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EXW Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
What does the cutlass represent on the EXW pin?
Ans: The enlisted force
What does the M16A1 and boat represent on the EXW pin?
Ans: NECC mission
What is the Navy's birthday?
Ans: 13 October 1775
What is the Seabee birthday?
Ans: 5 March 1942
What is the Marine Corps birthday?
Ans: 10 November 1775
What is the name "Seabee" derived from?
Ans: It is derived from the 1st Construction Battalions (CB's) that were organized in
1942
How many Naval Construction Regiments (NCR) are there?
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Ans: 7
The idea of Naval construction battalions was conceived by?
Ans: Bureau of Yards and Docks
What do the oceans serve as?
Ans: Both a highway to commerce abroad and a defensive barrier
What qualities characterize the Navy as instruments to support national policies?
Ans: Readiness, flexibility, self-sustainability, and mobility
Who initiated America's first sea-based offensive against the British?
Ans: General George Washington
The first ship to commission was?
Ans: USS Alfred
When was the first ship purchased and commissioned?
Ans: Purchased on November 4 and commissioned on December 3, 1775
Who put the first squadron of the Continental Navy to sea on February 1776?
Ans: Esek Hopkins
Which battle was fought entirely with aircraft launched from carriers?
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Ans: The Battle of Coral Sea
Describe the Battle of Coral Sea?
Ans: It was fought entirely with aircraft launched from carriers. The two fleets never
saw each other.
When did the battle of the Coral Sea take place?
Ans: 7-8 May 1942
What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Ans: Battle of Midway
When did the Battle of Midway take place?
Ans: 4-7 June 1942
What was the largest amphibious operation in history?
Ans: Invasion of Normandy "D-Day"
When did "D-Day" take place?
Ans: 6 June 1944
What was NSW's role in WWII?
Ans: The Army & Navy merged for training at Amphibious Base, Little Creek VA to
begin the Amphibious Scouts
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Mobile Explosive Investigative Units (MEIU) were instrumental in the clearance of
explosive hazards both on land and at sea. What were they later renamed to?
Ans: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
What is EOD's primary mission?
Ans: EOD's primary mission is explosive ordnance disposal, rendering safe unexploded
ordnance, diving and salvage operations, and organic C2 of EOD operations.
Who is appointed by the President as the head of Department of the Navy and is
responsible for all the affairs of the (DoN)?
Ans: Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
Who is the representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Ans: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Who serves as the senior enlisted person in the Navy and as an advisor to the CNO
and to the Chief of Naval Personnel in matters dealing with enlisted personnel and
their families?
Ans: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) responsibility is?
Ans: Provide oversight, command, and control of anti-terrorism force protections
(ATFP) and expeditionary type forces within the Navy
Which command provides contingency construction support, forward base
construction, bridge/airfield maintenance, fleet hospital set up and ops, underwater
construction and disaster relief?
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EXW Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
What does the cutlass represent on the EXW pin?
Ans: The enlisted force
What does the M16A1 and boat represent on the EXW pin?
Ans: NECC mission
What is the Navy's birthday?
Ans: 13 October 1775
What is the Seabee birthday?
Ans: 5 March 1942
What is the Marine Corps birthday?
Ans: 10 November 1775
What is the name "Seabee" derived from?
Ans: It is derived from the 1st Construction Battalions (CB's) that were organized in
1942
How many Naval Construction Regiments (NCR) are there?
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Ans: 7
The idea of Naval construction battalions was conceived by?
Ans: Bureau of Yards and Docks
What do the oceans serve as?
Ans: Both a highway to commerce abroad and a defensive barrier
What qualities characterize the Navy as instruments to support national policies?
Ans: Readiness, flexibility, self-sustainability, and mobility
Who initiated America's first sea-based offensive against the British?
Ans: General George Washington
The first ship to commission was?
Ans: USS Alfred
When was the first ship purchased and commissioned?
Ans: Purchased on November 4 and commissioned on December 3, 1775
Who put the first squadron of the Continental Navy to sea on February 1776?
Ans: Esek Hopkins
Which battle was fought entirely with aircraft launched from carriers?
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Ans: The Battle of Coral Sea
Describe the Battle of Coral Sea?
Ans: It was fought entirely with aircraft launched from carriers. The two fleets never
saw each other.
When did the battle of the Coral Sea take place?
Ans: 7-8 May 1942
What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Ans: Battle of Midway
When did the Battle of Midway take place?
Ans: 4-7 June 1942
What was the largest amphibious operation in history?
Ans: Invasion of Normandy "D-Day"
When did "D-Day" take place?
Ans: 6 June 1944
What was NSW's role in WWII?
Ans: The Army & Navy merged for training at Amphibious Base, Little Creek VA to
begin the Amphibious Scouts
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Mobile Explosive Investigative Units (MEIU) were instrumental in the clearance of
explosive hazards both on land and at sea. What were they later renamed to?
Ans: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
What is EOD's primary mission?
Ans: EOD's primary mission is explosive ordnance disposal, rendering safe unexploded
ordnance, diving and salvage operations, and organic C2 of EOD operations.
Who is appointed by the President as the head of Department of the Navy and is
responsible for all the affairs of the (DoN)?
Ans: Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
Who is the representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Ans: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Who serves as the senior enlisted person in the Navy and as an advisor to the CNO
and to the Chief of Naval Personnel in matters dealing with enlisted personnel and
their families?
Ans: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) responsibility is?
Ans: Provide oversight, command, and control of anti-terrorism force protections
(ATFP) and expeditionary type forces within the Navy
Which command provides contingency construction support, forward base
construction, bridge/airfield maintenance, fleet hospital set up and ops, underwater
construction and disaster relief?
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