Q 01/05

Which Founding Father persuaded Congress in 1790 to fund the ten cutters that grew into the Coast Guard?

A) Alexander Hamilton

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) John Adams

D) Benjamin Franklin

Answer · why

A) Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton asked for ten armed cutters to make sure ships paid the import duties that funded the young government.

Q 02/05

In 2022 the Coast Guard's Admiral Linda Fagan became the first woman to do what?

A) Command a US warship

B) Graduate from a service academy

C) Lead a US armed service

D) Pilot a military helicopter

Answer · why

C) Lead a US armed service

Lead a US armed service: Fagan took over as commandant in June 2022 and held the post until the incoming Trump administration removed her in January 2...

Q 03/05

The modern Coast Guard was created on 28 January 1915 by merging the revenue cutters with which agency?

A) The Life-Saving Service

B) The Lighthouse Service

C) The Steamboat Inspection Service

D) The Bureau of Navigation

Answer · why

A) The Life-Saving Service

The Life-Saving Service ordered its beach crews to keep trying until a rescue was proved impossible, which is where the surfmen's saying came from: 'Y...

Q 04/05

What is the Coast Guard's Latin motto?

A) Semper Fidelis

B) Semper Paratus

C) Semper Supra

D) Semper Vigilans

Answer · why

B) Semper Paratus

Semper Paratus means 'Always Ready'; nobody knows exactly how the service came to choose it, but in the 1920s one of its own captains set the phrase t...

Q 05/05

Which federal department has the Coast Guard operated under in peacetime since 2003?

A) Homeland Security

B) Defense

C) Transportation

D) Veterans Affairs

Answer · why

A) Homeland Security

Homeland Security took in the Coast Guard when the department opened in 2003 after the September 11 attacks, leaving it the only armed service outside...