Define Following Cadet Honor Code Terms Flashcards

An Officer Candidate will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do.

The untruthful officer trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country. General Douglas MacArthur

"Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there appears to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn."
General Douglas MacArthu

1. 1. Does this action attempt to deceive anyone or allow anyone to be deceived?
2. 2. Does this action gain or allow the gain of a privilege or advantage to which I or someone else would not otherwise be entitled?
3. 3. Would I be satisfied by the out come if I were on the receiving end of this action?

Every officer holds a special position of moral trust and responsibility. No officer will ever violate that trust or avoid his responsibility for any of his actions regardless of the personal cost. An officer is first and foremost a leader of men. He must lead his men by example and personal actions. He cannot manage his command to effectiveness ... they must be led; and an officer must therefore set the standard for personal bravery and leadership. All officers are responsible for the actions of all their brother officers. The dishonorable acts of one officer diminishes the corps; the actions of the officer must always be above reproach.

1. 1.I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved.
2. 2. I will obey my special orders and perform all my duties in a military manner.
3. 3. I will report violations of my special orders, emergencies and anything not covered in my instructions to the Commander of the Relief

Far across the Chattahoochee, to the Upatoi.
OCS our Alma Mater, Benning's pride and joy.
Forward ever, backward never, faithfully we strive.
To the ports of embarkation, follow me with pride.
When it's time and we are called to guard our country's might.
We'll be there with our heads held high, in peacetime and in fight.
Yearning ever, failing never, to guard the memory,
The call is clear, we must meet the task for
FREEDOM'S NEVER FREE

The shield is blue, the Infantry color and carries the castle from the War with Spain in 1898 and Santana’s arrow for the regiment’s campaign against the Comanche's, Cheyenne’s and Kiowa's in 1874. The crossed kampilan and bolo represent engagements against the Moros of Mindanao and the Filipinos of the Visayas during the War with Spain in 1898. The cross of the ancient Lords of Dun commemorates the crossing of the Meuse River near Dun during WWI and the embattled partition represents the siege of Chattanooga in 1863.

President Abraham Lincoln constituted the 11th Infantry on 3 May 1861. It fought in such battles as Shiloh, Chickamaugua, Murfreesboro, the Battle of Atlanta and the march through Georgia. Between 1898 and 1920, "The Wandering 11th" made 29 changes of station, including seven years of foreign service. From 1904 to 1913, the regiment was stationed in the west, serving in the nearly destroyed city of San Francisco following the earthquake of 1906 and guarding the border in the southwest during the trouble with Pancho Villa and his outlaw army. In April 1918, the regiment sailed for France and later joined the 5th Division. The regiment took part in the Vosges Mountains, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, orchestrating a brilliant crossing of the Meuse River. The 11th Infantry returned to Europe, landing at Normandy in July 1944 and fighting it’s way across France as part of Patton’s famed Third Army. During the Battle of the Bulge, the Regiment conducted a night river assault across the Rhine River, giving General Patton a division bridgehead over the Rhine two days ahead of Marshall Montgomery’s famous crossing. The Regiment returned to the United States and underwent several changes from 1950 until 1962 when it was redesigned as the First Battalion, 11th Infantry, serving at Fort Benning, Georgia, as part of the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado. In July 1968, the 11th Infantry deployed for action in Vietnam and operated in Cam Lo, Dong Ha, and Quang Tri Khe Sahn. The Regiment returned to Fort Carson in August 1972 as part of the 4th Infantry Division, where it stayed until January 1984 when it was deactivated. On 14 August 1987, student battalions of the School Brigade at Fort Benning were redesigned as 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 11th Infantry. On 8 February 1991, the School Brigade was redesigned as the 11th Infantry Regiment

1. 1. Receive the mission: Get the orders for what the unit is to do.
2. 2. Issue the Warning Order: Alert subordinates so they can begin to prepare for the mission.
3. 3. Make a tentative plan: Decide on a general "ball park" plan.
4. 4. Initiate Necessary Movement: Start troops toward the location where the action is to take place.
5. 5. Conduct Reconnaissance: A continual process during the TLP that is conducted to confirm or adjust tentative plan. Information gathered, when significant, can cause a change of plan or even the mission.
6. 6. Complete the Plan: Adjust the tentative plan to fill in the specific details of the mission.
7. 7. Issue the Complete Order: Explain the plan to subordinates and check for understanding.
8. 8. Supervise: Continuously checks on the action taking place and make necessary adjustments.

Detailed mission analysis (step 1).
Situation and courses of action (step 2).
Analyze courses of action wargame (step 3).
Compare courses of action (step 4)
Decision (step 5).

"You have to lead men in war by bringing them along to endure and display qualities of fortitude that are beyond the average man's thought of what he should be expected to do. You have to inspire them when they are hungry and exhausted and desparately uncomfortable and in great danger. Only a man of positive characteristics of leadership with the physical stamina that goes with it can function under those conditions." - GEN George C. Marshall

"The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyranical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy then to make an Army. It is possible to impart instruction and to give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice as to inspire in the soldier no feeling, but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or the other of dealing with subordinates springs from a cooresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself while he who feels and hence manifest disrespect towards others, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire in them hatred for himself." - MG John M. Schofield

I am an American Soldier.
I am a warrior and member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment, and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier

"But an officer on duty knows no one -- to be partial is to dishonor both himself and the object of his illadvised favor. What will be thought of him who exacts of his friends that which disgraces him? Look at him who winks at and overlooks offences in one, which he causes to be punished in another, and contrast him with the inflexible soldier who does his duty faithfully, notwithstanding it occasionally wars with his private feelings. The conduct of one will be venerated and emulated, the other detested as a satire upon soldiership and honor."