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  1. Where is the Coast Guard's only enlisted basic training (boot camp) held?
  2. How long is Coast Guard recruit basic training?
  3. What guide does the Coast Guard tell recruits to study closely before arriving at boot camp?
  4. Who serves as a Coast Guard recruit's instructors, leaders and coaches at boot camp?
  5. A recruit's family wants to mail a care package to Cape May. What does the Coast Guard allow?
  6. When can Coast Guard recruits earn liberty during basic training?
  7. Which of the following are hands-on training topics at Coast Guard boot camp: firearms, seamanship, firefighting, damage control and first aid, or only classroom subjects?
  8. When during boot camp does a recruit list preferences for a first assignment, and when do orders arrive?
  9. What is a new Coast Guard member's first assignment after boot camp?
  10. What is the START program, and where is it held?
  11. Which new Coast Guard members do NOT attend the START program after graduating from Cape May?
  12. About how many recruits arrive at Training Center Cape May each year?
  13. A caller asks Training Center Cape May for an update on a recruit's status. What is the rule?
  14. After graduation from Cape May, how far may a graduate travel on local leave?
  15. What are the Coast Guard's core values?
  16. Which of the following is the Coast Guard's set of core values: Honor, Courage, Commitment; Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence in All We Do; or Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty?
  17. Which Coast Guard core value begins "Integrity is our standard"?
  18. Which Coast Guard core value includes "We value our diverse workforce" and "We work as a team"?
  19. Which Coast Guard core value says "We exist to serve. We serve with pride"?
  20. When were the Coast Guard core values officially promulgated, and which Commandant approved them?
  21. Older study guides quote the Respect core value as "We treat each other with fairness, dignity, and compassion." How does the current wording differ?
  22. What is the Coast Guard motto, and what does it mean?
  23. What is the first line of the Coast Guard Ethos?
  24. Complete the Coast Guard Ethos: "I will protect them. I will defend them. I will save them. ..."
  25. How does the Coast Guard Ethos end?
  26. According to CG Pub 1, what is an ethos, and what does the Coast Guard Ethos distinguish the Service as?
  27. According to CG Pub 1, the Coast Guard's mission is to ensure what three things for the Nation's waters?
  28. What are the seven Principles of Coast Guard Operations in CG Pub 1?
  29. Which Principle of Coast Guard Operations means having the right assets and capabilities at the right place at the right time?
  30. A boarding officer on scene must act quickly within the scope of their authority without waiting for direction from higher up. Which Principle of Coast Guard Operations is this?
  31. Which Principle of Coast Guard Operations reflects the need to use the Service's broad law enforcement authority prudently?
  32. Is the Coast Guard a military service at all times?
  33. Under the current U.S. Code, what are the six non-homeland security missions of the Coast Guard?
  34. Under the current U.S. Code, what are the five homeland security missions of the Coast Guard?
  35. Which of the following is a non-homeland security mission of the Coast Guard: drug interdiction, migrant interdiction, defense readiness, or ice operations?
  36. Which Coast Guard mission is also called fisheries law enforcement?
  37. Many study guides say the Coast Guard's 11 statutory missions are listed in 6 U.S.C. 468 (Homeland Security Act section 888). Where are they now?
  38. Which of the following is one of the Coast Guard's primary duties under 14 U.S.C. 102: enforcing federal law on and over the high seas, collecting income taxes, or running the national park system?
  39. Which primary duty requires the Coast Guard to be ready to help defend the United States, including when it serves in the Navy?
  40. To whom does the Commandant of the Coast Guard report within the Department of Homeland Security?
  41. By law, how must the Coast Guard be kept within the Department of Homeland Security?
  42. Which executive department is the Coast Guard in today, and which one was it in before 2003?
  43. What is the Coast Guard's birthday, and what happened on that date?
  44. Which two services combined in 1915 to form the Coast Guard?
  45. Which five agencies are the predecessors of the modern Coast Guard?
  46. In what year did the Lighthouse Service become part of the Coast Guard?
  47. When did the Bureau of Marine Inspection become a permanent part of the Coast Guard?
  48. During World War II, when and how was the Coast Guard transferred to the Navy?
  49. What happened to the Coast Guard on 6 April 1917?
  50. In 1967 the Coast Guard left the Treasury Department. Which department did it join?
  51. Who was the first Commandant of the Coast Guard?
  52. Which Commandant created the civilian volunteer force now called the Coast Guard Auxiliary?
  53. What is the Coast Guard Auxiliary best known for?
  54. Who laid the foundation for the Coast Guard Academy, and how?
  55. Which Coast Guard saying comes from Keeper Patrick Etheridge of the Life-Saving Service, and what regulation was he citing?
  56. In Alexander Hamilton's instructions to the first revenue cutter officers, what should officers always keep in mind about their countrymen?
  57. How does the Coast Guard's 1990 bicentennial history describe the Coast Guard's place among U.S. maritime services?
  58. Who was the first officer commissioned into the Revenue Cutter Service?
  59. When did the Coast Guard's red "racing stripe" (slash) first appear, and who designed it?
  60. What does the Coast Guard slash look like?
  61. What did the 1799 order by Treasury Secretary Oliver Wolcott establish for the revenue cutters?
  62. What unique icebreaking capability does the Coast Guard have?
  63. What does the collar insignia of a Coast Guard chief petty officer look like?
  64. How is a Coast Guard petty officer's collar insignia made up?
  65. How many years of service does one service stripe represent?
  66. What color are service stripes for E-4 through E-6, and for E-7 through E-9?
  67. A non-rated member wears red stripes. Which group is that member in: seaman, fireman or airman?
  68. What sits between the eagle and the chevrons on a Coast Guard rating badge?
  69. Where do enlisted members wear the gold shield on Service Dress sleeves under the current uniform regulations?

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