FMF CORE UPDATED TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔USMC in WWII (general) - ✔✔USMC principle force utilized for island hopping;
USMC reached nearly 500,000 during WWII
✔✔USMC in Korean War - ✔✔(1950 start) 1st Provisional Marine Brigade activated to
rescue Pusan perimiter; Marine amphibious landing at Inchon; first time helicopters
flown in battle
✔✔USMC in Vietnam - ✔✔1965 Marines landed in South Vietnam; numerous large
scale operations during war
✔✔1982 Significant Event - ✔✔Marines deployed to Lebanon; 1983 suicide truck bomb
at HQ building killed 241 Americans and wounded 70
✔✔1989 Significant Event - ✔✔Just Cause joint operation in Panama to overthrow
Noriega's military government; USMC helped accomplish mission and install civilian
government
✔✔Operation Desert Shield - ✔✔1990 after invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces; mission
to hold advance of Iraqis and assemble multinational forces for potential offensive
operations; USMC validated MPF concept and enacted MAGTF plan
✔✔Operation Desert Storm - ✔✔1991 after Iraqi government noncompliance with UN
resolutions; Marine aviation used heavily in air phase; ground forces entered and
liberated Kuwait
✔✔Operation Enduring Freedom - ✔✔2001 first Marines to be engaged in combat in
Afghanistan pilots in Fighter Attack Squadron 251; Hornets launched from USS Teddy
Roosevelt
✔✔Operation Iraqi Freedom - ✔✔2003 I MEF Marines crossed Kuwaiti border into Iraq
during first push to Baghdad; Marines saved all but 9 of almost 500 oil wells from
sabotage before continuing toward Iraqi capital
✔✔Fallujah - ✔✔2004 two battles to secure city of Falluja (during mission to stabilize
and defend Iraqi government); 3 APR MGEN Mattis led I MEF in first battle, ended in
insurgency control due to order to end by Iraqi civ government; NOV-DEC battle ended
in city cleared and under coalition control
✔✔2010 Significant Event - ✔✔Operation Moshtarak major offensive, mostly 2d MEB
working to clear Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province; largest military operation
since start of war in Afghanistan in 2001
,✔✔Operation Inherent Resolve - ✔✔Starting AUG 2014 USMC key contributor in US
campaign against ISIS; support through air and artillery strikes, training and advising
Iraqi and Syrian forces
✔✔Battle of Bladensburg - ✔✔1814 - Marines and Sailors attempted to block British
troops from advancing on Washington; Marines stopped 3 headlong charges before
being outflanked and driven back; British moved down Bladensburg Rd and burned
several buildings before retiring to vessels in Chesapeake Bay
✔✔Battle of New Orleans - ✔✔1815 Marines under Gen Andrew Jackson defeated
British forces; British lost around 2,000 while Americans lost <100
✔✔Battle of Belleau Wood - ✔✔WWI Marines helped French crush German offensive
that threatened Paris; French renamed area "the Wood of the Brigade of Marines"
✔✔Battle of Wake Island - ✔✔1941 Japanese struck Wake Island; outnumbered
Marines defended the island and caused extraordinary amount of casualties and
damages before falling
✔✔Battle of Guadalcanal - ✔✔August 1942 - 1st MARDIV landed and launched first US
land offensive of WWII; first combat test of new amphibious doctrine and provided
turning point for war in Pacific by providing base to launch further invasions of
Japanese-held islands
✔✔Battle of Marinana Islands - ✔✔1944 Marines and Soldiers invaded Saipan, Guam,
and Tinian to secure airfields and advanced bases for USN and USA, LtGen Holland M.
Smith led force of >139,000 (new record for greatest number of troops to operate under
Marine command)
✔✔Battle of Tarawa - ✔✔1943 2d MARDIV Marines, led by Gen Julian C. Smith, landed
on Betio Island of Tarawa Atoll and secured the island within 76 hours; heavy US losses
due to coral reef that forced Marines to offload hundreds of yards from the beaches (Col
Shoup commanded landing force and received Medal of Honor)
✔✔Battle of Iwo Jima - ✔✔1945 Marines landed on Iwo Jima; largest all-Marine battle in
history and bloodiest battle in USMC history; >23,300 casualties; capture increased air
support and bombing operations (famous flag raising picture)
✔✔Battle of Okinawa - ✔✔1945, landed and secured island in last large action of WWII;
MGen Geiger assumed command of 10th Army after cdr's death and became only
Marine officer to ever have commanded a field army
✔✔Battle of Chosin Reservoir - ✔✔1950 Marines pushed far into North Korea and were
cut off after Chinese forces entered the war; Marines destroyed 7 enemy divisions of 10
, in their retreat march; significant because Marines brough out all operable equipment,
properly evacuated casualties, and maintained tactical integrity
✔✔Battle of Hue City - ✔✔1968 during January Tet holiday Marines fought North
Vietnamese in city of Hue and the Citadel; no heavy arms due to civilians, fighting
measured in yards; secured city 25FEB
✔✔1st LT Presley Neville O'Bannon - ✔✔1stLT, battle at Tripoli, his Marines first U.S.
forces to hoist flag over territory in old world; presented with first Mameluke sword
✔✔Gen Archibald Henderson - ✔✔CMC 1820-1859; led USMC through Indian Wars,
Mexican War, disorder in Central America; "Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps"
introduced higher standards of personal appearance, training, discipline
✔✔SgtMaj John H. Quick - ✔✔SgtMaj who won Medal of Honor at Guantanamo Bay for
signaling for emergency lift while under Spanish and American shellfire; (Guantanamo
landing 1898 demonstrated usefulness of Marines as assault troops with fleet)
✔✔SgtMaj Daniel Daly - ✔✔Earned 2 Medals of Honor: 1) Boxer Rebellion 1899 and 2)
First Caco Revolt in Haiti 1915; also known for Belleau Wood 1918 "Come on you sons
of bitches, do you want to live forever?"
✔✔MajGen Smedley Butler - ✔✔Earned 2 Medals of Honor: 1) Veracruz and 2) First
Caco Revolt in Haiti
✔✔Pvt Opha Mae Johnson - ✔✔First enlisted woman Aug 1918; "Marine Reserve (F)"
✔✔MajGen John Lejeune - ✔✔13th CMC 1920-1929; first Marine officer ever to
command Army division in combat (France WWI)
✔✔LtGen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller - ✔✔LtGen served in Nicaragua; he and force of
about 32 Marines became famous for their ability to engage rebel groups and bandits in
the jungle; became known as the "Tiger of the Mountains" 1930; USMC mascot bulldog
named Chesty
✔✔Capt Joseph Floss - ✔✔Marine pilot awarded Medal of Honor for actions during
taking of airfield at Guadalcanal; by end of WWII he was second-ranking ace with 26
kills
✔✔Maj Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - ✔✔Marine pilot, top ranked flying ace at end of
WWII with 28 kills
✔✔CWO Annie L. Grimes - ✔✔Third black woman to become a Marine, first black
woman to retire after full 20
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔USMC in WWII (general) - ✔✔USMC principle force utilized for island hopping;
USMC reached nearly 500,000 during WWII
✔✔USMC in Korean War - ✔✔(1950 start) 1st Provisional Marine Brigade activated to
rescue Pusan perimiter; Marine amphibious landing at Inchon; first time helicopters
flown in battle
✔✔USMC in Vietnam - ✔✔1965 Marines landed in South Vietnam; numerous large
scale operations during war
✔✔1982 Significant Event - ✔✔Marines deployed to Lebanon; 1983 suicide truck bomb
at HQ building killed 241 Americans and wounded 70
✔✔1989 Significant Event - ✔✔Just Cause joint operation in Panama to overthrow
Noriega's military government; USMC helped accomplish mission and install civilian
government
✔✔Operation Desert Shield - ✔✔1990 after invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces; mission
to hold advance of Iraqis and assemble multinational forces for potential offensive
operations; USMC validated MPF concept and enacted MAGTF plan
✔✔Operation Desert Storm - ✔✔1991 after Iraqi government noncompliance with UN
resolutions; Marine aviation used heavily in air phase; ground forces entered and
liberated Kuwait
✔✔Operation Enduring Freedom - ✔✔2001 first Marines to be engaged in combat in
Afghanistan pilots in Fighter Attack Squadron 251; Hornets launched from USS Teddy
Roosevelt
✔✔Operation Iraqi Freedom - ✔✔2003 I MEF Marines crossed Kuwaiti border into Iraq
during first push to Baghdad; Marines saved all but 9 of almost 500 oil wells from
sabotage before continuing toward Iraqi capital
✔✔Fallujah - ✔✔2004 two battles to secure city of Falluja (during mission to stabilize
and defend Iraqi government); 3 APR MGEN Mattis led I MEF in first battle, ended in
insurgency control due to order to end by Iraqi civ government; NOV-DEC battle ended
in city cleared and under coalition control
✔✔2010 Significant Event - ✔✔Operation Moshtarak major offensive, mostly 2d MEB
working to clear Taliban strongholds in Helmand Province; largest military operation
since start of war in Afghanistan in 2001
,✔✔Operation Inherent Resolve - ✔✔Starting AUG 2014 USMC key contributor in US
campaign against ISIS; support through air and artillery strikes, training and advising
Iraqi and Syrian forces
✔✔Battle of Bladensburg - ✔✔1814 - Marines and Sailors attempted to block British
troops from advancing on Washington; Marines stopped 3 headlong charges before
being outflanked and driven back; British moved down Bladensburg Rd and burned
several buildings before retiring to vessels in Chesapeake Bay
✔✔Battle of New Orleans - ✔✔1815 Marines under Gen Andrew Jackson defeated
British forces; British lost around 2,000 while Americans lost <100
✔✔Battle of Belleau Wood - ✔✔WWI Marines helped French crush German offensive
that threatened Paris; French renamed area "the Wood of the Brigade of Marines"
✔✔Battle of Wake Island - ✔✔1941 Japanese struck Wake Island; outnumbered
Marines defended the island and caused extraordinary amount of casualties and
damages before falling
✔✔Battle of Guadalcanal - ✔✔August 1942 - 1st MARDIV landed and launched first US
land offensive of WWII; first combat test of new amphibious doctrine and provided
turning point for war in Pacific by providing base to launch further invasions of
Japanese-held islands
✔✔Battle of Marinana Islands - ✔✔1944 Marines and Soldiers invaded Saipan, Guam,
and Tinian to secure airfields and advanced bases for USN and USA, LtGen Holland M.
Smith led force of >139,000 (new record for greatest number of troops to operate under
Marine command)
✔✔Battle of Tarawa - ✔✔1943 2d MARDIV Marines, led by Gen Julian C. Smith, landed
on Betio Island of Tarawa Atoll and secured the island within 76 hours; heavy US losses
due to coral reef that forced Marines to offload hundreds of yards from the beaches (Col
Shoup commanded landing force and received Medal of Honor)
✔✔Battle of Iwo Jima - ✔✔1945 Marines landed on Iwo Jima; largest all-Marine battle in
history and bloodiest battle in USMC history; >23,300 casualties; capture increased air
support and bombing operations (famous flag raising picture)
✔✔Battle of Okinawa - ✔✔1945, landed and secured island in last large action of WWII;
MGen Geiger assumed command of 10th Army after cdr's death and became only
Marine officer to ever have commanded a field army
✔✔Battle of Chosin Reservoir - ✔✔1950 Marines pushed far into North Korea and were
cut off after Chinese forces entered the war; Marines destroyed 7 enemy divisions of 10
, in their retreat march; significant because Marines brough out all operable equipment,
properly evacuated casualties, and maintained tactical integrity
✔✔Battle of Hue City - ✔✔1968 during January Tet holiday Marines fought North
Vietnamese in city of Hue and the Citadel; no heavy arms due to civilians, fighting
measured in yards; secured city 25FEB
✔✔1st LT Presley Neville O'Bannon - ✔✔1stLT, battle at Tripoli, his Marines first U.S.
forces to hoist flag over territory in old world; presented with first Mameluke sword
✔✔Gen Archibald Henderson - ✔✔CMC 1820-1859; led USMC through Indian Wars,
Mexican War, disorder in Central America; "Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps"
introduced higher standards of personal appearance, training, discipline
✔✔SgtMaj John H. Quick - ✔✔SgtMaj who won Medal of Honor at Guantanamo Bay for
signaling for emergency lift while under Spanish and American shellfire; (Guantanamo
landing 1898 demonstrated usefulness of Marines as assault troops with fleet)
✔✔SgtMaj Daniel Daly - ✔✔Earned 2 Medals of Honor: 1) Boxer Rebellion 1899 and 2)
First Caco Revolt in Haiti 1915; also known for Belleau Wood 1918 "Come on you sons
of bitches, do you want to live forever?"
✔✔MajGen Smedley Butler - ✔✔Earned 2 Medals of Honor: 1) Veracruz and 2) First
Caco Revolt in Haiti
✔✔Pvt Opha Mae Johnson - ✔✔First enlisted woman Aug 1918; "Marine Reserve (F)"
✔✔MajGen John Lejeune - ✔✔13th CMC 1920-1929; first Marine officer ever to
command Army division in combat (France WWI)
✔✔LtGen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller - ✔✔LtGen served in Nicaragua; he and force of
about 32 Marines became famous for their ability to engage rebel groups and bandits in
the jungle; became known as the "Tiger of the Mountains" 1930; USMC mascot bulldog
named Chesty
✔✔Capt Joseph Floss - ✔✔Marine pilot awarded Medal of Honor for actions during
taking of airfield at Guadalcanal; by end of WWII he was second-ranking ace with 26
kills
✔✔Maj Gregory "Pappy" Boyington - ✔✔Marine pilot, top ranked flying ace at end of
WWII with 28 kills
✔✔CWO Annie L. Grimes - ✔✔Third black woman to become a Marine, first black
woman to retire after full 20
