INTERIOR GUARD DUTYS C O P E

COMPOSITION OF MAIN GUARD.

FUNCTIONS & DUTIES OF PERSONNEL.

SEQUENCE OF GUARD MOUNTING.

11 GENERAL ORDERS.

INTERIOR GUARD – IS A SYSTEM INSTALLED BY COMMANDER OF ALL MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT PROPERTY & ENFORCE MILITARY REGULATIONS.

CLASSIFICATION OF INTERIOR GUARD SYSTEM:

1. MAIN GUARDS – CONSIST OF A SYSTEM OF PATROLS AND FIXED POST.

2. SPECIAL GUARDS – CONSIST OF PARK, TRAIN, BOAT GUARDS & OTHER DETAILED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.COMPOSITION OF THE INTERIOR GUARD SYSTEM:

1. FIELD OFFICER OF THE DAY (FOD)

2. OFFICER OF THE DAY (OD)

3. COMANDER OF THE GUARD (COG)

4. SERGEANT OF THE GUARD (SOG)

5. RELIEF COMMANDER (RC)

6. SENTINEL OF THE GUARDS

COMPOSITION INTERIOR GUARD

FUNCTIONS & DUTIES OF PERSONNEL

FIELD OFFICER OF THE DAY (FOD) – A FIELD GRADE OFFR DETAILED AS FOD IS THE COMMANDING OFFR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.

OFFICER OF THE DAY (OD) – THE OD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPER PERFORMANCE OF DUTY BY THE MAIN GUARDS. HE IS CHARGED WITH EXECUTING ALL ORDERS OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER RELATING TO INTERIOR GUARD DUTY.

COMMANDER OF THE GUARD (COG) – HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTRUCTION, DISCIPLINE, & PERFORMANCE OF THE GUARDS. BEING A SENIOR IN RANK, THE COMMANDER OF THE GUARDS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPER ACTION IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

SERGEANT OF THE GUARD (SOG) – THE SOG IS THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OVER THE OTHER NCOs AND SENTINEL OF THE GUARDS. HE TAKES OVER A COMMANDER OF THE GUARDS IN CASE NO ONE ELSE IS DETAILED AS SUCH.

RELIEF COMMANDER – THE RELIEF COMMANDER INSTRUCTS MEMBERS OF HIS RELIEF AS TO THEIR ORDERS & DUTIES, AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT EACH SENTINEL UNDERSTAND THEM. HE ALSO FAMILIARIZES HIMSELF WITH THE SPECIAL DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF HIS RELIEF.

SENTINEL OF THE GUARDS – THEY MUST MEMORIZE, UNDERSTAND, AND COMPLY WITH THE GENERAL ORDERS FOR SENTINEL. IN ADDITION, THEY MUST UNDERSTAND & COMPLY WITH THE SPECIAL ORDERS APPLICABLE TO THEIR PARTICULAR POST, INCLUDING THE USE OF COUNTER-SIGNS, IF THEY ARE IN EFFECT.

SEQUENCE OF GUARD MOUNTING

1. BEFORE THE NEW GUARDS ARRIVES AT THE GUARDHOUSE, THE OLD GUARDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORMED ON TIME BY THE OLD COMMANDER. THE NEW GUARDS MARCH TO THE GUARDHOUSE FOR INFORMAL GUARD MOUNTING.2. WHEN THE GUARDS ARE ABOUT SIX (6) STEPS FROM THE LEFT FLANK OF THE OLD GUARDS, THE NEW COMDR OF THE GUARDS COMMANDS “EYES RIGHT”. ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME, THE COMDR OF THE OLD GUARDS FACES ABOUT THE COMMANDS “PRESENT ARMS”. THEY REMAIN IN THIS POSITION UNTIL THE NEW GUARDS HAVE CLEARED THE RIGHT FLAMK. THE OLD COMMANDER COMMANDS “ORDER ARMS”.3. A SOON AS THE NEW GUARDS HAVE CLEARED THE RIGHT FLANK, THE NEW COMMANDERS “READY, FRONT”. THE NEW GUARD EXECUTES RIGHT FLANK & HALTS WHEN ARE APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) STEPS TO THE RIGHT OF THE OLD GUARDS. THE COMMANDER THEN COMMAND “ORDER, ARMS” & “ABOUT FACE”.4. BOTH COMDRS OF THE GUARDS POSITIONED SIX (6) STEPS IN FRONT & CENTERED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE GROUPS, FACE ABOUT & COMMAND “PRESENT ARMS”. AFTER THAT, THEY FACE EACH OTHER AND EXCHANGE SALUTES. THEY THEN FACE THEIR GUARDS & COMMAND “ORDER ARMS”.

5. AFTER THE NEW GUARDS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COMMANDER OF THE GUARDS, THE NEW & OLD OFFICERS OF THE DAY (ODs) POSITION THEMSELVES EIGHTEEN (18) STEPS IN FRONT & CENTERED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE GUARDS, BOTH COMDRS OF THE GUARDS FACE ABOUT AND COMMAND “PRESENT ARMS”. AFTER WHICH THEY FACE BACK TO THE FRONT & SALUTE THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS OF THE DAY (OD).

SEQUENCE OF GUARD MOUNTING

6. AFTER SALUTES HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED BOTH COMMANDERS FACE ABOUT, COMMAND “ORDER ARMS”, AND FACE BACK TO THE FRONT. THE TWO OFFICERS OF THE DAY THEN FACE EACH OTHER & EXCHANGE SALUTES WHICH STARTS WITH THE NEW OD RENDERING SALUTE TO OLD OD. THEY THEN FACE THEIR RESPECTIVE GUARDS.

7. THE NEW OD COMMAND “POST THE RELIEF” AFTER WHICH THE FIRST RELIEF COMDR SALUTES THE NEW OD, FACES ABOUT, THEN COMMANDS “FALL OUT”. THE GUARDS REPORT TO THE GUARDHOUSE AND THE FIRST RELIEF COMDR REPORTS TO THE COMDR OF THE GUARD FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON POSTING.

8. MEANWHILE, THE OLD OD COMMANDS “DISMISS THE GUARDS”. THE OLD COMDR OF THE GUARDS SALUTES THE OLD OD, FACES ABOUT, AND COMMAND “REST”. HE THEN CONTRACTS THE NEW COMDR OF THE GUARDS TO CONVEY INSTRUCTIONS & ORDERS. THE OLD GUARDS ARE THEN MARCHED OFF TO THEIR COMPANY AREAS. THIS ENDS INFORMAL GUARD MOUNTING.

PROCEDURES OF POSTING RELIEF

1. AFTER THE COMDR OF THE GUARD COMMAND “POST YOUR RELIEF” SALUTES ARE EXCHANGED. THE COMDR OF THE NEW RELIEF TAKES OF HIS RELIEF, AND COMMANDS “RIGHT FACE; RIGHT SHOULDER ARMS; FORWARD MARCH”. HE MARCHES TO THE LEFT OF THE REAR RANK, WHILE THE COMDR OF THE OLD RELIEF MARCHES ON THE RIGHT OF THE LEADING RANK.

2. ON REACHING THE SENTINEL’S POST THE COMDR OF THE NEW RELIEF COMMANDS “POST AND ORDER REMAIN THE SAME”. THE RELIEF COMDR THEN QUESTIONS THE NEW SENTINEL; “DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR ORDERS?” IF THE NEW SENTINEL UNDERSTAND, HE REPLIES “YES I DO”. OTHERWISE, THE NEW RELIEF COMDR CLARIFIES THE ORDERS.

3. THE NEW RELIEF COMDR COMMANDS “SENTINEL POST”. BOTH OLD NEW SENTINEL RESUME “RIGHT SHOULDER OR SLING ARMS”, FACE THE NEW RELIEF COMDR & MARCH BACKWARD UNTIL THEY ARE IN LINE WITH THE OLD RELIEF COMDR.

4. THE NEW RELIEF COMDR COMMANDS “FORWARD MARCH”. THE OLD RELIEF COMDR TAKES ONE STEP BACKWARD TO CLEAR THE OLD SENTINEL. THE RELIEF ADVANCES THE RELIEF COMDR TAKE THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS AS ITS PASSES AS ITS THEM.

5. AFTER TTHIS, THE OLD SENTINEL TAKES HIS PLACE AT THE REAR OF THE RELIEF AS IT PASSES HIM, WHILE THE NEW SENTINEL STANDS FAST UNTIL THE RELIEF HAS PASSED SIX (6) STEPS BEYOND HIM & THEN HE WALKS HIS POST.

THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED ABOVE IS OBSERVE UNTIL THE MEMBER OF THE OLD RELIEF HAS JOINED GROUP ROUTE TO THE GUARDHOUSE.

11 GENERAL ORDERS

GO # 1 – TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS POST AND ALL GOVT PROPERTIES IN VIEW.

GO # 2 – TO WALK MY POST IN A MILITARY MANNER, KEEPING ALWAYS ON THE ALERT & OBSERVING EVERYTHING THAT TAKES PLACE WITHIN SIGHT OR HEARING.

GO # 3 – TO REPORT ALL VIOLATION OF ORDERS I AM INSTRUCTED TO ENFORCE.

GO # 4 – TO REPEAT ALL CALLS FROM POST MORE DISTANT FROM THE GUARDHOUSE THAN MY OWN.

GO # 5 – TO QUIT MY POST ONLY WHEN PROPERLY RELIEVED.

GO # 6 – TO RECEIVE, OBEY, AND PASS ON THE SENTINEL WHO RELIEVES ME ALL ORDERS FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER, OFFICER OF THE DAY, AND NON-COMMISIONED OFFFICERS AND THE GUARD ONLY.

GO # 7 – TO TALK TO NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

GO # 8 – TO GIVE THE ALARM IN CASE OF FIRE OR DISORDER.

GO # 9 – TO CALL THE COMDR OF THE GUARD IN ANY CASE NOT COVERED BY INSTRUCTIONS.

GO # 10 – TO SALUTE ALL OFFICERS, ALL COLORS AND STANDARD NOT CASED.

GO # 11 – TO BE ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL AT NIGHT, AND DURING THE TIME FOR CHALLENGING, TO CHALLENGE ALL PERSON ON OR NEAR MY POST, AND TO ALLOW NO ONE TO PASS WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY.