GSDF RANKS & INSIGNIA

Private - 1

PV1; E-1

Private - 2

PV2; E-2

Private First Class

PFC; E-3

Specialist

SPC; E-4

Corporal

CPL; E-4

Sergeant

SGT; E-5

Staff Sergeant

SSG; E-6

Sergeant First Class

SFC; E-7

Master Sergeant

MSG; E-8

First Sergeant

1SG; E-8

Sergeant Major

SGM; E-9

Command Sergeant Major

CSM; E-9

Sergeant Major of the Army

SMA; E-9

W-1 Warrant Officer

WO1

W-2 Chief Warrant Officer

CW2

W-3 Chief Warrant Officer

CW3

W-4 Chief Warrant Officer

CW4

C-5 Chief Warrant Officer

CW5

2nd Lieutenant

2LT

1st Lieutenant

1LT

Captain

CPT

Major

MAJ

Lieutenant Colonel

LTC

Colonel

COL

Brigadier General

BG

Major General

MG

Lieutenant General

LTG

General

GEN

General of the Army

Three General Orders #1

I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved.

Three General Orders #2

I will obey my special orders and perform all my duties in a military manner.

Three General Orders #3

I will report violations of my special orders, emergencies, and anything not covered in my instructions, to the commander of the relief.

Soldiers Creed #1

I am an American soldier. I am a warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the army values.

Soldiers Creed #2

I will place the mission first.

I will never accept defeat.

I will never quit.

I will never leave a fallen comrade.

Soldiers Creed #3

I am disciplined, physically, and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.

Soldiers Creed #4

I am an expert, and I am a professional. I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat. I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life. I am an American soldier.

Army Values

Loyalty

Duty

Respect

Selfless service

Honor

Integrity

Personal courage

4 GSDF Line Elements

GFAB North

GFAB South

76th Support Brigade

TRADOC

Military Emergency Services Specialists (MESS)

1. Land Navigation

2. SAR III

3. General Orders

4. Guard Duty

Signal Specialist (SS)

1. Radio Communications

2. Reconnaissance Reporting

3. Proper internal and external GSDF communications

2 per team (primary and secondary)

First Aid Specialist (FAS)

1. Preventative cops and heat injuries

2. IFAK (individual first aid kit)

3. Aid and litter

4. First Aid (MEPS)

5. CPR (MEPS)

6. AED (MEPS)

2 per team (primary and secondary)

Engineering Specialist (ES)

1. Knots

2. Swamped duties on debris clearance operatíons

3. Safety/observer duties on debris clearance operations

4. Traffic control on general mission

2 per team (primary and secondary)

Phonetic Alphabet

D&C Two-Part Commands

1. Preparatory

2. Command of Execution

“As you were” revoked a preparatory command.

Three Methods of Instruction for teaching drill?

1.) Talk-through

2.) By the numbers

3.) step-by-step

Open Ranks

Front Rank - two step

Second Rank - one step forward

Third Rank - doesn’t move (Stand fast)

Fourth rank - two 15 inch steps back (1half step)

Closing Ranks

First Rank - 4 steps back

Second Rank - 2 steps back

Third Rank - stand fast

4th Rank - 1 step forward

Purpose of drill

1. Move the unit in orderly manner

2. Aid in discipline and instill precision to orders

3. Development and instill confidence

CT

• Common Tasks

• 70% or higher

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SSIs

Soldier Sill Identifiers

Guard Chain of Command

1. Commanding Officer

2. Officer of the Day

3. Commander of the Guard

4. Sergeant of the Guard

5. Commander of the Relief

6. Fixed Post Position

2 types of guard posts

Interior and exteriorA

2 parts of Countersign (guard duty)

Challenge password

Parole (guard duty)

A special password used to check the countersign

Knot

Something tied in a rope or webbing

Hitch

Connects a rope to another object

Bight

A loop made in any part of the rope or chain

Dress

Closing the knot to make sure it’s tied correctly

Kernmantle

A piece of rope that’s protected by a woven exterior sheath

Loop

• Also called a turn

• A circle in which the rope crosses over itself

Standing part

Main part of the rope that’s not in the knot

Working end

• also known as the tag end

• The part being worked with

Military Courtesy

Rules of conduct required of military personnel

Customs

Practices not prescribed by law or regulation, but by tradition

When talking to an NCO, what position does one stand in?

Parade rest

Along with the hand salute, GSDF members will greet with ____ and the answer to the greeting is_____

True Patriot, sir/ma’am; Ready to serve

If an Officer or NCO enters crowded hallway, the first person to spot the officer/NCO says ____

make way or at ease

What’s the honor part of the flag?

White stars on a blue a field (union)

What time does US army use?

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT); aka military time

Which letter is local time?

J is local time

What separates M and Y?

International Date Line

During daylight savings time, what time zone is Georgia?

During standard time?

Quebec

Romeo

Date-Time Group (DTG)

DIMZIMMY