OSC SWE Operations Specialist Chief E-7 Study Guide
10 modern Coast Guard cutters were transferred on Lend-Lease
to Great Britain Correct Answers World War II
10. Unit's geographic proximity to the incident Correct Answers
1789 Correct Answers Lighthouses built by the colonies were
federalized
1798 Correct Answers Department of the Navy was established
1798 Correct Answers Quasi War
1808 Correct Answers The rate of petty officer became official
1812 Correct Answers War of 1812
1822 Congress created the Correct Answers Timber reserve for
the Navy
1830-1870 Correct Answers The larger passenger vessels
carrying immigrants to the New Jersey and Long Island coasts
were the main focus of search and rescue efforts
1841 Correct Answers 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.
1846 Correct Answers Mexican American War
,1861 - 1865 Correct Answers Civil War
1866 Correct Answers Specialty or rating marks become
official
1867 Correct Answers The purchase of Alaska
1871-1914 Correct Answers Smaller coastal sailing vessels
became the primary search and rescue focal point as innovations
in the shipping industry reduced coastal disasters affecting large
passenger vessels.
1885 Correct Answers The Navy recognizes its three classes of
petty officers: First, Second, and Third.
1886 Correct Answers 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.
1887 Correct Answers Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Donald
H. Horsley, USCG retires in January. He serves on active duty
for 44 years, four months, and 27 days. His career spans three
wars, and sees service on board 34 vessels.
1890 Correct Answers The USRC Wolcott made the first
recorded narcotics seizure
1893 Correct Answers 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.
1898 Correct Answers Spanish American War
1899 Correct Answers Refuse Act
1912 Correct Answers More than 1,500 lives were lost when
the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean
and sank
1915 - 1977 Correct Answers Blue water cutters, joined by
flying amphibians and regular trans-Atlantic air traffic in the
1930s, became primary rescue platforms. Ocean stations were
established in the Atlantic and later in the Gulf of Mexico and
the Pacific.
1915 Correct Answers The Coast Guard comes into existence
when Congress combines the Revenue Cutter Service with the
U.S. Life Saving Service
1917 Correct Answers World War I
1918 Correct Answers Twin sisters Genevieve and Lucille
Baker of the Naval Coastal Defense Reserve become the first
uniformed women to serve in the Coast Guard.
1920 Correct Answers The 55th U.S. Congress officially
approved and established the Coast Guard's Chief Petty Officer
grade. Since the Coast Guard adopted the Navy's rate structure,
its chiefs inherited equal status with their Navy counterparts.
, 1920s Correct Answers "Rum War at Sea".
1940 Correct Answers Pre-war Port Security began
1941- 1945 Correct Answers World War II
1945 Correct Answers The first five African-American females
enter the SPARs
1950 Correct Answers Korean War
1958 Correct Answers Congress established two additional
senior
1958 Correct Answers Master Chief Yeoman Jack Kerwin
becomes the first Coast Guard E-9
1959 Correct Answers Alex P. Haley retires as Chief Journalist
after serving in World War II and Korea
1962 Correct Answers Master Chief Yeoman Pearl Faurie
becomes the first SPAR E9
1965-1970 Correct Answers Vietnam
1969 Correct Answers BMCM Charles L. Calhoun was instated
as the First Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (E-
10)
10 modern Coast Guard cutters were transferred on Lend-Lease
to Great Britain Correct Answers World War II
10. Unit's geographic proximity to the incident Correct Answers
1789 Correct Answers Lighthouses built by the colonies were
federalized
1798 Correct Answers Department of the Navy was established
1798 Correct Answers Quasi War
1808 Correct Answers The rate of petty officer became official
1812 Correct Answers War of 1812
1822 Congress created the Correct Answers Timber reserve for
the Navy
1830-1870 Correct Answers The larger passenger vessels
carrying immigrants to the New Jersey and Long Island coasts
were the main focus of search and rescue efforts
1841 Correct Answers 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.
1846 Correct Answers Mexican American War
,1861 - 1865 Correct Answers Civil War
1866 Correct Answers Specialty or rating marks become
official
1867 Correct Answers The purchase of Alaska
1871-1914 Correct Answers Smaller coastal sailing vessels
became the primary search and rescue focal point as innovations
in the shipping industry reduced coastal disasters affecting large
passenger vessels.
1885 Correct Answers The Navy recognizes its three classes of
petty officers: First, Second, and Third.
1886 Correct Answers 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.
1887 Correct Answers Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Donald
H. Horsley, USCG retires in January. He serves on active duty
for 44 years, four months, and 27 days. His career spans three
wars, and sees service on board 34 vessels.
1890 Correct Answers The USRC Wolcott made the first
recorded narcotics seizure
1893 Correct Answers 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.
1898 Correct Answers Spanish American War
1899 Correct Answers Refuse Act
1912 Correct Answers More than 1,500 lives were lost when
the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean
and sank
1915 - 1977 Correct Answers Blue water cutters, joined by
flying amphibians and regular trans-Atlantic air traffic in the
1930s, became primary rescue platforms. Ocean stations were
established in the Atlantic and later in the Gulf of Mexico and
the Pacific.
1915 Correct Answers The Coast Guard comes into existence
when Congress combines the Revenue Cutter Service with the
U.S. Life Saving Service
1917 Correct Answers World War I
1918 Correct Answers Twin sisters Genevieve and Lucille
Baker of the Naval Coastal Defense Reserve become the first
uniformed women to serve in the Coast Guard.
1920 Correct Answers The 55th U.S. Congress officially
approved and established the Coast Guard's Chief Petty Officer
grade. Since the Coast Guard adopted the Navy's rate structure,
its chiefs inherited equal status with their Navy counterparts.
, 1920s Correct Answers "Rum War at Sea".
1940 Correct Answers Pre-war Port Security began
1941- 1945 Correct Answers World War II
1945 Correct Answers The first five African-American females
enter the SPARs
1950 Correct Answers Korean War
1958 Correct Answers Congress established two additional
senior
1958 Correct Answers Master Chief Yeoman Jack Kerwin
becomes the first Coast Guard E-9
1959 Correct Answers Alex P. Haley retires as Chief Journalist
after serving in World War II and Korea
1962 Correct Answers Master Chief Yeoman Pearl Faurie
becomes the first SPAR E9
1965-1970 Correct Answers Vietnam
1969 Correct Answers BMCM Charles L. Calhoun was instated
as the First Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard (E-
10)
