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FMF Core Exam Prep Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/20251917 - ✔✔Marines landed in France. They participated in 8 distinct operations which distinguished
themselves and were awarded a number of decorations. One being the French Fourragere which is still
worn by members of the 5th and 6th Marines.
1933 - ✔✔The Marine Corps was reorganized into the Fleet Marine Force.
1965 - ✔✔Marines landed in South Vietnam, which committed the Marine Corps to the longest war
in its history. They also landed in the Dominican Republic to evacuate and protect U.S. citizens.
1982 - ✔✔Marines deployed to Lebanon. On 23 October 1983, a suicide truck bomb attack on the
headquarters building killed 241 Americans and wounded 70 others. The last Marine withdrew in July of
1984.
1991 - ✔✔Operation Dessert Storm was launched after the Iraqi government refused to comply
with United Nations resolutions. Marine ground forces eventually swept into Kuwait and liberated
the country, causing severe damage to the Iraqi military capability.
2001 - ✔✔Soon after the 9/11 attacks Marine units deployed to the Arabian Sea and in November
2001 set up a forward operating command in southern Afghanistan as part if Operation Enduring
Freedom, which marked the beginning of the War of Terror. On 25 November, the 15th MEU arrived in
Afghanistan. The MEU set up "Camp Rhino" at the airport south of Kandahar. The mission "Swift
Freedom" sealed off the city of Kandahar. Within months the Al-Qaeda and Taliban were over-thrown
and 25 million Afghans were able to experience the first freedom in over 20 years.
2003 - ✔✔On 19 March 2003, the President launched Operation Iraqi Freedom that in a matter of
3 weeks demolished the government of Saddam Hussein and his Baath political party.
The Battle of Nasiriyah - ✔✔23-29 March 2003. 2D Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Task Force
Tarawa). The first major battle of the Iraq War. Marines were tasked with capturing 2 out of 3 bridges
over the Euphrates in the city on the advance to Baghdad.
,2004(a) - ✔✔On 31 March 2004, Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah ambushed American contractors.
Photographs of the event were released causing outrage in the US and prompting the announcement of
, a campaign to reestablish American control over the city. In April 2004, Coalition Forces fought the first
battle of Fallujah, "Operation Vigilant Resolve." When Coalition Forces fought into the center of the city
the Iraqi government requested that control of the city be turned over to an Iraqi-run local security
force, which then began stockpiling weapons and building complex defenses across the city in mid-2004.
2004(b) - ✔✔On 7 November 2004, "Operation Phantom Fury" ("Operation Al Fajr" in Arabic) was
launched to recapture the city of Fallujah which resulted in the reputed death of over 1,350 insurgent
fighters. Approximately 95 American troops were killed and 560 wounded. On 13 November, after 6
days of intense battles Fallujah was fully occupied by U.S. forces. "Operation Phantom Fury" was the
bloodiest battle of the war in Iraq.
The Battle of Belleu Wood - ✔✔Marines fought one of their greatest battles in history at Belleau
Wood, France during World War I. Marines helped to crush a German offensive that threatened Paris.
The French renamed the area "The Wood of the Brigade of Marines." German intelligence evaluated
the Marines as "storm troops." German troops called their new enemy "Teufelhunden" or "Devil dogs."
The Battle of Guadalcanal - ✔✔On 7 August 1942, the 1st Marine Division landed on the beaches of
Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands and launched the first United States land offensive of World War
II. This battle marked the first combat test of the new amphibious doctrine and also provided a crucial
turning point of the war in the Pacific by providing a base to launch further invasions of Japanese-held
islands.
The Battle of Tarawa - ✔✔The Gilbert Islands were the first in the line of advance for the offensive in the
Central Pacific. The prime objective was the Tarawa Atoll and Betio Island which had been fortified to
the point that the Japanese commander proclaimed that it would take a million Americans 100 years to
conquer it. On 20 November 1943 Marines landed and secured the island within 76 hours.
The Battle of the Mariana Islands - ✔✔Due to the need for airfields by the Air Force and advanced bases
for the Navy, the Marianas were invaded. Landings on the islands of Saipan, Guam, and Tinian
accomplished this. During June and July 1943, Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith led a combined
invasion force of Marines and soldiers that totaled over 136,000. This was the greatest number of troops
up to that time to operate in the field under Marine command.
The Battle of Iwo Jima - ✔✔On 19 February 1945, Marines landed on Iwo Jima in what was the largest
all-Marine battle in history. It was also the bloodiest in Marine Corps history. The Marine Corps
suffered over 23,300 casualties. The capture of Iwo Jima greatly increased the air support and bombing
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