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State Information

Governor - Mr. Rick Perry (Republican)

State: Texas

Location: Round Rock

Marine Recruit Depots:

Parris Island, SC

San Diego, CA.

United States Flag

Stripes: 13 stripes for the original 13 colonies, 7 red, 6 white, red on top and bottom, symbolizing ----.

Stars: 50 stars representing the present 50 states (flag adopted -----)

Nicknames: 'Old Glory', 'Star Spangled Banner', 'Stars and Stripes', - National Colors.

Texas Flag:

The Texas flag is the only state flag that can fly as high as the U.S. Flag, because it was at one piont its own country.

Red:

White:

Blue:

Lone Star:

US Navy Rank Structure

Officer			Enlisted
O-1	Ensign	ENS	E-1	Seaman Recruit	SR
O-2	Lieutenant Junior Grade	LTJG	E-2	Seaman Apprentice	SA
O-3	Lieutenant	LT	E-3	Seaman	SN
O-4	Lieutenant Commander	LCDR	E-4	Petty Officer Third Class	PO3
O-5	Commander	CDR	E-5	Petty Officer Second Class	PO2
O-6	Captain	CAPT	E-6	Petty Officer First Class	PO1
O-7	Rear Admiral Lower Half	RADM	E-7	Chief Petty Officer	CPO
O-8	Rear Admiral Upper Half	RADM	E-8	Senior Chief Petty Officer	SCPO
O-9	Vice Admiral	VADM	E-9	Master Chief Petty Officer	MCPO
O-10	Admiral	Adm	E-9S	Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy	MCPON

 

US Army Rank Structure

Officer			Enlisted
O-1	Second Lieutenant	2d Lt	E-1	Private (PV-1)	PVT
O-2	First Lieutenant	1 st Lt	E-2	Private (PV-2)	PVT
O-3	Captain	Capt	E-3	Private First Class	PFC
O-4	Major	Maj	E-4	Corporal / Specialist	CPL/SP4
O-5	Lieutenant Colonel	LTC	E-5	Sergeant	SGT
O-6	Colonel	Col	E-6	Staff Sergeant	SSG
O-7	Brigadier General	BG	E-7	Sergeant First Class	SFC/PSG
O-8	Major General	MG	E-8	Master / First Sergeant	MSG/1SG
O-9	Lieutenant General	LG	E-9	Sergeant Major	SMG/CMG
O-10	General	Gen	E-9S	Command Sergeant Major of the Army

 

US Air Force Rank Structure

Officer			Enlisted
O-1	Second Lieutenant	2d Lt	E-1	Airman Basic	AB
O-2	First Lieutenant	1 st Lt	E-2	Airman	AMN
O-3	Captain	Capt	E-3	Airman First Class	A1C
O-4	Major	Maj	E-4	Senior Airman	SrA
O-5	Lieutenant Colonel	Lt Col	E-5	Staff Sergeant	SSgt
O-6	Colonel	Col	E-6	Technical Sergeant	TSgt
O-7	Brigadier General	Brig Gen	E-7	Master Sergeant	MSgt
O-8	Major General	Maj Gen	E-8	Senior Master Sergeant	SMSgt
O-9	Lieutenant General	Lt Gen	E-9	Chief Master Sergeant	CMSgt
O-10	General	Gen	E-9S	Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

 

Drill Commands

FALL IN (FORM A PLATOON)

LEFT FACE (90 degree left turn)

RIGHT FACE

ABOUT FACE

RIGHT STEP MARCH

LEFT STEP MARCH

HALT

FOWARD MARCH

PARADE REST

ATTENTION

LEFT FLANK

RIGHT FLANK

LEFT OBLIQUE

RIGHT OBLIQUE

IN PLACE HALT/ RESUME

COLUMN RIGHT

COLUMN LEFT

HALF STEP

CLOSE MARCH

EXTEND MARCH

TO THE REAR MARCH

DISMISSED

 

Color Guard Commands

Rifle Commands

PFT Events

Physical Fitness Exam Qualifications

Marksmanship Qualifications

Leaderships Skills & Habits

Leadership - is enfluensing others to work together to get something done (fufill a mission)

Trait - Charactoristics

M & M - Mission and Men -

Mission - a job you need to get done

Men - The people you work with

Habbit - Routine (doing the same thing every time to where you dont even think about it.)

-Make a schedule - plan ahead, make a schedule and stick to it!

Study Skills

- Repition - doing something over and over until you've got it down.

- Use Flash Cards

- Note Taking

Leaning - Comprehension, understanding, knowledge.

- Four things must take place.

- 1. Modivation

- - Positive modivation, rewarding. (ex. - if you do this right, you wont do push ups)

- - Modivating my punishment (ex. - if you mess up, you do push ups)

- - Have Goals

- 2. Concentration

- - stay focused

- - look at the teacher

- - look at the material

- - take notes

- 3. Reaction

- - asking questions

- - taking notes

- - staying focused

- - listening

- 4. Organization

- - asking yourself how it all comes together.

- - understanding.

Good skills in the Classroom

- Participation

- asking questions

- listening

- staying focused

- taking notes

Listening

- skill

- requires concentration

- if you're talking, you aren't listening.

- don't slouch off

Note Taking

- helps retain information

- helps you stay organized

- gives you soemthing to look back on

- keeps you alert

- helps you keep up

- write stuff down! (not everything, just the stuff that is imortant - and they may be up for you to decide! So be careful!)

- LESWIR

- - Listen

- - Evaluate

- - - what is imortant? whats not?

- - Selecting

- - - what should you write down?

- - Write

- - Integrate

- - - summarize/organize the information.

- - Review

Book Skills

- PQRST

- - Preview

- - - look over the book.

- - Questions

- - - ask yourself questions

- - Read

- - Summarize

- - Test

- - - Test yourself to see if you understand the book.

Good Skills for Foreign Languages

- Stay alert in class

- Speak it as often as possible

- use it

- learn rules of grammer

- if you dont understand something, ask your teacher! Don't get behind!

Test Skills

- PQRST

- - Preview

- - - Make suer there are no missing questions, pages, ect. Figure out how much each question is worth.

- - Questions

- - Reading

- - Summarize

- - Test

- - - GO BACK AND CHECK YOUR WORK!!! also, be sure to judge your time carefully, dont spend all your time one one problem.

Essay Questions

- Ask yourself, what are they asking for?

- if you are unsure, try to narrow it down.

- write down your ideas!

If you are a cadet, and have a question, just ask it HERE please. Thanks. C/Cpl Scarborough