Coast Guard Ethos and General Orders

What is the first line of the USCG Ethos?

• In Service to our Nation

• I am a Coast Guardsman

• We are Semper Paratus

• We are the United States Coast Guard

What is the second line of the USCG Ethos?

• We are Semper Paratus

• With Honor, Entitlement, and Dedication to Duty

• With Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty

• We are the United States Coast Guard

What is the 3rd, 4th, and 5th line of the USCG Ethos?

• We save

  We protect

  We defend

• We serve

  We save

  We defend

• We are the Coast Guard

  We serve

  We protect

• We protect

  We defend

  We save

What is the 6th line of the USCG Ethos?

• For them I am Semper Paratus

• I serve the people of the United States

• We are the United States Coast Guard

• We are Semper Paratus

What is the 7th line of the USCG Ethos?

• I serve the people of the United States

• We are the United States Coast Guard

• I live the Coast Guard values

• We are Semper Paratus

What is the first General Order?

• To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

• To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

• To take charge of this post and all government property in view.

• To quit my post only when properly relieved.

• To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

What is the second general order?

• To uphold Semper Paratus.

• To talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

• To quit my post only when properly relieved.

• To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

What is the third general order?

• To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

• To report the violations of orders that I am instructed to enforce.

• To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the Guardhouse than my own.

• To talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• To report all of the violations of the orders that I have been instructed to enforce.

What is the 4th General Order?

• To quit my post only when properly relieved.

• To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the Guardhouse than my own.

• To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

• To talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• To call the Officer of the Deck in any case not covered by instructions.

What is the 5th general order?

• To quit my post only when properly relieved.

• To talk to no one except in the line of duty.

• To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

• To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

• To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.