SOUTHCOM SOM UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
How is information passed to military personnel? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- By the use of
the chain of command.
What is the chain of command? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A simple direct chain of
command facilitates the transmittal of order from the highest to the lowest level in a
minimum of time and with the least chance of misinterpretation.
Where is USSOUTHCOM origins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The United States Southern
Command (USSOUTHCOM) traces it origins to 1903 when the first U.S. Marines arrived in
Panama railroad and remained to provide security during the early construction days of the
Panama Canal.
What is UUSOUTHCOM's mission? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- U.S. Southern Command
deters aggression, defeats threats, rapidly responds to crises, and builds regional capacity,
working with our allies, partner nations, and U.S. government (USG) team members to
enhance security and defend the U.S. homeland and our national interests.
What is SOUTHCOM vision? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- U.S. Southern Command is a
mission read and trusted partner that works collaboratively to ensure the Western hemisphere
is secure, free, and prosperous.
What are the component commands of USSOUTHCOM? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Army
- U.S. Army South (ARSOUTH), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
Air Force - Southern Air Forces (AFSOUTH), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
Marines - Marine Forces South (MARFORSOUTH), Doral, FL
Navy - Navy South (NAVSOUTH), Mayport, FL
Special Operations Command-South (SOCSOUTH)
What are the task forces that report to U.S. Southern Command? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Joint Inter-Agency Task Force-South (JIATF_SOUTH)
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO)
, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo)
When did SOUTHCOM officially transfer from Quarry Heights, Panama to Miami? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- September 26, 1997
What is the law of the land? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
The first three Words of the Consitiution? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- We the People.
What is an amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a change (to the Constitution)
an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
The Bill of Rights.
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition of the government.
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 27
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- announced our
independence (from Great Britain)
declared our independence (from Great Britain)
said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - life
- liberty
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
How is information passed to military personnel? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- By the use of
the chain of command.
What is the chain of command? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A simple direct chain of
command facilitates the transmittal of order from the highest to the lowest level in a
minimum of time and with the least chance of misinterpretation.
Where is USSOUTHCOM origins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The United States Southern
Command (USSOUTHCOM) traces it origins to 1903 when the first U.S. Marines arrived in
Panama railroad and remained to provide security during the early construction days of the
Panama Canal.
What is UUSOUTHCOM's mission? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- U.S. Southern Command
deters aggression, defeats threats, rapidly responds to crises, and builds regional capacity,
working with our allies, partner nations, and U.S. government (USG) team members to
enhance security and defend the U.S. homeland and our national interests.
What is SOUTHCOM vision? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- U.S. Southern Command is a
mission read and trusted partner that works collaboratively to ensure the Western hemisphere
is secure, free, and prosperous.
What are the component commands of USSOUTHCOM? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Army
- U.S. Army South (ARSOUTH), Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX
Air Force - Southern Air Forces (AFSOUTH), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
Marines - Marine Forces South (MARFORSOUTH), Doral, FL
Navy - Navy South (NAVSOUTH), Mayport, FL
Special Operations Command-South (SOCSOUTH)
What are the task forces that report to U.S. Southern Command? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Joint Inter-Agency Task Force-South (JIATF_SOUTH)
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO)
, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo)
When did SOUTHCOM officially transfer from Quarry Heights, Panama to Miami? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- September 26, 1997
What is the law of the land? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
The first three Words of the Consitiution? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- We the People.
What is an amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a change (to the Constitution)
an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
The Bill of Rights.
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition of the government.
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 27
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- announced our
independence (from Great Britain)
declared our independence (from Great Britain)
said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - life
- liberty
