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Code of Conduct
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2009
1.
When was the Code Of Conduct established?
17 august
1955 under the Eisenhower Administration
2.
What Army Regulation covers the Code Of Conduct?
AR 350-30
3.
If you were to become a prisoner of war (POW), what information would you be required to give?
- Name, Rank
- Service Number
- Date of Birth
4.
Which article of the Code pertains to escape and evasion?
Article 3
of the COC
5.
When was the COC Amended?
May 1988
6.
How many articles are in the COC?
6
7.
What is the first sentence Article 1?
"I
am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of
life."
8.
What should prisoners be searched for?
Hidden weapons and documents of intelligence
value
9.
Does the COC apply to soldiers held by terrorists during peacetime?
Yes
10.
What is the main purpose of the Geneva Convention?
It
provides rules that prisoners of war must be treated humanely. Specifically
forbidden are violence to life and person, cruel treatment and torture,
outrages on personal dignity (in particular, humiliating and degrading
treatment)
11.
Under the Geneva Convention rules, can a person worship as he pleases?
Yes
12.
What document supports the COC?
Manual
for Courts- Martial under Uniform Code of Military Justice
13.
What does SERE stand for?
Survival,
Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
14.
What was the reason that the COC was developed?
To
provide a mental defense for U.S. POWs to use to resist enemy POW management
practices
