FMF 101 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
EGA - ANSWER Eagle, globe, anchor: Marine Corps emblem
"Forward from the sea" - ANSWER Navy/USMC joint vision
FMF PIN Surf wave crashing on a sandy beach - ANSWER Littoral zone
where sailors/marines served together, on shores of Tripoli & sands of Iwo Jima
("operational manoeuvre from the sea")
FMF PIN Two crossed rifles - ANSWER Symbolizes rifle ethic (navy- fc/dc,
marines- rifleman), teaches warrior ethos to sailors
FMF PIN "Fleet Marine Force" - ANSWER Marine componency est 1992,
change operational environment to joint environment -warfare programs distinct
Navy Culture
1775 - ANSWER -10NOV1775
-Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, PA
-"raised two battalions of marines"
-Captain Samuel Nichols, commander of Bns, FIRST commandant
1776 - ANSWER -First marine landing
-New Providence Island, Bahamas
, -"Leatherneck", stiff leather stock
1805 - ANSWER -Barbary Pirates of Burma
-"Shores of Tripoli "
-marines raised Stars&Stripes for first time in Eastern Hemisphere
1834 - ANSWER Marines organized under the DON
1847 - ANSWER -Mexican War, Mexico City
-"Halls of Montezuma"
-Battle of Chapultepec
-Royal palace fell, Marines took CA
1859 - ANSWER -Harpers Ferry stormed by Col. Robert E Lee (US Army) to
put down revolt led by John Brown
1868 - ANSWER -Marines adopt EGA
-BGen Jacob Zellin (7th commandant) modified Royal Marine Emblem to
depict marines as American and maritime
-Globe&Anchor: worldwide/sea traditions
-Spread eagle: symbol of Nation
1883 - ANSWER Marines adopted motto "Semper Fidelis", Latin for Always
Faithful
1900 - ANSWER -marines defend American legation in Peking, China
ANSWERS
EGA - ANSWER Eagle, globe, anchor: Marine Corps emblem
"Forward from the sea" - ANSWER Navy/USMC joint vision
FMF PIN Surf wave crashing on a sandy beach - ANSWER Littoral zone
where sailors/marines served together, on shores of Tripoli & sands of Iwo Jima
("operational manoeuvre from the sea")
FMF PIN Two crossed rifles - ANSWER Symbolizes rifle ethic (navy- fc/dc,
marines- rifleman), teaches warrior ethos to sailors
FMF PIN "Fleet Marine Force" - ANSWER Marine componency est 1992,
change operational environment to joint environment -warfare programs distinct
Navy Culture
1775 - ANSWER -10NOV1775
-Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, PA
-"raised two battalions of marines"
-Captain Samuel Nichols, commander of Bns, FIRST commandant
1776 - ANSWER -First marine landing
-New Providence Island, Bahamas
, -"Leatherneck", stiff leather stock
1805 - ANSWER -Barbary Pirates of Burma
-"Shores of Tripoli "
-marines raised Stars&Stripes for first time in Eastern Hemisphere
1834 - ANSWER Marines organized under the DON
1847 - ANSWER -Mexican War, Mexico City
-"Halls of Montezuma"
-Battle of Chapultepec
-Royal palace fell, Marines took CA
1859 - ANSWER -Harpers Ferry stormed by Col. Robert E Lee (US Army) to
put down revolt led by John Brown
1868 - ANSWER -Marines adopt EGA
-BGen Jacob Zellin (7th commandant) modified Royal Marine Emblem to
depict marines as American and maritime
-Globe&Anchor: worldwide/sea traditions
-Spread eagle: symbol of Nation
1883 - ANSWER Marines adopted motto "Semper Fidelis", Latin for Always
Faithful
1900 - ANSWER -marines defend American legation in Peking, China
