Code of Conduct

Question 1

How many articles are in the COC?

Answer 1

6.

Question 2

What is the first sentence of Article 1 of the COC?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

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

Answer 3

1. Name, Rank.
2. Service Number.
3. DOB.

Question 4

What document is international law that describes treatment of POWs?

Answer 4

Geneva convention of 1949.

Question 5

What is the main purpose of the geneva convention?

Answer 5

It provides rules that prisoners of war must be treated humanely. Specifically forbidden are violence to life and person, cruel treatment and torture, and outrages on personal dignity (humiliating and degrading treatment).

Question 6

What does SERE stand for?

Answer 6

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.

Question 7

What was the reason that the COC was developed?

Answer 7

To provide a mental defense for U.S. POWs to use to resist enemy POW management practices.

Question 8

When and by whom was the COC signed?

Answer 8

President Dwight D Eisenhower on August 17, 1955.