FMF Officer 101 - History &
Customs Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
First to fight - ✔✔Marines have been at the forefront of every war since the
Revolutionary War, conducting over 300 landings of foreign shores ranging from the
tropics to the poles.
Leatherneck - ✔✔From 1775 - 1875, the Marine uniform included a leather stock around
the neck to protect and keep head erect.
Devil Dog - ✔✔1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, Germans called Marines Teufelhunden. 5th
and 6th Marine Regiments.
Esprit de corps - ✔✔Spirit of the Corps, Pride in unit and loyalty to USMC.
Uncommon valor was a common virtue - ✔✔Admiral Nimitz said this of Marines at
Battle of Iwa Jima
Semper Fidelis - ✔✔Always Faithful, Adapted 1883
Retreat, Hell! We're attacking in a different direction. - ✔✔Battle of Chosin Resevior.
General Oliver Smith, CG 1st MARDIV.
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, 1775 - ✔✔Creation of the Corps, 10 Nov 1775 Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, 2 Battalions
under the command of Capt Samuel Nicholas.
1776 - ✔✔First Marine landing, Revolutionary War Providence Island, Bahamas to
secure ammunition.
1798 - ✔✔Congress makes Marines own Branch of service which brings it back into
existence
1805 - ✔✔Marines storm Barbary coast pirates @ Derna, "shore of Tripoli", O'Bannon
given Mameluke sword. First raising of Colors in Eastern Hemisphere
1847 - ✔✔Mexican War, Battle of Chepulttepec, "Halls of Montezuma", NCO 'blood
strip' commemorates this battle.
1859 - ✔✔Army COL Robert E Lee leads Marines to put down John Brown's slave revolt
at Harpers Ferry
1861 - ✔✔Civil War, Limited engagement, Marines served mostly with Naval
detachments at sea, manning Naval guns.
1868 - ✔✔Eagle Globe Anchor adapted by Brigadier General Jacob Zelian, 7th
Commandant, as USMC symbol. Modified from Royal Marine's symbol.
1883 - ✔✔Semper Fidelis Adapted as motto
1898 - ✔✔Spanish-American War, Marines conducted operations in Pacific, Cuba
1900 - ✔✔Boxer Rebellion, Peking, China, Defended Legation Quarters.
1901-1934 - ✔✔Banana Wars - engagements from Caribbean to Pacific, protected
American interest, lifes in unstable political areas.
1913 - ✔✔Marine Aviation est, Maj Alfred Cunningham first pilot.
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Customs Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
First to fight - ✔✔Marines have been at the forefront of every war since the
Revolutionary War, conducting over 300 landings of foreign shores ranging from the
tropics to the poles.
Leatherneck - ✔✔From 1775 - 1875, the Marine uniform included a leather stock around
the neck to protect and keep head erect.
Devil Dog - ✔✔1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, Germans called Marines Teufelhunden. 5th
and 6th Marine Regiments.
Esprit de corps - ✔✔Spirit of the Corps, Pride in unit and loyalty to USMC.
Uncommon valor was a common virtue - ✔✔Admiral Nimitz said this of Marines at
Battle of Iwa Jima
Semper Fidelis - ✔✔Always Faithful, Adapted 1883
Retreat, Hell! We're attacking in a different direction. - ✔✔Battle of Chosin Resevior.
General Oliver Smith, CG 1st MARDIV.
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY GRACE AMELIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, 1775 - ✔✔Creation of the Corps, 10 Nov 1775 Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, 2 Battalions
under the command of Capt Samuel Nicholas.
1776 - ✔✔First Marine landing, Revolutionary War Providence Island, Bahamas to
secure ammunition.
1798 - ✔✔Congress makes Marines own Branch of service which brings it back into
existence
1805 - ✔✔Marines storm Barbary coast pirates @ Derna, "shore of Tripoli", O'Bannon
given Mameluke sword. First raising of Colors in Eastern Hemisphere
1847 - ✔✔Mexican War, Battle of Chepulttepec, "Halls of Montezuma", NCO 'blood
strip' commemorates this battle.
1859 - ✔✔Army COL Robert E Lee leads Marines to put down John Brown's slave revolt
at Harpers Ferry
1861 - ✔✔Civil War, Limited engagement, Marines served mostly with Naval
detachments at sea, manning Naval guns.
1868 - ✔✔Eagle Globe Anchor adapted by Brigadier General Jacob Zelian, 7th
Commandant, as USMC symbol. Modified from Royal Marine's symbol.
1883 - ✔✔Semper Fidelis Adapted as motto
1898 - ✔✔Spanish-American War, Marines conducted operations in Pacific, Cuba
1900 - ✔✔Boxer Rebellion, Peking, China, Defended Legation Quarters.
1901-1934 - ✔✔Banana Wars - engagements from Caribbean to Pacific, protected
American interest, lifes in unstable political areas.
1913 - ✔✔Marine Aviation est, Maj Alfred Cunningham first pilot.
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