EPME E-5 Flashcards Guaranteed Success - The Commandant has how many stars?
️ 4 stars - An area commander, either Pacific or Atlantic, has how many stars?
️ Three stars - MLCs or Maintenance and Logistics Commands provide support to all operational units and personnel
within their...
- An area commander, either Pacific or Atlantic, has how many stars?
✔️ Three stars
- MLCs or Maintenance and Logistics Commands provide support to all operational units and personnel
within their respective areas and are commanded by either:
✔️ Rear Admirals (either one or two stars).
- Who commands a district?
✔️ Either a one or two-star admiral
- In order to be classified as a large cutter, how long must a vessel be?
✔️ Over 180 feet
- What two characteristics must a vessel have in order to be classified as a cutter?
✔️ Must be 65 feet or longer and have adequate accommodations for the crew to live on board.
- How many Coast Guard units in the field report directly to headquarters?
✔️ 35
- Which type of command is responsible for providing services such as civil engineering, health, safety,
legal, and finance to all operational units within its area?
✔️ Maintenance and Logistics Commands (MLCs)
, - Until what year was the Coast Guard the only armed service afloat?
✔️ 1798 (when the Navy was established).
- During what war were steamboats used for the first time?
✔️ Mexican-American War
- Which cutter fired the first naval shots of the Civil War?
✔️ Harriet Lane
- What Coast Guard vessel was sunk during WWI?
✔️ Tampa
- What cutter made the first capture of World War II?
✔️ The Northland
- During WWII, which cutter sank a German submarine by ramming it?
✔️ Campbell
- During which war was the Coast Guard transferred to the Navy for the first time?
✔️ WWI
- (T or F) During Operation Noble Eagle in Nov 2001, the Coast Guard was once again under Navy
Command.
✔️ TRUE
- (T or F) During the mid-19th century, the U.S. experienced an influx of immigration. It was because of
this event that the Federal Lifesaving Service began to take shape.
✔️ TRUE
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