FMF 102 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
What is the title of chapter 102? - ANSWER✔✔Marine Corps History, Traditions,
and Rank Structure Fundamentals
What is the MCO for 102? - ANSWER✔✔P105 20.3B
Explain the formation of the Marine Corps - ANSWER✔✔The Marine Corps was
created on 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia, PA at Tun Tavern. By a resolution
of the Continental Congress, which "raised two battalions of Marines." Capt
Samuel Nicholas became the commander of these two battalions and is
traditionally considered the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
When did the Marine Corps come under the department of the Navy? -
ANSWER✔✔1834
Explain the National Security Act - ANSWER✔✔The National Security Act of
1947, which was amended in 1952, states the present structure of the Marine
Corps.
Explain the history of women in the Marine Corps - ANSWER✔✔On July 30th
1942, the Marine Corps Women's Reserve was established as part of the Marine
Corps Reserve. The mission of the Marine Corps women's Reserve was to provide
qualified women for duty at shore establishments of the Marine Corps, releasing
men for combat duty. Lucille McClarren was the first female enlisted reservists
marine. In Jan 1945, the first detachment of women Marines arrived in HI for duty.
Appx 1000 female marines were serving in HI.
Who was the only women ever to serve with the OSS in WW2? -
ANSWER✔✔Capt. Charlotte Day Gower.
Explain the Montford Point Marines - ANSWER✔✔In 1942 the Marine Corps
began to recruit qualified African-American men. The men who enlisted completed
recruit training at Montford Point, NC. Between 1942 and 1949, appx 20,000
African-American men completed training and became known as the "Montford
, Point Marines." Despite the challenges presented to those Montford Point Marines,
their valor and performance at Peleliu, Iwo Jima, the Chosen Reservoir, Vietnam,
and more paved the way for our present integrated armed forces.
Explain Amphibious Operations in the Pacific - ANSWER✔✔The first real test of
Amphibious assault capability was conducted at the beginning of the Central
Pacific drive at Tarawa in 1943. A hard-fought assault on Betio Island, the Navy
and the Marine Corps had proven that an assault on a ready, alert, prepared, and
heavily defended beach could be successful. Unfortunately the price of this success
was over 3000 casualties.
Explain the Marine Corps' Navajo Code Talker Program - ANSWER✔✔Marine
Corps leadership selected 29 Navajo men, the Navajo Code talkers, who created a
code based on the complex, unwritten Navajo language. Assigning a Navajo word
to a key phrase and military tactics, the talkers were able to translate three lines of
English in 20 seconds. The Navajo code talkers participated in every major Marine
operation in the Pacific theater and during the nearly month-long battle of Iwo
Jima, six Navajo Code Talker Marines successfully transmitted more than 800
messages without error.
Explain the Beirut Bombing - ANSWER✔✔Marines were deployed to Lebanon as
part of a multinational peacekeeping force. On 23 Oct 1983, a suicide truck bomb
attack on the headquarters building killed 241 Americans and wounded 70 others.
The last Marine unit withdrew in July of 1984.
Explain the battle of Nassau - ANSWER✔✔The Raid of Nassau was a naval
operation and amphibious assault by colonial forces against the British port of
Nassau, Bahamas. The battle is considered one of the first engagements for the
continental Navy and the continental Marines. This is was also the Marines first
amphibious landing. On Mar 3rd, the marines came ashore seizing Fort Montagu at
the eastern end of the Nassau harbor but did not advance to the town where most of
the gunpowder was stored. Nassau's governor has most of the gunpowder loaded
onto ships heading to St Augustine, and on Mar 4th the Marines took control of the
poorly defended town. Forces remained for two more weeks and took control of all
the remaining gunpowder and munitions found.
Explain the Battle of Derna - ANSWER✔✔On April 27, 1805, with naval
bombardment from the schooner Nautilus, the Hornet and the Argus, a force of
about 400 men, under the direction of William Eaton, landed at Derna which was
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
What is the title of chapter 102? - ANSWER✔✔Marine Corps History, Traditions,
and Rank Structure Fundamentals
What is the MCO for 102? - ANSWER✔✔P105 20.3B
Explain the formation of the Marine Corps - ANSWER✔✔The Marine Corps was
created on 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia, PA at Tun Tavern. By a resolution
of the Continental Congress, which "raised two battalions of Marines." Capt
Samuel Nicholas became the commander of these two battalions and is
traditionally considered the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
When did the Marine Corps come under the department of the Navy? -
ANSWER✔✔1834
Explain the National Security Act - ANSWER✔✔The National Security Act of
1947, which was amended in 1952, states the present structure of the Marine
Corps.
Explain the history of women in the Marine Corps - ANSWER✔✔On July 30th
1942, the Marine Corps Women's Reserve was established as part of the Marine
Corps Reserve. The mission of the Marine Corps women's Reserve was to provide
qualified women for duty at shore establishments of the Marine Corps, releasing
men for combat duty. Lucille McClarren was the first female enlisted reservists
marine. In Jan 1945, the first detachment of women Marines arrived in HI for duty.
Appx 1000 female marines were serving in HI.
Who was the only women ever to serve with the OSS in WW2? -
ANSWER✔✔Capt. Charlotte Day Gower.
Explain the Montford Point Marines - ANSWER✔✔In 1942 the Marine Corps
began to recruit qualified African-American men. The men who enlisted completed
recruit training at Montford Point, NC. Between 1942 and 1949, appx 20,000
African-American men completed training and became known as the "Montford
, Point Marines." Despite the challenges presented to those Montford Point Marines,
their valor and performance at Peleliu, Iwo Jima, the Chosen Reservoir, Vietnam,
and more paved the way for our present integrated armed forces.
Explain Amphibious Operations in the Pacific - ANSWER✔✔The first real test of
Amphibious assault capability was conducted at the beginning of the Central
Pacific drive at Tarawa in 1943. A hard-fought assault on Betio Island, the Navy
and the Marine Corps had proven that an assault on a ready, alert, prepared, and
heavily defended beach could be successful. Unfortunately the price of this success
was over 3000 casualties.
Explain the Marine Corps' Navajo Code Talker Program - ANSWER✔✔Marine
Corps leadership selected 29 Navajo men, the Navajo Code talkers, who created a
code based on the complex, unwritten Navajo language. Assigning a Navajo word
to a key phrase and military tactics, the talkers were able to translate three lines of
English in 20 seconds. The Navajo code talkers participated in every major Marine
operation in the Pacific theater and during the nearly month-long battle of Iwo
Jima, six Navajo Code Talker Marines successfully transmitted more than 800
messages without error.
Explain the Beirut Bombing - ANSWER✔✔Marines were deployed to Lebanon as
part of a multinational peacekeeping force. On 23 Oct 1983, a suicide truck bomb
attack on the headquarters building killed 241 Americans and wounded 70 others.
The last Marine unit withdrew in July of 1984.
Explain the battle of Nassau - ANSWER✔✔The Raid of Nassau was a naval
operation and amphibious assault by colonial forces against the British port of
Nassau, Bahamas. The battle is considered one of the first engagements for the
continental Navy and the continental Marines. This is was also the Marines first
amphibious landing. On Mar 3rd, the marines came ashore seizing Fort Montagu at
the eastern end of the Nassau harbor but did not advance to the town where most of
the gunpowder was stored. Nassau's governor has most of the gunpowder loaded
onto ships heading to St Augustine, and on Mar 4th the Marines took control of the
poorly defended town. Forces remained for two more weeks and took control of all
the remaining gunpowder and munitions found.
Explain the Battle of Derna - ANSWER✔✔On April 27, 1805, with naval
bombardment from the schooner Nautilus, the Hornet and the Argus, a force of
about 400 men, under the direction of William Eaton, landed at Derna which was
