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Military discipline is the obedience to a code of conduct while in military service. [1] According to the U.S. Army Field Manual 7-21.13 4-4: [2] Discipline in the Army is one of the most basic elements of warfighting. Its purpose is to train you so you can execute orders quickly and intelligently under the most difficult conditions.
In recent years, the military has tried to build what it calls “resiliency” into its young warriors. In one Army program, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, soldiers at every level get annual training in physical and psychological strengthening. The key to absorbing stress and moral challenges is to “own what you can control, and think before ...
The “good order and discipline” ideal was cited by U.S. Special Operations Command in July, when it announced that a San Diego-based Navy SEAL platoon in Iraq — part of Gallagher’s SEAL ...
Military justice (or military law) is the body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces. Many nation-states have separate and distinct bodies of law that govern the conduct of members of their armed forces. Some states use special judicial and other arrangements to enforce those laws, while others use civilian judicial systems.
A community service order, only where the person being sentenced is also dismissed, is aged over 18 and resides in the UK. A formal reprimand for officers, warrant officers and NCOs. A service supervision and punishment order for a period of 30, 60 or 90 days for able seamen, marines, soldiers or airmen only.
Unit cohesion is a military concept, defined by one former United States Chief of staff in the early 1980s as "the bonding together of soldiers in such a way as to sustain their will and commitment to each other, the unit, and mission accomplishment, despite combat or mission stress". [1]
Jankers is a much used vernacular term. The official Army terminology for Jankers was "CB" which means "Confined to Barracks" or in the RAF "CC" "Confined to Camp" but later during the epoch of National Service the term was changed to "ROP" or "Restrictions of Privileges" in both Services.
In some countries, ritual hazing amongst recruits has been tolerated and even lauded as a rite of passage that builds character and toughness; while in others, systematic bullying of lower-ranking, young or physically slight recruits may in fact be encouraged by military policy, either tacitly or overtly (see dedovshchina). [citation needed]