Any tips on learning the General Orders & Chain of Command

llamayamaa · 12-23-2013, 11:20 AM

I found that writing my orders down helped me learn them, word for word. I started by just writing the number and what each order was about, i.e. 1- take charge, government property. Then I gradually started memorizing the words in between my cue words, to "take charge of this post and all government property in view." You can also know for certain if you added a within vs. in, 'an alarm' vs 'the alarm,' 'time of challenging' vs 'time for challenging,' etc. Plus, you can practice your recruit handwriting at the same time.

As for the CoC, don't worry about learning the names of anyone in the command since some of them will most likely change with the new year. Instead, learn the order of titles, i.e. SECNAV comes before CNO which comes before the MCPON, etc.

12-23-2013, 11:20 AM	#1
llamayamaa Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Italy Posts: 166 Rep Power: 23	I found that writing my orders down helped me learn them, word for word. I started by just writing the number and what each order was about, i.e. 1- take charge, government property. Then I gradually started memorizing the words in between my cue words, to "take charge of this post and all government property in view." You can also know for certain if you added a within vs. in, 'an alarm' vs 'the alarm,' 'time of challenging' vs 'time for challenging,' etc. Plus, you can practice your recruit handwriting at the same time. As for the CoC, don't worry about learning the names of anyone in the command since some of them will most likely change with the new year. Instead, learn the order of titles, i.e. SECNAV comes before CNO which comes before the MCPON, etc.