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| What are the 5 Coast Guard roles? |
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Maritime Security
Maritime Safety
Protection of Natural Resources
Maritime mobility
National Defense |
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| What are the 11 Coast Guard Missions? |
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Search and Rescue
Maritime Saftey
Aids to Navigation
Ice Operations
Marine Enviroment Protection
Living Marine Reasorces
Illegal Drug Interdiction
Undocumented Migrant Interdiction
Law Enforcement
Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security
Defense Readiness |
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| What does team coast guard include? |
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Definition
| Active duty, Reservice, Civilians, Auxilerist and Contractors. |
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| What are two enlisted ratings only open to the reserve? |
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| Investigator and Port Security Specialist. |
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| What does Ready Reserve mean? |
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| The Ready Reserve consists of reservists who are liable for immediate recall to active duty. |
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| What 2 groups of reservist are ready reseve? |
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Selected Reserve (SELRES)
Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). |
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Term
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| Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is an international agreement providing approval of certain foreign governments for U.S. personnel to enter their territory for defense purposes. |
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| How is the coat guard different from the other branches of service? |
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Definition
| It is the only branch of the military not under the department of defense. It operates under the department of homeland security. |
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When did the Coast Guard move to the Department of Homeland Security? |
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Definition
On March 1, 2003, the Coast Guard moved to the Department of Homeland Security? (DHS) from the Department of Transportation. |
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| What are the major devisions of the department of homeland security? |
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Definition
Border and transportation
Emergency Preparedness & Response
Science & Technology
Information Analysis & Infrastructure Protection
and Management |
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Term
| Upon declaration of war, when the presedent elects so, what department does the Coast Guard run under? |
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Definition
| Upon declaration of war or when the President so directs, the Coast Guard operates as an element of the Department of Defense, consistent with existing law. |
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Term
| When did petty officers come into existance? |
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Definition
| Petty Officers served in ther brittish navy in the 17th century, maybe earlier. |
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| When did the rate of petty officer become offical? |
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Definition
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| What word is petty officer derived from? |
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| Originally, the French word “petite” meant something small. Over the years, the word also came to mean minor, secondary, and subordinate |
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| What signifigant change was there for petty officers in 1841? |
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Definition
| | Petty officers in the Navy acquire their first rate insignia when they begin wearing a sleeve device showing an eagle perched on an anchor. Some wear the device on the left arm; others wear it on the right arm. |
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| What signifigant change was there for petty officers in 1866? |
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Definition
| | In 1866, specialty or rating marks become official, though petty officers used them for several years. |
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| What signifigant change was there for petty officers in 1885? |
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Definition
| The Navy recognizes its three classes of petty officers: First, Second, and Third. The rating badges were approved by the Secretary of the Navy on July 1, 1885. |
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| What signifigant change was there for petty officers in 1886? |
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Definition
| | Petty officers wear rate insignia of chevrons with the points down under a spread eagle and rating mark. The eagle faces left instead of right as it presently does. |
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| What signifigant change was there for petty officers in 1894? |
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| | The Navy establishes the Chief Petty Officer rate and issues the insignia of three chevrons with an arc and eagle. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class petty officers begin wearing the present insignia. |
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| What is signifigance of the year 1915 in CG History? |
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Definition
| | The Coast Guard comes into existence when Congress combines the Revenue Cutter Service with the U.S. Life Saving Service. |
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Term
What happened to the Coast Guard Rates during WW II? |
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Definition
| During World War I, the rates in the Coast Guard become the same as those in the Navy. |
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Term
| When was the office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard established and who established it? |
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Definition
| On August 17, 1969, the office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (MCPOCG) was established by a legislative action. |
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Term
| Who is the most senior enlisted member of the Coast Guard? What is his rank and length of assignment? |
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Definition
The MCPOCG is the most senior enlisted member of the Coast Guard, with the pay grade designation of E-10. His or her tour of assignment is four years, which runs concurrently with the Commandant of the Coast Guard. |
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