Marine Corps Academics Officer Candidates School (OCS) Practice Test

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The acronym JJ DID TIE BUCKLE lists leadership traits. How many traits are included?

Twelve

Fourteen

JJ DID TIE BUCKLE encodes fourteen leadership traits. The two J’s stand for Justice and Judgment. The three D’s are Dependability, Initiative, and Decisiveness. The three in TIE are Tact, Integrity, and Endurance. The six in BUCKLE are Bearing, Unselfishness, Courage, Knowledge, Loyalty, and Enthusiasm. Counting all of these gives 14 traits in total. This mnemonic is a common Marine Corps tool used to memorize the full set of leadership traits.

Sixteen

Eighteen

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