REVIEW 4 QUESTIONS
Q1. What chapter of the Navy Regs deals with your
responsibility and authority while carrying out
orders?
Q2. What chapter of the Navy Regs deals with rights
and responsibilities?
Q3. Who is responsible for ensuring the Navy Regs
conforms to the current needs of the Department
of the Navy?
Q4. New Navy Regs and changes to it are issued by
whom and approved by whom?
Q5. The instructions found in the OPNAVINST
3120.32 provide guidance and regulations for—
Q6. What was the purpose for developing and
signing into law the Uniform Code of Military
Justice?
Q7. When was the UCMJ signed into law?
Q8. Article 137 of the UCMJ states that certain
articles of the Code must be explained carefully
to every enlisted person at what minimum
interval?
Q9. List the three types of court-martials.
a.
b.
c.
SUMMARY
Discipline is training that develops self-control,
character or orderliness, and efficiency. Justice is
impartiality—fairness. Conduct is the way one
acts—behavior. We all deal with discipline, justice, and
conduct in our day-to-day dealings as members of the
U.S. Navy. We have certain standards of behavior, both
on and off duty, by which we must abide. Our justice
system sets those standards of behavior; therefore, it
should not intimidate us.
We also have standards of conduct by which we
must abide if we are taken prisoner. These standards are
fundamental to our safety and to our fellow prisoners.
Discipline or conduct could sometimes make the
difference between saving or losing a unit. Without
discipline, ships would not have the efficient fire or
repair parties that have kept many of them afloat after
major damage. Imagine the panic that would take place
if Sailors didn’t have the discipline, self-control, and
efficiency they have been taught.
Our justice system has its own checks and balances.
For example, if a person does something wrong, the
commanding officer is restricted as to the type of
punishment he/she may award. A person also has a right
to appeal punishment awarded—a right all people
enjoy. A person also has the right to communicate with
the commanding officer.
Our justice system protects us. Because of naval
regulations and standards of conduct, we know what the
Navy expects of us. Our conduct, both on and off duty,
should reflect our pride in the Navy and in our unit.
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