Navy Regulations and History Overview

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Vessels may not discharge any trash within __ NM of any foreign coastline.

25 NM

Submarines may discharge negatively buoyant compacted trash not less than _ NM from the U.S. coastline only if the water depth is greater than fathoms.

12 NM; 1,000 fathoms

U.S. gets most of its oil from whom?

Middle East

Who set up the Navy sponsorship program?

CNO Signup and view all the answers

Sponsor request form is what?

NAVPERS 1330/2 Signup and view all the answers

What provides info and support to help personnel who are guests in foreign lands?

Overseas Duty Support Program Signup and view all the answers

MILCAP provides monetary awards up to?

$25,000 Signup and view all the answers

A service member who is __ weeks pregnant may not be assigned overseas or travel overseas.

28 weeks Signup and view all the answers

A pregnant service member may not fly after what week?

28 weeks Signup and view all the answers

Pregnant service members may not be transferred to a deploying unit from the weeks of pregnancy to _ months after delivery.

20th week, 12 months Signup and view all the answers

If the time for evacuation is more than __ hours, pregnant service women won't remain aboard ship.

6 hours Signup and view all the answers

Pregnant service women won't remain on board a ship beyond the __ week of pregnancy.

20th week Signup and view all the answers

Pregnant service women who are air controllers may work up to _ weeks of pregnancy but are restricted from tower duties after their week.

28th, 27th Signup and view all the answers

When should pregnant service women attached to an aviation squadron be reassigned to a non-deploying squadron?

20th week until recuperative period Signup and view all the answers

Normally the CO may grant ___ weeks of con leave after giving birth.

6 weeks (42 days) Signup and view all the answers

What is the family care plan certificate?

NAVPERS 1740/6 Signup and view all the answers

What is the family care plan arrangements?

NAVPERS 1740/7 Signup and view all the answers

What is intentional misleading or deceitful conduct that deprives the government of its resources or rights?

Fraud Signup and view all the answers

What is the extravagant, careless, or needless expenditure of government resources?

Waste Signup and view all the answers

What is the intentional wrongful or improper use of government resources?

Abuse Signup and view all the answers

Whose mission is it to inquire into and report on any matters that affect the discipline or military efficiency of the DON?

Inspector General Signup and view all the answers

If you make an unauthorized disclosure, you may be fined what?

$5,000 Signup and view all the answers

According to article __ of the Navy REGS, EO shall be afforded to all.

1164 Signup and view all the answers

Who provides guidance and policy for the EO program?

CNO Signup and view all the answers

The first course of action when you can't resolve a discrimination complaint is what?

Special request chit Signup and view all the answers

What is defined as causing another military person to suffer or be exposed to any activity which is cruel, abusive, humiliating, oppressive, demeaning or harmful?

Hazing Signup and view all the answers

What is article 1165 of the US Navy Regs?

Fraternization Prohibited Signup and view all the answers

What is a DD 214?

Certificate of discharge/release Signup and view all the answers

What is an RE-4?

Not eligible for reenlistment Signup and view all the answers

What is an RE-1?

Eligible for reenlistment Signup and view all the answers

What is an RE-3?

Eligible for probationary reenlistment Signup and view all the answers

Who directs and supervises the Navy's voting program?

Chief of Naval Personnel Signup and view all the answers

What is the federal post card for application for absentee ballot?

SF Form 76 Signup and view all the answers

What are the primary municipal pollutants?

Raw or inadequately treated sewage Signup and view all the answers

What causes steel to erode 2 to 4 times faster?

Sulfur oxides Signup and view all the answers

What program was designed to find new ideas to effectively increase performance within the DON?

MILCAP Signup and view all the answers

What instruction contains additional info about the MILCAP?

OPNAVINST 1650.8 Signup and view all the answers

What was established by the DOD that provides info about government housing and the type, cost, and availability of private housing?

Housing Referral Office Signup and view all the answers

What program uses reenlistment codes to indicate whether you have met professional growth material?

Reenlistment Quality Control Program Signup and view all the answers

The 4 main sources of pollutants are?

Agricultural runoff, industrial, municipal, and transportation operations Signup and view all the answers

Pollution affects what?

Both the physical and the biological world Signup and view all the answers

Primary pollution concern of the Navy is what?

Shipboard waste Signup and view all the answers

The agreement the Navy follows to operate marine sanitation devices (MSDs) and to dispose of treated sewage in foreign waters is?

Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Signup and view all the answers

What is the birthplace of the Navy?

Philadelphia, PA. Continental Congress passed first naval legislation here Signup and view all the answers

What do George Washington, Esek Hopkins, John Barry, and John Paul Jones have in common?

They are all considered fathers of the Navy Signup and view all the answers

What war figured in seizing enemy supplies including almost 200 British vessels and mounting small raids against the British coast?

Revolutionary War Signup and view all the answers

What war included slipping past British blockades and raiding enemy supply lines?

War of 1812 Signup and view all the answers

What war included blocking supply for Confederates and moving supplies and troops to raid the South?

The Civil War Signup and view all the answers

What war included moving supplies to Europe, antisubmarine patrols, and laying 60,000 mines in the North Sea?

World War II Pacific Signup and view all the answers

What war included amphibious assaults and stopping enemy resupply lines?

World War II Atlantic Signup and view all the answers

What war included containing the Soviet threat and providing deterrence?

The Cold War Signup and view all the answers

What war included the seventh fleet initially securing the foremost strait?

Korean Conflict Signup and view all the answers

What war included bombing the Ho Chi Minh trail and stopping enemy infiltration from Cambodia?

The Vietnam War Signup and view all the answers

What war included the largest, fastest sealift in history?

Persian Gulf War Signup and view all the answers

What is the birthday of the Navy?

Oct 13, 1775 Signup and view all the answers

What is the oldest commissioned ship in the Navy?

U.S.S. Constitution, Old Iron Sides Signup and view all the answers

When was the Battle of the Coral Sea?

7-8 May, 1942 Signup and view all the answers

When was Operation Overlord, 'D-Day'?

6 June, 1944 Signup and view all the answers

When was the Battle of the Ironclads?

8-9 March, 1862 Signup and view all the answers

When was the Battle of Midway?

4-7 June, 1942 Signup and view all the answers

When was the raid by Japanese on Pearl Harbor?

7 Dec, 1941 Signup and view all the answers

How was Admiral Hyman G. Rickover known?

Father of the Nuclear Navy Signup and view all the answers

When was the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

23-26 Oct, 1944 Signup and view all the answers

When was the battle of Guadalcanal?

7 Aug, 1942-6 Mar, 1943 Signup and view all the answers

What was the first commissioned aircraft carrier?

USS Saratoga Signup and view all the answers

What form would an individual use to request a sponsor if they have not been contacted by their gaining command?

NAVPERS 1330/2 Signup and view all the answers

What program provides you with support and info about foreign lands?

ODSP (Overseas Duty Support Program) Signup and view all the answers

Besides ODSP, what other source can you use to get info about other countries?

OTIS (Overseas Transfer Info Service) Signup and view all the answers

What Navy program provides educational programs for people who don't meet the Navy's fitness or body standards?

Health and Physical Readiness Program Signup and view all the answers

Service members must complete what forms for family care?

NAVPERS 1740/6 and NAVPERS 1740/7 Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the integrity and efficiency program?

To detect, deter and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse Signup and view all the answers

List the ways to report fraud, waste and abuse.

Chain of command, Navy hotline, NCIS, and congressional communication Signup and view all the answers

For the Navy to maintain public confidence in its integrity, naval personnel should comply with what?

The standards of conduct and professional ethics Signup and view all the answers

All naval personnel should be treated equally and be given equal opportunities. What program does the Navy use to achieve this purpose?

CMEO (Command Managed Equal Opportunity) Signup and view all the answers

Telling a sexist or racist joke would be an example of what type of behavior?

Insensitive practice Signup and view all the answers

Where is the best place for you or your family to start to resolve an off-base discrimination complaint?

Your chain of command Signup and view all the answers

You have submitted a special request chit and feel that the chain of command has not resolved your discrimination complaint. What should be your next course of action?

Request captain's mast Signup and view all the answers

A person's behavior is to be termed as sexual harassment if it is what?

Unwelcome, sexual in nature and occurs in or impacts the work environment Signup and view all the answers

Who's perception counts when there is unwelcome behavior?

Recipient's perception Signup and view all the answers

Your LCPO offers you high marks on your evals in exchange for sexual favors. What type of sexual harassment is this?

Quid pro quo (this for that) Signup and view all the answers

Displaying sexual posters or using sexually explicit language creates what type of environment?

Hostile working environment Signup and view all the answers

Describe why the Navy has a fraternization policy.

To promote good order and discipline Signup and view all the answers

Whose job is it to act as a liaison between Navy families and the command?

The ombudsman Signup and view all the answers

When leaving the Navy, what determines if you will be able to reenlist at a later date?

Reenlistment code Signup and view all the answers

What modes of transportation create the most air pollutants?

Motor vehicles Signup and view all the answers

What effects of pollution are the most serious?

Biological Signup and view all the answers

Most pesticides fall into what category?

Nonselective Signup and view all the answers

Under the Clean Air Act, what government body has the primary responsibility for assuring air quality?

Each state Signup and view all the answers

Virtually all Navy ships have some type of sanitation device installed. Which types of systems retains sewage on board for discharge ashore or in waters where discharging is allowed?

Collection, holding and transfer Signup and view all the answers

The Navy's land management program involves what efforts?

Soil and water conservation Signup and view all the answers

Informing the public and members of the naval service about Navy operations and programs is the mission of whom?

PAO Signup and view all the answers

If a sailor takes part in insensitive practices, he/she received counseling on treating people equally. If counseling isn't effective, what action may take place?

Administrative or disciplinary action Signup and view all the answers

On what basis should supervisors assign duties such as food service and compartment cleaning?

A fair, rotational basis Signup and view all the answers

What is the determining factor in advancement for pay grades E-1 through E-9?

A vacancy Signup and view all the answers

What zone is sexually explicit pictures?

Red Signup and view all the answers

What zone is for suggestive posters, calendars, and off-color jokes?

Yellow Signup and view all the answers

What person has the responsibility of appointing the command ombudsman?

CO Signup and view all the answers

All first term sailors in pay grades E-1 through E-6 requesting reenlistment must be approved for reenlistment through what program?

Encore Signup and view all the answers

What are the sources that set forth the basic disciplinary laws for the U.S. Navy?

U.S. Navy regulations, standard of organization and regulation of the U.S. Navy and the uniform code of military justice Signup and view all the answers

In what year was the code of conduct first prescribed?

1955 Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Environmental Regulations and Policies

Vessels must not discharge trash within 25 nautical miles (NM) of any foreign coastline.
Submarines can discharge negatively buoyant compacted trash at least 12 NM from the U.S. coastline if water depth exceeds 1,000 fathoms.
Primary municipal pollutants include raw or inadequately treated sewage, contributing to environmental degradation.

Military Family and Pregnancy Policies

Family care plan certificate is represented by NAVPERS 1740/6, while arrangements are documented with NAVPERS 1740/7.
Pregnant service members cannot travel or be assigned overseas after 28 weeks of pregnancy.
Convalescent leave typically provided after childbirth is 6 weeks (42 days).

Navy History and Structure

The U.S. Navy was established on October 13, 1775, with Philadelphia recognized as its birthplace.
The oldest commissioned ship in the Navy is the U.S.S. Constitution, known as Old Ironsides.
Key figures in Navy history include George Washington, Esek Hopkins, John Barry, and John Paul Jones, celebrated as fathers of the Navy.

Code of Conduct and Equal Opportunity

Article 1164 of Navy regulations ensures equal opportunity (EO) for all personnel.
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) oversees guidance for the EO program.
Command Managed Equal Opportunity (CMEO) works towards promoting equal treatment and opportunities within the Navy.

Sexual Harassment and Fraternization Policies

Sexual harassment is characterized by unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature impacting the work environment.
Fraternization is prohibited to maintain good order and discipline within naval ranks.
Reporting channels for fraud, waste, and abuse include chain of command, the Navy hotline, NCIS, and Congressional communication.

Voting and Civic Participation

The Chief of Naval Personnel directs the Navy's voting program, ensuring sailors can participate in elections.
SF Form 76 is the Federal Post Card Application for absentee ballot requests.

Pollution and Environmental Management

Major sources of pollution are agricultural runoff, industrial output, municipal waste, and transportation operations.
The Navy’s land management program focuses on soil and water conservation strategies.
The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) governs the operation of marine sanitation devices (MSDs) and sewage discharge in foreign waters.

Significant Naval Conflicts and Operations

World War II featured naval operations like the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 7-8, 1942) and the Battle of Midway (June 4-7, 1942).
The Vietnam War emphasized naval strategies such as bombing supply routes and patrolling waterways.
The Persian Gulf War was marked by the largest sealift in history and significant naval bombardment efforts.

Miscellaneous Regulations and Codes

Reenlistment codes determine eligibility for service members to reenlist, with RE-1 indicating eligibility and RE-4 meaning ineligibility.
The MILCAP program offers monetary awards up to $25,000 for innovative ideas improving Navy performance.
The Navy's Health and Physical Readiness Program targets fitness and health habit changes for personnel not meeting body standards.

Cultural Sensitivity Training

Reporting of discrimination complaints is first advised through the chain of command, escalating to captain's mast if unresolved.
Sensitive practices, such as sharing offensive jokes, undermine respectful naval culture and can lead to administrative actions for violators.

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This quiz covers key environmental regulations related to Navy operations, policies for military families, pregnancy protocols, and significant milestones in U.S. Navy history. Test your knowledge on these crucial areas that shape Navy service and structure.