FMF Board UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

FMF Board UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
When was the EGA adopted? - CORRECT ANSWER 1868


When was Semper Fidelis coined as the motto of the marine corps? - CORRECT
ANSWER 1883



Year of the Battle of Tarawa. - CORRECT ANSWER 1943



Year of Battle of Guadalcanal. - CORRECT ANSWER 1942



Year of Barbary War. - CORRECT ANSWER 1805



Year of Marine Corps Aviation. - CORRECT ANSWER 1912



Year of Mexican American War. - CORRECT ANSWER 1847



Wake Island. When? What? How many Marines? - CORRECT ANSWER DEC 7-24
400 Marines held out until it was captured.


Describe the Island Hopping Campagin. - CORRECT ANSWER - Bypass major Japanese
strongholds.
- Use of Naval and Air superiority to blockade Japanese bases.
- Bomb Japanese Industry
- Take Mainland Japan.

,Describe Guadalcanal. What did we learn? - CORRECT ANSWER - First Offensive
Action by the US in WWII.
- First test of the Amphibious Doctrine.
- First amphibious operation of WWII.
We learned that the USMC must act a self-contained entity and that we need to build new LSDs.


What was significant about Tarawa? - CORRECT ANSWER Amphibious Assault
Vehicles were introduced.


Battle of Okinawa - CORRECT ANSWER - Last large action by the military in the
Pacific.
- 1945
- Roy Geiger in charge of the 10th army.


Battle of Chosin Reservoir. - CORRECT ANSWER - "Retreat hell, we are attacking in a
different direction." LT. Gen Holland Smith
- 1st MARDIV renders Chinese Army ineffective after withdrawal from Chosin.
- Marines cut off and surrounded by 10 enemy divisions and they decimate 7.


Khe Shan - CORRECT ANSWER - 77 day siege.
- 6000 Marines prevented 17000 NVs from penetrating base defenses.


Hue City - CORRECT ANSWER First MOUT since Korean War.



What happened in Lebanon? - CORRECT ANSWER - Beirut
- 23OCT1983
- 2 Marine Barracks bombed. 241 wounded and 70 dead.


NCO Sword - CORRECT ANSWER - Commissioned in 1859

,- Oldest weapon in service.


Identify the roles and function of the Marine Corps. - CORRECT ANSWER - Provide the
FMF for service with fleet to take or defend naval bases.
- Provide datachments to Navy ships.
- Develop doctrines, tactics, and techniques.
- Provide marines for airborne operations.
- Expand peacetime components to meet wartime needs.
- Carry out other orders the President may direct.


What are the different MAGTFs? - CORRECT ANSWER - MEF -> 60 days/ Lt Gen.
- MEB -> 30 days/ Br Gen.
- MEU -> 15 days/ Colonel


What are SP MAGTFs? - CORRECT ANSWER MAGTFs formed when a MEU is not
available or appropriate. Usually no larger than a MEU.
Ex: Beirut 23OCT1983 (Alert Contingency MAGTF)


What is a MEU composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - CE
- Infantry Battalion
- Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM)
- Combat Logistics Battalion


What are the 7 MEU Command Elements? - CORRECT ANSWER - Camp Pendleton:
11th, 13th, 15th
- Camp LeJeune: 22nd, 24th, 26th
- Camp Smedley Butler: 31st


What makes up a MEB? - CORRECT ANSWER - CE

, - Marine Regiment
- Marine Air Group (MAG)
- Combat Logistics Regiment


What are the five MEB command elements? - CORRECT ANSWER - MARFORPAC
- MARFORCOM
- MARFORPAC
- USMC Forces Africa
- USMC Forces Central


What is the smallest MAGTF capable of performing all 6 functions of Marine Aviation? -
CORRECT ANSWER MEB



What makes up a MEF? - CORRECT ANSWER - CE from one of the Marine
Headquarters Groups
- MARDIV
- MAW
- MLG


What does HQMC do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Recruit, train, equip, and deploy USMC.
- Investigate and report efficiency of USMC.
- Provide instruction and supervise the execution of approved plans.


What does the MCCDC? - CORRECT ANSWER - Develop integrated Marine Corps
Warfighting capabilities.


What does MARCORSYSCOM do? - CORRECT ANSWER They equip the
OPERATING FORCES to accomplish a mission.