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RANGE SAFETY OIC/RSO
|COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
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Question 1: What does AR385-63/MCO 3570.1 establish?
CORRECT ANSWER : establishes ranges safety policies
and responsibilities for firing ammunition, lasers, guided, missiles, and rockets on Marine Corps and Army ranges.
Question 2: What does DA Pam 385-63 provide?
CORRECT ANSWER : provides implementation
guidance for the Marine Corps Range Safety Program.
Question 3: What is the purpose of the SOP for a range or
range complex?
CORRECT ANSWER : each range or range complex
will have its own standard operating procedure (SOP).The SOP for an installation will have installation-specific instructions for range safety. You must read the most current SOP for the range that you will be using.
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Question 4: What is the USMC Range Safety Pocket
Guide?
CORRECT ANSWER : The USMC Range Safety
Pocket Guide summarizes the policies and procedures needed to conduct a live-fire event. This document contains information on surface danger zones (SDZ) setup for weapon systems. The Pocket Guide also provides the OIC and RSO with a checklist that will assist them with their most common tasks.
Question 5: What are Safety Of Use Memorandums
(SOUM)?
CORRECT ANSWER : Safety Of Use Memorandums
(SOUM) are how the Range and Training Area Management (RTAM) Branch provides range safety information and guidance to the Marine Corps Total Force. This guidance is directive until the SOUM is cancelled, changed or written into the Range Safety Order.
Question 6: Who is the RCO?
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CORRECT ANSWER : Responsible for all range safety
matters and provides coordination of ranges in the installation complex.
Question 7: Who is the OIC?
CORRECT ANSWER : Responsible and accountable for
conduct of the exercise and ensuring participants follow safety regulations.
Question 8: Who is the RSO?
CORRECT ANSWER : Responsible for range safety for
the exercise.
Question 9: Who is the LRSO?
CORRECT ANSWER : Responsible for laser range
safety for exercises involving lasers.
Question 10: What does the land area of a range for live-
fire and maneuver include?
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CORRECT ANSWER : The land area of a range for live-
fire and maneuver includes start and cease-fire lines, target areas, and impact areas.
Question 11: What does airspace refer to in the context of
range operations?
CORRECT ANSWER : refers to any one of several
types of controlled and uncontrolled airspace required to support range operations. Airspace over a range may include restricted areas, warning areas, military operations, and air traffic controlled assigned airspace.
Question 12: What do the range boundaries include in
terms of waterways?
CORRECT ANSWER : The range boundaries may
include navigable inland waterways such as rivers or lakes. Sea space is the operating area necessary to contain live-fire and support ship to shore training.