Range Safety Complete Solutions
1. What documents provide guidance for range safety on all Marine Corps ranges?
Answer: AR 385-63/MCO 3570.1 and DA Pam 385-63.
2. What is the purpose of DA Pam 385-63?
Answer: To provide implementation guidance for the Marine Corps Range Safety Program and t...
1. What documents provide guidance for range safety on all Marine Corps ranges?
Answer: AR 385-63/MCO 3570.1 and DA Pam 385-63.
2. What is the purpose of DA Pam 385-63?
Answer: To provide implementation guidance for the Marine Corps Range Safety Program and to
contain information on weapon systems.
3. What is the role of the RSO during a live-fire exercise?
Answer: The RSO is responsible for ensuring the safe conduct of the exercise, checking the SDZ, and
supervising misfire, hangfire, and cook-off procedures.
4. What is the primary responsibility of the OIC during a range exercise?
Answer: The OIC is responsible for the overall safe conduct of the exercise, ensuring that all personnel
follow range safety procedures, and reporting any incidents to Range Control.
5. What is the purpose of a danger zone (DZ)?
Answer: A DZ is designed to protect personnel and property from dangers during training and, to the
extent practicable, during combat.
Answer: A dedicated impact area is used for non-sensitive ammunition and explosives, and access is
strictly controlled by range control.
9. What is a high-hazard impact area used for?
Answer: A high-hazard impact area is used for sensitive ammunition and explosives, and entry requires
permission from range control.
10. What is a temporary impact area used for?
Answer: A temporary impact area is used for small arms or non-dud-producing ammunition, and exists
only for the length of an exercise.
11. How are navigable waters coordinated with?
Answer: The installation commander coordinates with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S.
Coast Guard to ensure proper notification of waterways involved, operations to be conducted, and
sector of waterway that must be restricted.
12. What are Notices to Airmen and Mariners used for?
Answer: Notices to Airmen are issued by the FAA, while Notices to Mariners are issued by the National
Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGIA) or USCG, to inform pilots, air traffic controllers, mariners of
location, dates, and times when range operations will pose a safety risk.
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