USCG Bootcamp Knowledge

1st General Order

To take charge of this post and all government property in view.

2nd General Order

To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

3rd General Order

To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

4th General Order

To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.

5th General Order

To quit my post only when properly relieved.

6th General Order

To receive, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders from the Commanding Officer, Command Duty Officer, Officer of the Deck, and Officers and Petty Officers of the Watch only.

7th General Order

To talk to no one except in the line of duty.

8th General Order

To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

9th General Order

To call the Officer of the Deck in any case not covered by instructions.

10th General Order

To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

11th General Order

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.

1 pm

1300

2pm

1400

3pm

1500

4pm

1600

5pm

1700

6pm

1800

7pm

1900

8pm

2000

9pm

2100

10pm

2200

11pm

2300

12am

0000

A

alpha

B

bravo

C

Charlie

D

delta

E

echo

F

fox trot

G

golf

H

hotel

I

India

J

Juliet

K

kilo

L

lima

M

Mike

N

November

O

Oscar

P

Papa

Q

Quebec

R

Romeo

S

Sierra

T

Tango

U

uniform

V

Victor

W

Whiskey

X

x-ray

Y

Yankee

Z

Zulu

USCG Ethos

I am a Coast Guardsman. I serve the people of the United States. I will protect them. I will defend them. I will save them. I am their shield. For them I am Semper Paratus. I live the Coast Guard Core Values. I am proud to be a Coast Guardsman. We are the United States Coast Guard.

11 Missions of the Coast Guard

ports, waterways, and coastal security, drug interdiction, aids to navigation, search and rescue, living marine resources, marine safety, defense readiness, migrant interdiction, maritime environmental protection, polar, ice, and Alaska operations, law enforcement

when was revenue cutter service founded?

August 1790

when and why was the coast guard given its current name?

1915 when congress merged the revenue cutter service with the life saving service

how many coast guard districts are there?

9

respond to yes or no question

yes, petty officer name!

respond to order

Aye, Aye petty officer name!

respond to open ended question

petty officer name, seaman recruit Anderson, (answer the question)!

correct yourself

belay my last!

provide information not asked

petty officer name, seaman recruit Anderson, I request to inform you...!

passing by cc closely

petty officer name, seaman recruit Anderson, I request permission to pass by

ask for repeat of directions

petty officer name, seaman recruit Anderson, I request you say again your last!

when called

​

Aye!

do not respond to

carry on, as you were, recover, fall in, very well, fix it

uscg core values

Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty

O-1

Ensign

O-2

Lieutenant junior grade

O-3

Lieutenant

O-4

Lieutenant Commander

O-5

Commander

O-6

Captain

O-7

Rear Admiral

O-8

Rear Admiral

O-9

Vice Admiral

O-10

Admiral

E-1

Seaman recruit

E-2

Seaman/Fireman Apprentice

E-3

Seaman/Fireman

E-4

Petty officer third class

E-5

Petty officer second class

E-6

Petty officer first class

E-7

Chief Petty officer

E-8

Senior chief Petty officer

E-9

Master chief Petty officer of the coast guard

W-2

Chief Warrant Officer 2

W-3

Chief Warrant Officer 3

W-4

Chief Warrant Officer 4