FMF OFFICER HISTORY UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1805 - CORRECT ANSWER - Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' stronghold at Burma
on the "Shores of Tripoli." Marines raised the "Stars and Stripes" for the first time in the Eastern
Hemisphere.
1859 - CORRECT ANSWER - MARINES AND GEN LEE STORMED HARPERS
FERRY, PUT DOWN REVOLT BY JOHN BROWN
1868 - CORRECT ANSWER - EGA ADOPTED BY USMC BY GEN ZEILEN,
MODIFIED ROYAL EMBLEM
1900 - CORRECT ANSWER - BOXER REBELLION, PEKING, , MULTINATIONAL
DEFENSE TO LEGATION QUARTER
1913 - CORRECT ANSWER - 1ST MARINE AVAIATION UNIT, MAJ ALFRED
CUNNINGHAM
1917 - CORRECT ANSWER - FRENCH FOURRAGERE, 5TH AND 6TH MARINES
1933 - CORRECT ANSWER - USMC REORG TO FMF, EST COMMAND AND
ADMIN RELATIONSHIP WITH FLEET
1941 - CORRECT ANSWER - WW2 STRENGTH 500K, MARINES PRINCIPLE
FORCE IN ISLAND HOPPING
1950 - CORRECT ANSWER - KOREA, TEST USMC READINESS, AMPHIB
LANDING OVER SEA WALLS AT INCHON, MARINE HELICOPTERS FIRST TIME IN
BATTLE
, 1958 - CORRECT ANSWER - MC COMPLETES REORG THE COMBAT STRX OF
FMF, USED NEAR BEIRUT, LEBANON TO SPPT AGINST INTERNAL STRIFE
1965 - CORRECT ANSWER - MARINES LANDED IN S VIETNAM COMMITING TO
LONGEST WAR IN ITS HX - MANY LARGE SCALE OFFENSIVES, PACIFICATION
PROGRAM, LANDED IN DOMINICAN REP TO EVAC AND PROTECT US CITIZENS
1982 - CORRECT ANSWER - FORCE OF READINESS CONCEPT, MULTINAT
PEACE KEEPING IN LEBANON
1983 - CORRECT ANSWER - URGENT FURY, JOINT MILITARY OP SECURING
ISLAND OF GRENADA
1989 - CORRECT ANSWER - OPT=ERATION JUST CAUSE D/T UNREST IN
PANAMA OVERTHREW GENERAL NORIEGA
1990/1991 - CORRECT ANSWER - OP DESERT SHIELD, VALIDATED MPF
CONCEPT
OP DESERT STORM MARINES INTO KUWAIT AND LIBERATED IRAQ
1805 - CORRECT ANSWER - STARS AND STRIPES RAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON THE EASTERN HEMISPHIRE, SHORES OF TRIPOLI
1 IN 4 - CORRECT ANSWER - HIGHEST CASUALTY RATE EVER FOR MARINES,
IWOJIMA
FIRST TO FIGHT - CORRECT ANSWER - MARINES HAVE BEEN ON FRONT LINE
OF EVERY BATTLE
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1805 - CORRECT ANSWER - Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' stronghold at Burma
on the "Shores of Tripoli." Marines raised the "Stars and Stripes" for the first time in the Eastern
Hemisphere.
1859 - CORRECT ANSWER - MARINES AND GEN LEE STORMED HARPERS
FERRY, PUT DOWN REVOLT BY JOHN BROWN
1868 - CORRECT ANSWER - EGA ADOPTED BY USMC BY GEN ZEILEN,
MODIFIED ROYAL EMBLEM
1900 - CORRECT ANSWER - BOXER REBELLION, PEKING, , MULTINATIONAL
DEFENSE TO LEGATION QUARTER
1913 - CORRECT ANSWER - 1ST MARINE AVAIATION UNIT, MAJ ALFRED
CUNNINGHAM
1917 - CORRECT ANSWER - FRENCH FOURRAGERE, 5TH AND 6TH MARINES
1933 - CORRECT ANSWER - USMC REORG TO FMF, EST COMMAND AND
ADMIN RELATIONSHIP WITH FLEET
1941 - CORRECT ANSWER - WW2 STRENGTH 500K, MARINES PRINCIPLE
FORCE IN ISLAND HOPPING
1950 - CORRECT ANSWER - KOREA, TEST USMC READINESS, AMPHIB
LANDING OVER SEA WALLS AT INCHON, MARINE HELICOPTERS FIRST TIME IN
BATTLE
, 1958 - CORRECT ANSWER - MC COMPLETES REORG THE COMBAT STRX OF
FMF, USED NEAR BEIRUT, LEBANON TO SPPT AGINST INTERNAL STRIFE
1965 - CORRECT ANSWER - MARINES LANDED IN S VIETNAM COMMITING TO
LONGEST WAR IN ITS HX - MANY LARGE SCALE OFFENSIVES, PACIFICATION
PROGRAM, LANDED IN DOMINICAN REP TO EVAC AND PROTECT US CITIZENS
1982 - CORRECT ANSWER - FORCE OF READINESS CONCEPT, MULTINAT
PEACE KEEPING IN LEBANON
1983 - CORRECT ANSWER - URGENT FURY, JOINT MILITARY OP SECURING
ISLAND OF GRENADA
1989 - CORRECT ANSWER - OPT=ERATION JUST CAUSE D/T UNREST IN
PANAMA OVERTHREW GENERAL NORIEGA
1990/1991 - CORRECT ANSWER - OP DESERT SHIELD, VALIDATED MPF
CONCEPT
OP DESERT STORM MARINES INTO KUWAIT AND LIBERATED IRAQ
1805 - CORRECT ANSWER - STARS AND STRIPES RAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON THE EASTERN HEMISPHIRE, SHORES OF TRIPOLI
1 IN 4 - CORRECT ANSWER - HIGHEST CASUALTY RATE EVER FOR MARINES,
IWOJIMA
FIRST TO FIGHT - CORRECT ANSWER - MARINES HAVE BEEN ON FRONT LINE
OF EVERY BATTLE
