USMC NCO PANEL SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Marine Corps Leadership Principles (There are 11) - ✔✔• Know yourself and seek
self-improvement.
• Be technically and tactically proficient.
• Develop a sense of responsibility among your subordinates.
• Make sound and timely decisions.
• Set the example.
• Know your Marines and look out for their welfare.
• Keep your Marines informed.
• Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions.
• Ensure assigned tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished.
• Train your Marines as a team.
• Employ your command in accordance with its capabilities
✔✔Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps - ✔✔Archibald Henderson who served the
longest term as Commandant. 1820-1859 (38 years as 5th Commandant)
✔✔First Female Marine - ✔✔Opha Mae Johnson, 1918
✔✔First Commandant of the Marine Corps - ✔✔Captain Samuel Nichols
✔✔First Appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps - ✔✔William Ward Burrows I
✔✔Only two Marines to receive Medals of Honor twice - ✔✔SgtMaj Dan Daly:
- 1900; Boxer Rebellion
- 1915; Haiti Occupation
MajGen Smedley Butler:
- 1914; Vera Cruz
- 1915; Haiti Occupation
, ✔✔Only Marine to earn 5 Navy Crosses - ✔✔Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller
✔✔Origin of the nickname Devil Dog - ✔✔Given by the Germans during World War 1,
during the Battle of Belleau Wood (1918)
✔✔Origin of the nickname Leatherneck - ✔✔Derived from the fact that Marines used to
wear high leather collars to defend against sword slashes
✔✔Marine Corps Core Values - ✔✔Honor, Courage, Commitment
✔✔Five Paragraph Order (a.k.a Letter of Intent) - ✔✔Situation
Mission
Execution
Admin and logistics
Command and signal
✔✔Mission of the Marine Rifle Squad - ✔✔To locate, close with, and destroy the
enemy, by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy assault by fire and close combat.
✔✔Who was the first Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor? - ✔✔Corporal John
Mackie (1863)
✔✔Who was the first SgtMaj of the Marine Corps? - ✔✔Wilbur Bestwick
✔✔Who was the first SgtMaj in the Marine Corps? - ✔✔Archibald Sommers
✔✔In what year was the rank of SgtMaj established? - ✔✔1798
✔✔Who is considered the Father of Marine Corps Aviation? - ✔✔1stLt Alfred A.
Cunningham (1912)
✔✔Who is considered the first Marine Corps recruiter? - ✔✔Robert Mullen
✔✔The first black Marine Corps recruits were enlisted in the Marine Corps in [ ] and
were referred to as the [ ]. - ✔✔1942, Montford Point Marines
✔✔Who is the youngest Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor? - ✔✔PFC Jack
Lucas
✔✔Which Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor in Guadalcanal and was later killed
at Iwo Jima? - ✔✔GySgt John Basilone
✔✔Who was the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps? - ✔✔Major General John A.
Lejeune
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Marine Corps Leadership Principles (There are 11) - ✔✔• Know yourself and seek
self-improvement.
• Be technically and tactically proficient.
• Develop a sense of responsibility among your subordinates.
• Make sound and timely decisions.
• Set the example.
• Know your Marines and look out for their welfare.
• Keep your Marines informed.
• Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions.
• Ensure assigned tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished.
• Train your Marines as a team.
• Employ your command in accordance with its capabilities
✔✔Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps - ✔✔Archibald Henderson who served the
longest term as Commandant. 1820-1859 (38 years as 5th Commandant)
✔✔First Female Marine - ✔✔Opha Mae Johnson, 1918
✔✔First Commandant of the Marine Corps - ✔✔Captain Samuel Nichols
✔✔First Appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps - ✔✔William Ward Burrows I
✔✔Only two Marines to receive Medals of Honor twice - ✔✔SgtMaj Dan Daly:
- 1900; Boxer Rebellion
- 1915; Haiti Occupation
MajGen Smedley Butler:
- 1914; Vera Cruz
- 1915; Haiti Occupation
, ✔✔Only Marine to earn 5 Navy Crosses - ✔✔Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller
✔✔Origin of the nickname Devil Dog - ✔✔Given by the Germans during World War 1,
during the Battle of Belleau Wood (1918)
✔✔Origin of the nickname Leatherneck - ✔✔Derived from the fact that Marines used to
wear high leather collars to defend against sword slashes
✔✔Marine Corps Core Values - ✔✔Honor, Courage, Commitment
✔✔Five Paragraph Order (a.k.a Letter of Intent) - ✔✔Situation
Mission
Execution
Admin and logistics
Command and signal
✔✔Mission of the Marine Rifle Squad - ✔✔To locate, close with, and destroy the
enemy, by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy assault by fire and close combat.
✔✔Who was the first Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor? - ✔✔Corporal John
Mackie (1863)
✔✔Who was the first SgtMaj of the Marine Corps? - ✔✔Wilbur Bestwick
✔✔Who was the first SgtMaj in the Marine Corps? - ✔✔Archibald Sommers
✔✔In what year was the rank of SgtMaj established? - ✔✔1798
✔✔Who is considered the Father of Marine Corps Aviation? - ✔✔1stLt Alfred A.
Cunningham (1912)
✔✔Who is considered the first Marine Corps recruiter? - ✔✔Robert Mullen
✔✔The first black Marine Corps recruits were enlisted in the Marine Corps in [ ] and
were referred to as the [ ]. - ✔✔1942, Montford Point Marines
✔✔Who is the youngest Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor? - ✔✔PFC Jack
Lucas
✔✔Which Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor in Guadalcanal and was later killed
at Iwo Jima? - ✔✔GySgt John Basilone
✔✔Who was the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps? - ✔✔Major General John A.
Lejeune
