (for example ALCOAST message). - Urgent in nature. Urgency is defined as insufficient time to publish as another type of directive. - Automatically cancelled after 12 months if earlier cancellation date not specified. |
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Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): |
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Set of instructions for operations that lend themselves to definite or standardized procedure.For internal procedures at a UnitHave no defined format |
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The CG-3307 is used to add narrative explanations to other evaluation forms. These explanations are called Administrative remarks. There are seven different “types” of administrative remarks that may be entered on a CG-3307. They are listed as: |
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a. Accession b. Assignment and Transfer c. Advancement and Reduction d. Performance and Discipline e. Separation f. Selective Reenlistment Bonus g. Selective Reserve (SELRES) Enlisted Bonus Program. |
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__________________is responsible for the overall administration of the enlisted advancement system. |
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________________________is responsible for the preparation, printing, distribution, accountability, and scoring of the Servicewide exam. It is also the single point of contact for all SWE inquires corrections, and waivers. |
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Members advanced to E-7 on or after ________must successfully complete either the Coast Guard CPO academy, or other DOD senior enlisted academy, in order to compete in the E-8 Servicewide exam. |
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To participate in the ____ or ______Servicewide, the member must be currently certified and qualified to command afloat and ashore, or be Surfman certified and qualified to command ashore. |
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A prevention based education program to reduce the risk of future alcohol or other educational program to reduce the risk of future alcohol or other substance misuse for personnel identified as high risk for substance abuse is provided to: |
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Recruits Officer candidates Direct commission officers Cadets |
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_______ and ________ provide support for the Coast Guards substance abuse prevention program by appointing and training a command drug and alcohol representative. |
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Commanding officers and OINC |
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Romantic relations are unacceptable when? |
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Less than 60 members, not allowed on cutters |
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What do you need when working aloft? |
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When was the Revenue Cutter service tasked with environmental protect? |
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Human relations training is required when? |
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3 Alcohol incidents means? |
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What is considered a micro purchase? |
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Is an acquisition of supplies/services for $3000.00 or less |
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Who can be a supervisor for PR's? |
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Who was the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard? |
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What do you use to write CG memo’s on? |
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CG MACROS II and on Microsoft Word |
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What symbols are authorized for CGMS use? |
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The following are authorized: ' : , ( ) ? " / - . |
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Which war did the battle between the Cutter Surveyor and the British Frigate Narcissis happen? |
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How many steps are there involved in the ORM process? |
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Larger cutters (over 180 feet in length) are under whose control? |
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Districts are commanded by whom? |
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Services provided by MLC include what? |
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Civil engineering, Electronic Systems, Naval Engineering, Health and Safety, Legal, Finance, Personnel, and Inspections |
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Who leads the Atlantic Area and Pacific Area? |
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THREE STAR ADMIRALS (Vice Admirals) |
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BMCM ____________ retired in January 1987. He served on active duty for 44 years, 4 months, and 27 days. His career spans three wars, and sees service on board 34 vessels. |
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When was the first time ever that steam boats were used in war? |
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