MILITARY COURTESY and DISCIPLINE

TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE

• To provide the cadets with the basic knowledge and better understanding on Military
Courtesy and Discipline

ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Know what is Military Courtesy
• Know what is Military Discipline
• Know what is Salute
• Know the General Rules for Saluting
• Know the indication of Military Courtesy and Discipline
• Apply the Military Courtesy and Discipline in Daily Lives

SCOPE
❖ Definition of Terms
❖ Correct Use of Titles
❖ Military Salute
❖ Rules for Saluting
❖ Honors to the Flag
❖ Importance of Discipline
❖ Creating a Climate for Discipline
❖ General Courtesy & Discipline
❖ Taboos in the Service

MILITARY COURTESY
• The wholesome relationship between juniors and seniors
• Includes an essential element of a full and proper appreciation of the rights of others.
• Acts of politeness, civility and respect

CORRECT USE OF TITLES FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:

• Lieutenants are addressed as Lieutenants
• Other Officers are referred by their titles
• Ma’am for female Officers
• Chaplains are addressed as Chaplains
• Women Officers of the Tech Svc as well with those WAC are addressed by their titles.

CORRECT USE OF TITLES FOR NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:

• Sgt Majors are addressed as “Sgt Major”
• A First Sergeant is addressed as “F/Sgt”
• Sergeants are addressed as “Sgt”
• Corporals are addressed as “Cpl”
• Private First Class and Privates are addressed as “Pvt”

THE SALUTE
❖ Most important form of military courtesy
❖ The way it is executed indicates the state of morale and discipline
PERSONS ENTITLED FOR THE SALUTE
• Commissioned Officers of the AFP
• Commissioned Officers of Allied Nations
• High civilian officials or foreign dignitaries during military honors

GENERAL RULES FOR SALUTING

• Required on or off military installations and on and off office hours
• Rendered at a distance of 6 paces
• Salute must be returned by the person entitled to it
• Do not salute when running
• Never salute when smoking
• Salute should not be executed in a haphazard manner
• When reporting to an officer indoor or outdoor, a salute is rendered with a distance of 3
paces.
• Never salute when smoking
• Salute should not be executed in a haphazard manner
• When reporting to an officer indoor or outdoor, a salute is rendered with a distance of 3
paces.

WHEN NOT TO SALUTE:

• While at work
• Indoors, except when reporting
• Carrying articles with both hands
• Driver of a vehicle in motion
• When actively involved in games
• In churches, theaters, or in public
• When meeting a prisoner of war

HONORS TO THE NATIONAL COLOR AND ANTHEM

• When the National anthem is played
• Salute to passing colors
• Reveille and Retreat
• Vehicles are brought to a halt
• Never salute when smoking
• Salute should not be executed in a haphazard manner
• When reporting to an officer indoor or outdoor, a salute is rendered with a distance of 3
paces.

DISPLAY OF THE FLAG

• It should be hoisted fully at the top of the pole
• When displayed with another flag, the National Flag is on the right side.
• When displayed on walls, red at the right side.
• When displayed in a horizontal position, the triangle is at the right side with the blue part
up.
• When displayed over the casket, the triangle in the direction of the head of the cadaver with
the blue part on the right side.
OTHER FORMS OF COURTESY
• Avoid undue familiarity with your seniors
• Walk on the left of the senior and keep in step with him
• The most senior enters the cars last, and gets out ahead of others
• To pass a senior while walking, salute and ask permission to go ahead.
• The word “I wish” and “I desire” are to be taken as orders
• Inside a car, the place of honor is at the right (same with the back seat)
• When walking in a group of three, the most senior occupies the middle position
• For Officers, never invite an EP to an Officers Club.

MILITARY DISCIPLINE
• State of order and obedience existing within a command
• Subordination of individual will for the good of the group
• Demands habitual but reasoned obedience to command
• Created by training, use of punishment and rewards
• Demands correct performance of duty

IMPORTANCE OF DISCIPLINE
• Ensures orderly & effective group action (teamwork)
• Instill a sense of obligation to oneself, to his commander, unit, and entire organization
• Ensure unit efficiency in battle

CREATING A CLIMATE FOR DISCIPLINE

• Training
• Judicious use of punishment and rewards
• Instilling sense of confidence and responsibility

Training
• Develops teamwork in accomplishing tasks.
• Unify actions into single effort to accomplish the mission
• Develops habit of prompt obedience to orders
• Enables one to learn what is required in the battlefield

Judicious Use of Punishment

• Punish only the guilty person.
• Impose the punishment promptly.
• Make the guilty person realize his mistake.
• Impose punishment appropriate for the offense.
• Unlike giving rewards which should be done in public, punishment should be administered
in private.

Instilling a sense of confidence and responsibility

• By instilling a sense of confidence and responsibility among his subordinates, a leader succeeds
in creating a climate of discipline in his unit.
• A confident and responsible soldier realized that he has an obligation not only to himself but
also to the other soldiers in the unit.
• He knows that violation of the rule of discipline will not reflect in him as individual but will
also discredit, if not cause irreparable damage to his unit.
How Discipline is Measured
• Result of the job
• Subordinate’s attitude
• Performance of jobs even in the absence of the commander

INDICATION OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE

• Attention to details
• Harmonious relations between unit and individual
• Devotion to duty
• Proper subordinate relationship
• Proper conduct of individuals on and off duty
• Standard of cleanliness of dress, uniforms, equipment, barracks and materials
• Promptness in responding to commands and directives
• Adherence to the chain of command

GENERAL COURTESY & DISCIPLINE

• Being late in any engagement is the height of bad manners.
• An Officer of the Armed Forces is expected to behave & conduct himself with dignity &
restraint.
• It is bad taste to address a woman by her first name or nickname unless she has indicated
otherwise.
• An officer always asks to be permitted to smoke in the presence of a woman especially in a
room or automobile.
• An officer always stands when introduced to a woman.
• It’s not polite to compliment a person in a company because the others might feel slighted.

TABOOS IN THE SERVICE

• Uniform must not be defamed.
• Offer no excuses. must not be defamed.
• Offer no excuses.
• Avoid praising your commander to his face.
• Old man to be spoken with care.
• Avoid going over the officer’s head.
• Harsh remarks are to be avoided.
• Excessive indebtedness to be avoided.

Discipline is the soul of an army."

“A soldier, an army, which loses its sense of discipline, ceases to be an army.”
---- Juan Carlos I, Spanish Monarch