All military personnel must memorize these orders. If you arent relieved on time, dont abandon your post, but call the petty officer of the guard for instructions.The Coast Guard’s Eleven General Orders are common to all branches of the U.S. To quit my post only when properly relieved. Suppose your post is number 3. To call the petty officer of the guard for any purpose other than relief, fire, or disorder, you call, Petty officer of the guard (or corporal of the guard), post number 3. Sentry number 2 will repeat your call, giving your number, and so will sentry number 1. Thus the petty officer will know immediately which post to go to. Similarly, if sentry number 4 calls out, repeat the call, giving his or her number. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse (quarterdeck) than my own. By firing your weapon and shouting, you can alert other sentries to intercept the offender. Do not fire at an offender if anyone else is around who could be hit by your shot. It is better to let the wrongdoer escape for the time being than to shoot an innocent person. Do not leave your post to chase the offender unless immediate action is essential.
In every instance, try to remember what the offender looked like so that you may identify the person. If a person is acting from thoughtlessness, you need only remind the offender of the regulation being broken. For example, if you see a person starting to light a cigarette in a no smoking zone or a visitor blundering into a restricted area, you need only tell the person the regulation in effect. If the person is willfully violating a regulation, however, like trying to jump the fence or stealing Navy property, you must stop the person and place the offender under apprehension then call for the petty officer of the guard. If the person tries to escape, give the order to halt. If the person does not obey, fire into the air if the person does not stop, fire at the fleeing partys legs, subject to the limitations given under general order 1. If the offender escapes, report the matter as quickly as you can to the petty officer of the guard. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce. You cannot expect to stand all your watches in fair weather. When the weather is bad, you will be issued appropriate clothing. Do not stand under a tree to keep out of the rain or stay behind a building to get out of a cold wind during times of bad weather and darkness, you must be particularly alert. If you hear a strange noise, investigate it. Keep turning your head as you walk your post, observing everything ahead and to the sides. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always alert and observing everything that takes place within my sight or hearing. If you must fire your weapon, try to wound instead of kill the person youre aiming at 2. To prevent sabotage, espionage, arson, and other crimes against the government d. To prevent the escape of a person known to have committed a serious crime, such as armed robbery, rape, or murder c. There are times, however, when firing at another person may be justified, but only after all means of defense or crime prevention have failed. In general, such times are as follows: a.
The number of the post, type of sentry duty, and limits of your post are part of your special orders. Within the limits of your post, you have authority over all persons, and its your duty to challenge and, if necessary, detain all persons acting in a suspicious manner. You should apprehend all persons involved in disorder or discovered committing a crime. All persons detained or apprehended are turned over to the petty officer of the guard. You should fire your weapon only as a last resort. Smoking in a prohibited area, for example, is hardly a shooting offense. To take charge of this post and all government property in view. There are 11 general orders for a sentry. They are reproduced here in bold letters, along with a brief explanation of each. You should memorize them word for word. You dont need to memorize the explanations, but you should understand the meaning of each order. Before standing watch, you need to know your chain of command for the watch.
However, at any given station, you will make your reports to the petty officer of the watch, officer of the day, officer of the deck, or to the person designated as your immediate supervisor of the watch. Eleven General Orders of a Sentry Normally, general orders for a sentry call for reporting to the petty officer of the guard.
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