USMC (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and
Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Characteristics of Fire - ANSWERTrajectory, Burst of Fire, Cone of Fire, Beaten Zone,
Dead Space, Danger Space
Classes of fire with respect to the GUN - ANSWERFixed Fire, Traversing Fire,
Searching Fire, Traversing and Searching Fire, Swinging Traverse, Free Gun
Classes of fire with respect to the TARGET - ANSWERFrontal, Flanking, Oblique, and
Enfilade
Classes of fire with respect to the GROUND - ANSWERGrazing Fire and Plunging Fire
Grazing Fire - ANSWERWhen firing of level or uniformly sloping terrain, where the
center of the cone of fire does not rise above one meter
Enfilade Fire - ANSWERWhen the long axis of the beaten zone coincides or nearly
coincides with the long axis of the target
Five types of Defilade - ANSWERDirect Lay, Partial, Position, Maximum, Minimum
PICMDEEP - ANSWERP - employed in pairs
I - Interlocking fields of fire
C - Coordination of fires
M - Mutual support
D - Defilade
E - Enfilade
E - Economy of rounds
P - protection
SAFESOC - ANSWERS - provide security
A - automatic weapons on avenues of approach
F - fields of fire
E - entrenchment
S - supplementary/alternative positions
O - obstacles
C - cover/concealment
Three types of machine gun fighting postions - ANSWERU - shaped, T - shaped, L -
Shaped
Mission of Machine Guns in the Defense - ANSWERThe purpose is to retain or
control terrain, gain time, develop more favorable conditions for offensive attacks,
economize size to allow concentration of focus elsewhere, and fire upon FPL's upon
command
, What three classes of fires are needed to fire an FPL - ANSWERSearching, Enfilade,
and Grazing
Types of Wire - ANSWERTactical, Supplementary, and Protective
DRAW - D - ANSWERDefend, reinforce, attack, withdraw, delay
RAZ - ANSWERRoute, area, zone
KOCOA - ANSWERKey terrain, observations of fields of fire, cover and concealment,
obstacles, avenues of approach
OSMEAC - ANSWERorientation, situation, mission, execution, admin and logistics,
command and signal
MARCH - E - ANSWERmassive hemorrhaging, airways, respiration, circulatory, head
and hypothermia, everything else
SALUTE - ANSWERsize, activity, location, unit, time, equipment
5 Cs - ANSWERconfirm, clear, call, cordon, control
5 Bs - ANSWERbullets, beans, bandaids, batteries, and bad guys
SALTA - ANSWERsize, activity, location, time, actions
METT - T - ANSWERmission, enemy, terrain + weather, troops and support, time
MORT - ANSWERmethod, objective, route, time
SOSES - ANSWERshape, orientation, size, elevation, slope
SAMK - ANSWERsuppress, assess, move, kill
RACES - ANSWERRaid, ambushes, contact, economy of force, security
RREMS - ANSWERrefinements, record target, end, mission, surveillance
AVPU - ANSWERalert, verbal, painful, unresponsive
EOF - ANSWERescalation of force
NIDD - ANSWERnotify, impede, disable, destroy
FEBA - ANSWERForward edge of the battle area
Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Characteristics of Fire - ANSWERTrajectory, Burst of Fire, Cone of Fire, Beaten Zone,
Dead Space, Danger Space
Classes of fire with respect to the GUN - ANSWERFixed Fire, Traversing Fire,
Searching Fire, Traversing and Searching Fire, Swinging Traverse, Free Gun
Classes of fire with respect to the TARGET - ANSWERFrontal, Flanking, Oblique, and
Enfilade
Classes of fire with respect to the GROUND - ANSWERGrazing Fire and Plunging Fire
Grazing Fire - ANSWERWhen firing of level or uniformly sloping terrain, where the
center of the cone of fire does not rise above one meter
Enfilade Fire - ANSWERWhen the long axis of the beaten zone coincides or nearly
coincides with the long axis of the target
Five types of Defilade - ANSWERDirect Lay, Partial, Position, Maximum, Minimum
PICMDEEP - ANSWERP - employed in pairs
I - Interlocking fields of fire
C - Coordination of fires
M - Mutual support
D - Defilade
E - Enfilade
E - Economy of rounds
P - protection
SAFESOC - ANSWERS - provide security
A - automatic weapons on avenues of approach
F - fields of fire
E - entrenchment
S - supplementary/alternative positions
O - obstacles
C - cover/concealment
Three types of machine gun fighting postions - ANSWERU - shaped, T - shaped, L -
Shaped
Mission of Machine Guns in the Defense - ANSWERThe purpose is to retain or
control terrain, gain time, develop more favorable conditions for offensive attacks,
economize size to allow concentration of focus elsewhere, and fire upon FPL's upon
command
, What three classes of fires are needed to fire an FPL - ANSWERSearching, Enfilade,
and Grazing
Types of Wire - ANSWERTactical, Supplementary, and Protective
DRAW - D - ANSWERDefend, reinforce, attack, withdraw, delay
RAZ - ANSWERRoute, area, zone
KOCOA - ANSWERKey terrain, observations of fields of fire, cover and concealment,
obstacles, avenues of approach
OSMEAC - ANSWERorientation, situation, mission, execution, admin and logistics,
command and signal
MARCH - E - ANSWERmassive hemorrhaging, airways, respiration, circulatory, head
and hypothermia, everything else
SALUTE - ANSWERsize, activity, location, unit, time, equipment
5 Cs - ANSWERconfirm, clear, call, cordon, control
5 Bs - ANSWERbullets, beans, bandaids, batteries, and bad guys
SALTA - ANSWERsize, activity, location, time, actions
METT - T - ANSWERmission, enemy, terrain + weather, troops and support, time
MORT - ANSWERmethod, objective, route, time
SOSES - ANSWERshape, orientation, size, elevation, slope
SAMK - ANSWERsuppress, assess, move, kill
RACES - ANSWERRaid, ambushes, contact, economy of force, security
RREMS - ANSWERrefinements, record target, end, mission, surveillance
AVPU - ANSWERalert, verbal, painful, unresponsive
EOF - ANSWERescalation of force
NIDD - ANSWERnotify, impede, disable, destroy
FEBA - ANSWERForward edge of the battle area
