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military knowledgeS
11 GENERAL ORDERS
1. To take charge of this post and all government property in view.
2. To walk my post in military manner. Keeping always on the alerts and observing everything that takes the place within sight
or hearing.
3. To report all violation of orders I am instructed to enforce.
4. To repeat all calls from post more distant from the guard house than my own.
5. To quit my post only when properly relieved.
6. To receive, obey, and pass on the sentinel who relieves all orders from the commanding officer, officer of the day, and non-
commission officers.
7. To talk to no one except on the line of duty.
8. To give alarm in case of fire or disorder.
9. To call the officer of the guard not covered by the instruction.
10. To salute all officers, colors and standards not case.
11. To be especially watchful at night and during the time of challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow
no one to pass without proper authority.
MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM
By: Charles De Goulle
Men who adopt the profession of arms
Submit their own free will
To a law of perpetual constraints.
Of their own accord,
They resist their right to live where they choose,
To say what they think,
To dress as they like.
From the moment they become soldiers,
It needs but an order to settle them in this place,
To move them to that
To separate them from their families
And dislocate their normal lives.
In the world of command,
They must rise, march, run,
Endure bad weather,
Go out without sleep or food,
Be isolated in some distant post
And work until they drop.
They have ceased to become the masters of their own fate.
If they drop on their tracks,
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If their ashes are scattered to the four winds,
That is all part and parcel of their job.
Pledge of Loyalty
By: Elbert Kim Hubbard
If you work for a man in heaven’s name
Work for him, speaks well of him
And stand by the institution that he represents
Remember an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness
If you must growl, condemn and eternally find fault, why?
Resign your position,
And when you are on the outside, damn to your heart’s content
But as long as you are part of the institution
Do not condemn it
For if you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away
And probably you will never know why.
MILITARY SECRECY:
WHAT YOU SEE WHAT YOU HEAR EVEN WHAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU GO, LEAVE IT HERE!
HONOR CODE:
WE, THE CADETS, DOES NOT LIE, CHEAT, STEAL, NOR TOLERATE AMONG US THOSE WHO DO.
WHAT TO DO INSIDE THE DMST:
- AT A PROPER DISTANCE SALUTE THE OFFICER OF THE DAY OR THE OFFICER PRESENT AND STATE YOUR
REASON/AIM IN REPORTING.
- WHEN ACKNOWLEDGE, STAND AT ATTENTION OR HAVE A SEAT, WHEN TOLD TO DO SO.
FIVE (5) POINTS OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE:
1. Obey first before you complain.
2. The fault of one is the fault of all.
3. My buddy is my buddy.
4. If it’s not good for the group, I will not sacrifice myself.
5. I must be stable under pressure.
PUNCTUALITY:
If you come early, you’re wasting your time. If you come late, you’re wasting other time, so come on time.
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FOREWORD:
If we succeed without suffering, someone will suffer before us. If we suffer without succeeding, someone will succeed after us.
PREAMBLE:
WE, THE MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, IMPLORING THE ENLIGHTENMENT FROM ALMIGHTY
GOD IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, WORTH OF PUBLIC TRUST AND
RESPECT FAITHFUL TO IT’S CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE AS THE PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE, THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
THE STATE, THE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY FREELY AND
COLLECTIVELY COMMIT OURSELVES AS OUR WAY OF LIFE TO ABIDE BY AND ADHERE TO THE PROVISION OF THE
CODE OF ETHICS WHICH WE HEREBY DO ORDAIN AND PROMULGATE.
