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- Birth date of the Marine
Corps.....................10 November 1775
- Birth Place of the Marine Corps....................Tun's
Tavern (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- First
Commandant........................................Major Samuel Nicholas
- First Official
Commandant............................Lieutenant Colonel William Ward
Burrows
- Grand Old Man of the Marine
Corps............Brigadier General Archibald Henderson (In office 38 Years)
- Father of Marine
Aviation.............................Captain Alfred A. Cunningham
- Marine
Motto...............................................Semper Fedelis (Always
Faithful)
- Marine Corps Emblem
 ..............................Eagle-
The Nation, Globe- Worldwide Service, Anchor- Naval Affiliation, (Designed
by Commandant Zellin- March 1868)
- Marine Corps
Colors....................................Scarlet & Gold
- Significance of Red
Stripe.............................Awarded for the Battle of Chapultapec
- Leathernecks................................................Name
for leather strap worn by Marines during colonial days to protect their
jugular veins.
- Devil
Dogs....................................................Name Given to the
Marines at the battle of Belleau Woods, France WWI
- Mameluke
Sword.........................................Awarded by Hamet Bay at the
capture of the fort at Derna, Tripoli, to 1st LT Presley O'Bannon
- Two medal of Honor
Winners.......................Sgt. Maj. Dan Daly and Smedly Butler
- Marine to win 5 Navy
Crosses......................Lt. Gen. Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller
- Types of Court Martials................................Summary,
General, and Special
- Article
15.....................................................Commanding Officers
Punishment, Office Hours, or NJP (Non-judicial Punishment)
- UCMJ..........................................................Uniform
Code of Military Justice
- MOS............................................................Military
Occupational Specialty
- 3 Major Rank
Groups...................................Commissioned, Warrant, and Enlisted
- 2 Types of
Communication............................Verbal and Non-verbal
- 5 Battles since
WW-II...................................Korea, Viet Nam, Lebanon, Grenada,
Persian Gulf
- Highest Award For
Bravery...........................Congressional Medal of Honor
- Marine Corps
Mascot...................................."Chesty" the Bulldog
General
Orders
General Order 1:
To take charge of this post and all
government property in view.
General Order 2:
To walk my post in an orderly manner,
keeping always on the alert and observing all that takes place within sight or
hearing.
General Order 3:
To report all violations of orders
that I am instructed to enforce.
General Order 4:
To repeat all calls from posts more
distant from the guardhouse than my own.
General Order 5:
To quit my post only when properly
relieved.
General Order 6:
To receive, obey, and pass on to the
sentry who relieves me all orders from the Commanding Officer, Officer of the
Day, Officers and Noncommissioned Officers of the Guard only.
General Order 7:
To talk to no one except in the line
of duty.
General Order 8:
To give the alarm in case of fire and
disorder.
General Order 9:
To call the Corporal of the Guard in
any case not covered by instructions.
General Order 10:
To salute all officers and all colors
and standards not cased.
General Order 11:
To be especially watchful at night and
during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post,
and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
Nomenclature
of the M-14 Rifle
- The M-14 is a 7.62 MM, gas operated, magazine fed,
semiautomatic/automatic, air cooled, shoulder weapon.
Maximum Effective Range: 460
meters
Maximum Range: 3,750 meters
Weight:
- Fully Loaded- approximately 10 lbs.
- With Bipod- approximately 12 lbs.
- Unloaded- approximately 9.5 lbs.
Firing Characteristics:
- Cyclic Rate of Fire: 500-700 rounds per minute
(rpm)
- Maximum Rate of Fire (semiautomatic): 40-69 rpm
- Maximum Rate of Fire (automatic): 120-150 rpm
- Maximum Effective Rate of Fire (semiautomatic):
20-30 rpm
- Maximum Effective Rate of Fire (automatic): 40-60
rpm
- Maximum Sustained Rate of Fire: 8-10 rpm
Cycle of Operation:
- Firing, unlocking, extracting, ejecting, feeding,
chambering, locking
3 Main Part Groups:
- Firing Mechanism (or Trigger) Group, Barrel and
Receiver Group, Stock Group
Immediate Action: Pull,
release, aim, and fire
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