MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM

MEN WHO ADOPT THE PROFESSION OF

ARMS/SUBMIT TO THEIR OWN FREE WILL/
TO A LAW OF PERPETUAL CONSTRAINT
OF THEIR OWN ACCORD./
THEY RESIST THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE WHERE
THEY CHOOSE,/
TO SAY WHAT THEY THINK,/
TO DRESS AS THEY LIKE,/
IT NEEDS BUT AN ORDER /TO SETTLE FROM
THEIR FAMILY/ AND DISLOCATE THEIR NORMAL
LIVES./
IN THE WORLD OF COMMAND/
THEY MUST RISE,/ MARCH,/ RUN,/
ENDURE BAD WEATHER,/
BE ISOLATED IN SOME DISTANT POST,/ WORK
UNTIL THEY DROP. /
IF THEY DROP IN THEIR TRACKS,/
IF THEIR ASHES ARE SCATTERED TO THE FOUR
WINDS,/ THAT IS ALL PART AND PARCEL OF
THEIR JOB.
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GO PLACIDLY AMID THE NOISE AND THE HASTE,/
AND REMEMBER WHAT PEACE THERE MAY BE IN
SILENCE./ AS FAR AS POSSIBLE,/
WITHOUT SURRENDER,/
BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH ALL PERSONS./
SPEAK YOUR TRUTH QUIETLY AND CLEARLY;/ AND
LISTEN TO OTHERS,/
EVEN TO THE DULL AND THE IGNORANT;/
THEY TOO HAVE THEIR STORY./
AVOID LOUD AND AGGRESSIVE PERSONS; /
THEY ARE VEXATIOUS TO THE SPIRIT./
IF YOU COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS,/ YOU
MAY BECOME VAIN OR BITTER, /
FOR ALWAYS THERE WILL BE GREATER AND LESSER
PERSONS THAN YOURSELF./
ENJOY YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AS WELL AS YOUR
PLANS. /
KEEP INTERESTED IN YOUR OWN CAREER,/ HOWEVER
HUMBLE;/ IT IS A REAL POSSESSION/ IN THE
CHANGING FORTUNES OF TIME./
EXERCISE CAUTION IN YOUR BUSINESS AFFAIRS,/
FOR THE WORLD IS FULL OF TRICKERY./
BUT LET THIS NOT BLIND YOU TO WHAT VIRTUE
THERE IS;/
MANY PERSONS STRIVE FOR HIGH IDEALS, /
AND EVERYWHERE LIFE IS FULL OF HEROISM./
BE YOURSELF. /
ESPECIALLY DO NOT FEIGN AFFECTION./ NEITHER BE
CYNICAL ABOUT LOVE;/
FOR IN THE FACE OF ALL ARIDITY AND
DISENCHANTMENT, /
IT IS AS PERENNIAL AS THE GRASS./
TAKE KINDLY THE COUNSEL OF THE YEARS,/
GRACEFULLY SURRENDERING THE THINGS OF
YOUTH./
NURTURE STRENGTH OF SPIRIT /TO SHIELD YOU IN
SUDDEN MISFORTUNE./
BUT DO NOT DISTRESS YOURSELF WITH DARK
IMAGININGS. /MANY FEARS ARE BORN OF FATIGUE
AND LONELINESS./
BEYOND A WHOLESOME DISCIPLINE,/
BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF./
YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE UNIVERSE/ NO LESS THAN
THE TREES AND THE STARS;/
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE./
AND WHETHER OR NOT IT IS CLEAR TO YOU,/
NO DOUBT THE UNIVERSE IS UNFOLDING AS IT
SHOULD. /THEREFORE BE AT PEACE WITH GOD,
/WHATEVER YOU CONCEIVE HIM TO BE. /
AND WHATEVER YOUR LABORS AND ASPIRATIONS, /
IN THE NOISY CONFUSION OF LIFE, /
KEEP PEACE IN YOUR SOUL. /
WITH ALL ITS SHAM,/
DRUDGERY AND BROKEN DREAMS,/
IT IS STILL A BEAUTIFUL WORLD. /
BE CHEERFUL. STRIVE TO BE HAPPY./
 11 GENERAL ORDERS
1. TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS POST AND ALL
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IN VIEW.

2. TO WALK MY POST IN A MILITARY MANNER,

KEEPING ALWAYS ON THE ALERT AND
OBSERVING EVERYTHING THAT TAKES PLACE
WITHIN SIGHT OR HEARING.
3. TO REPORT ALL VIOLATIONS OF ORDERS I AM
INSTRUCTED TO ENFORCE.

4. TO REPEAT ALL CALLS [FROM POSTS]MORE

DISTANT FROM THE GUARDHOUSE THAN MY
OWN.
5. TO QUIT MY POST ONLY WHEN PROPERLY
RELIEVED.
6. TO RECEIVE, OBEY, AND PASS ON TO THE
SENTRY WHO RELIEVES ME, ALL ORDERS FROM
THE COMMANDING OFFICER, OFFICER OF THE
DAY, OFFICERS, AND NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS OF THE GUARD ONLY.
7. TO TALK TO NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
8. TO GIVE THE ALARM IN CASE OF FIRE OR
DISORDER.
9. TO CALL THE COMMANDER OF THE RELIEF IN
ANY CASE NOT COVERED BY INSTRUCTIONS.
10. TO SALUTE ALL OFFICERS AND ALL COLORS
AND STANDARDS NOT CASED.

11. TO BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL AT NIGHT AND

DURING THE TIME FOR CHALLENGING, TO
CHALLENGE ALL PERSONS ON OR NEAR MY
POST, AND TO ALLOW NO ONE TO PASS WITHOUT
PROPER AUTHORITY.
MILITARY COURTESY AND DISCIPLINE
MILITARY DISCIPLINE
IS A STATE OF ORDERS AND OBEDIENCE
EXISTING WITHIN A COMMAND.

MILITARY COURTESY
PERTAINS TO THE WHOLESOME RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN JUNIORS AND SENIORS , BETWEEN
YOUNG AND OLD AND WITH ALL PERSONS.