Code of Conduct

Question 1

When was the CoC established

Answer 1

17 August under the Eisenhower Administration

Question 2

What Army Regulation covers the CoC

Answer 2

AR 350-30

Question 3

If you were to become a prisoner of war, what information would you be required to give

Answer 3

Name, Rank
Service Number
Date of Birth

Question 4

Which article of the code pertains to escape and evasion

Answer 4

Article 3

Question 5

When was the CoC amended

Answer 5

May 1988

Question 6

How many articles are in the CoC

Answer 6

6

Question 7

What is the first sentence Article 1

Answer 7

I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life

Question 8

What should prisoners be searched for

Answer 8

Hidden weapons and documents of intelligent value

Question 9

Does CoC apply during peacetime

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What is the main purpose of the Geneva Conventions

Answer 10

To provide rules that POW’s must be treated humanely

Forbidden are violence to life and person cruel treatment and torture, outrages on personal dignity

Question 11

What document supports the COC

Answer 11

Manual for Courts-Martial under the UCMJ

Question 12

What does SERE stand for?

Answer 12

Survival Evade Resistance and Escape

Question 13

What was the reason that the COC was developed

Answer 13

To provide mental defense for US POW’s to use to resist enemy POW management practices