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  2. General Orders for Sentries - Wikipedia

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    General Orders for Sentries. Orders to Sentry is the official title of a set of rules governing sentry (guard or watch) duty in the United States Armed Forces. While any guard posting has rules that may go without saying ("Stay awake," for instance), these orders are carefully detailed and particularly stressed in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine ...

  3. Charge of Quarters - Wikipedia

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    CQ or charge of quarters is a tasked duty in which a United States armed forces service member is to guard the front entrance to the barracks. In which the two service members, one a non-commissioned officer (NCO) and the other a junior enlisted service member, sit at a desk to monitor incoming and outgoing traffic into the barracks.

  4. Watchkeeping - Wikipedia

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    A watch system, watch schedule, or watch bill is a method of assigning regular periods of watchkeeping duty aboard ships and some other areas of employment. A watch system allows the ship's crew to operate the ship 24 hours a day while also allowing individual personnel adequate time for rest and other duties.

  5. Medical resident work hours - Wikipedia

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    A 24-hour limit on continuous duty, with up to 6 additional hours for continuity of care and education; No new patients to be accepted after 24 hours of continuous duty; One day in 7 free from patient care and educational obligations, averaged over 4 weeks, inclusive of call; and; In-house call no more than once every 3 nights, averaged over 4 ...

  6. Best credit card benefits for active-duty military - AOL

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    Call customer service at 1-877-523-0478 or the number on the back of your credit card. Capital One. Maximum APR of 4 percent on debts incurred before military service. Waived credit card fees ...

  7. List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions

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    Military Time – The time of day on a 24-hour clock. General Wallace M. Greene forbade the practice of suffixing the unnecessary word "hours" after each indication of time of day ("1330" or "thirteen-thirty" instead of "1330 hours"); the practice of saying "oh" instead of "zero" for hours before 1000 has diminished as well. MOPP equipment

  8. Pass (military) - Wikipedia

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    Normal off-duty hours — granted to personnel to allow them to go off their military installation whenever they are not required to be on duty, subject to recall at any time as needed, and revocable at the unit's discretion. Regular pass — granted to allow personnel to be away for a designated period of time only.

  9. Uniform Code of Military Justice - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is the foundation of the system of military justice of the armed forces of the United States.The UCMJ was established by the United States Congress in accordance with their constitutional authority, per Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that "The Congress shall have Power . . . to make Rules for the Government and ...