USMC Customs & Courtesies (EXAM 1)
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
THREE WAYS TO IDENITFY MILITARY PERSONEL: - Correct
Answer ✅grade, rank, and insignia
PAY GRADE? - Correct Answer ✅1-All services use the same
pay grade scale
2- Used by the department of defense as a way of defining
the monthly pay entitlement and determining what
allowances a service member rates.
3-Marine are never addressed by their pay grade
RANK? - Correct Answer ✅1-the way to identify service
members throughout the armed services
2-each rank is associated with a pay grade
EACH SERVICE HAS THEIR OWN RANK STRUCTURE. IS THE PAY
GRADE AND AND RANK THE SAME? - Correct Answer ✅-pay
grade is the same, but the rank is different between branches
EXAMPLE OF SAME PAY GRADE, BUT DIFFERENT RANK IN
USMC VS. NAVY. DESCRIBE 0-3. - Correct Answer ✅0-3 in
,USMC Customs & Courtesies (EXAM 1)
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
the marine corps is a Captain while an 0-3 in the navy is a
Lieutenant.
INSIGNIA? - Correct Answer ✅a device worn on the military
uniform to identify the rank of the service member.
IN UTILITIES, OFFICERS WEAR? - Correct Answer ✅gold and
silver insignia on their blouse collar
IN DRESS UNIFORMS, OFFICERS WILL WEAR - Correct
Answer ✅-gold and silver insignia on the shoulder straps of
the service coat or on the shirt collar when not in service coat
IN DRESS UNIFORMS, ENLISTED WEAR - Correct Answer ✅-
wear the chevrons on the service coat sleeve or shirt sleeves.
ENLISTED MARINES RANK STRUCTURE ARE FURTHER BROKEN
DOWN INTO WHAT 3 CATEGORIES? - Correct Answer ✅1-
Junior Marine (E1-E3)
WHO ARE CONSIDERED THE BACKBONE OF THE MARINE
CORPS? - Correct Answer ✅Sergeants
ENLISTED NAVY RANK STRUCTURE ARE FURTHER BROKEN
DOWN INTO WHAT 3 CATEGORIES? - Correct Answer ✅1-
Junior Sailors (E1-E3)
2-Petty Officers (E4-E6)
3-Chief Petty Officers (E7-E9)
A WARRANT OFFICER IS AN OFFICER DESIGNATED SUCH BY...?
THEY ARE CONSIDERED? - Correct Answer ✅...designated
such by a warrant, vice a commission.
They are the technical expert for their Military Occupational
Specialty (MOS).
, USMC Customs & Courtesies (EXAM 1)
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2024)
FOR WARRANT OFFICER 1 & CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2, THE
NON-RED PORTION OF THEIR RANK INSIGNIA IS ______. -
Correct Answer ✅gold
FOR BOTH OFFICERS AND WARRANT OFFICERS, _____ IS
ALWAYS MORE SENIOR TO _____. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 3,
4, AND 5 HAVE ______ BEHIND THE RED BARS. - Correct
Answer ✅GOLD IS ALWAYS JUNIOR TO SILVER
SILVER
WARRANT OFFICER RANKS - Correct Answer ✅
ALL WARRANT OFFICERS IN THE MARINE CORPS WEAR TWO
COLLAR RANK INSIGNIA, EXCEPT WHICH MOS?
THEY WEAR A _______ ON THE LEFT COLLAR WITH THE RANK
INSIGNIA ON THE RIGHT COLLAR. - Correct Answer
✅Infantry Weapons Officer (MOS 0306)
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