General Orders

[Cdt.Pvt.]

is there any easy way to memorize these cause i'm having a hard time doing so?

[Drill for life]

Originally Posted by Cdt.Pvt.

is there any easy way to memorize these cause i'm having a hard time doing so?

First of all welcome to the Forum. Second fix your spelling and grammar. Last are you talking about Recruit General Orders from Marine Basic Training?

[Cdt.Pvt.]

Originally Posted by Cdt.Pvt.

Is there any easy way to memorize these because I'm having a hard time doing so?

i mean these general orders:


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 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, and officers and noncommissioned 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 corporal of the guard in any case not covered by instruction. 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.

[Drill for life]

Okay, I can't tell you any tips for memorizing anything except it helps to have a friend with you to test you. I remeber when I had to memorize the Cadet Creed at JCLC (my unit doesn't require us to know it). Well my roomates would not let me sleep until I could recite it. They made me sit in a tub of cold water to memorize it better. That was pretty cool.

[Armed Drill Addict]

Those are some intresting tactics, I must say. I want to try that on my freshmen at our over night competitions.

As for learning your general orders, what worked for me is sit and memorize the first one by reading it over then try to recite it without looking at it. Once you can do that start reading the second one and reciting the first one as you do that. The constant repeating should help it become ingrained in your minds. Good luck!

[grunt0311]

They aren't just Recruit General orders, they are the General Orders to the Sentry on post.

How I learned before boot camp was like this:

1. When in Charge TAKE CHARGE
2. It takes 2 legs TO WALK your post
3. 3 Paragraph REPORT
4. you must report before you can REPEAT
5. 5 o'clock is QUITting time
6. the signifigant SIX (CO, OOD, all officers and NCOs of the guard)
7. SILENT 7th
8. DISORDERLY 8th
9. 9-1-1
10. Perfect 10 SALUTE
11. 11 o'clock is NIGHT time

This is how I remembered them, not sure how much it will help others, but those are my memory pegs. Be advised that they will drill them into your head from day one.

[Drill for life]

Originally Posted by grunt0311

They aren't just Recruit General orders, they are the General Orders to the Sentry on post.

How I learned before boot camp was like this:

1. When in Charge TAKE CHARGE
2. It takes 2 legs TO WALK your post
3. 3 Paragraph REPORT
4. you must report before you can REPEAT
5. 5 o'clock is QUITting time
6. the signifigant SIX (CO, OOD, all officers and NCOs of the guard)
7. SILENT 7th
8. DISORDERLY 8th
9. 9-1-1
10. Perfect 10 SALUTE
11. 11 o'clock is NIGHT time

This is how I remembered them, not sure how much it will help others, but those are my memory pegs. Be advised that they will drill them into your head from day one.

That is a great way to remeber them. I need to learn that before MCRDPI.

[C/ Bonetto]

Cdt.Pvt.
does your JROTC unit require you to memorize your leadership principles and traits?

[C./Fields]

Not really. During inspections(which is the only time they really test us on traits, gen. orders, etc.),they mainly focus on the gen. orders and chain of command people's names, so I haven't memorized these yet. In the classroom days it's mostly history, but it might change second semester since we've already gotten to the modern era of USMC section so I probably should.

[Dirtynappy]

Originally Posted by Drill for life

First of all welcome to the Forum. Second fix your spelling and grammar. Last are you talking about Recruit General Orders from Marine Basic Training?

There's no such thing as Recruit General Orders so if you don't know then shut yer trap.