331-202-1050 (SL2) - Enforce Compliance with the Code of Conduct
Standards: Demonstrated knowledge of the six articles of the Code of Conduct by establishing and sustaining a chain of command, good discipline, and a means of communications. Provided positive moral, ethical leadership and direction on how to survive, evade, resist, and escape in accordance with the guidelines established in the Code of Conduct.

1.   Demonstrated knowledge of Article I: I am an American fighting in the forces that guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

a.   Explanation.  The Code applies to all service members at all times, whether in active combat, in captivity, or in peacetime as a result of hostage situations and terrorist activities.  Members of the Armed Forces have a duty to support U.S. interest and oppose U.S. enemies regardless of the circumstances.

(1)  Medical personnel and chaplains are given special "retained status" by the 1949 Geneva Convention including the GPW.  The GPW requires that medical personnel and chaplains be allowed to perform their professional duties while captured.  However, the captors control the degree to which these duties can be performed.  But, even while performing limited professional duties, medical personnel and chaplains are held accountable for all their actions.

(2) Recent experience has shown that captors have disregarded the GPW.  All confined personnel have been subjected to the same coercive PW management practices.  Therefore, all soldiers should be aware of the behavior standards of the Code and should receive training in its application.

(3) Past experience of captured Americans reveals that honorable survival of captivity requires that a member possess a high degree of dedication and motivation.  Maintaining this qualities requires-

2.   Demonstrated knowledge of Article II: I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.

3.   Demonstrated knowledge of Article III: If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

4.   Demonstrated knowledge of Article IV: If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action that might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.

5.   Demonstrated knowledge of Article V: When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.

6.   Demonstrated knowledge of Article VI: I will never forget that I am an American fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles that made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.

Demonstrated knowledge of the six articles of the Code of Conduct by reciting or writing them.

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AR 350-30

DODD 1300.7

FM 3-05.71