****** Following is the complete Requirements For Memorization******

Provided by: Daniel S. Sevin

HEADQUARTERS
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL USAF
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE
San Antonio, Texas

REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMORIZATION:
INTRODUCTION

An important facet of the training program at Officer Candidate School is memory work. It has a multitude of purposes. The Candidate learns to efficiently utilize his time, and is afforded an opportunity to work under pressure similar to that in the field. It is the means of developing exactitude as to minute details. Cooperation is developed through mutual checks by classmates on degree of proficiency. Effort exerted develops reliability of the candidate. development of retention assists the candidate in academics. Memory work assignments give the
potential officer a basis for continued development of character and personal discipline. Contents of th memory work are helpful and meaningful for the training at this school and in future assignments. Interrogation to determine the candidate's degree of proficiency in this phase of training provides an excellent measurement of ability.

Officer Candidates will not be required to memorize any memory work except as set forth below. Further, Officer Candidates will not be required to recite a piece of memory work prior to the dates specified.

THE MISSION OF OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL USAF (16 Jan 58)

1. To instill discipline and a high sense of honor.

2. To develop and maintain the high standards of conduct becoming an officer and gentleman.

3. To instruct and train airmen to become officers in the United States Air Force.

4. To develop proficiency in methods and theory of instruction.

5. To develop proficiency in military leadership, involving intelligent appraisal of individuals, quick and accurate judgement of situations and decisive action.

6. To insure the commissioning of only those who possess qualities which are commensurate with the high standards set for officers in the Air Force.

OFFICER CANDIDATE HONOR CODE (23 Jan 58)

Article 1 - An officer Candidate will not knowingly make any false statements, written or verbal, while acting in any capacity, official or otherwise, or in any situation reflecting on the Officer Candidate Corps or the Air Force.

Article 2 - An Officer Candidate will not take or receive the property of another person, or persons, under any condition without specific authority of that person or persons.

Article 3 - An officer Candidate will not impart or receive any unauthorized assistance, either outside or inside a classroom or places of instruction, which would tend to give any Officer Candidate unfair advantage.

Article 4 - An officer Candidate will not quibble, use evasive statements, or technicalities in order to shield guilt or defeat the ends of justice.

Article 5 - An officer Candidate will report any violation of Honor by another Officer Candidate, or which he is witness or has unquestionable knowledge.

Article 6 - An officer Candidate will not commit any act of intentional dishonesty which will reflect in any way on the Honor and Integrity of the Officer Candidate Corps and the Air Force.

THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE U. S. FIGHTING MAN (30 Jan 58)

1. I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

2. I will never surrender of my own fee will. If in command, I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist.

3. If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

4. If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information, or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.

5. When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.

6. I will never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.

WASHINGTON'S STATEMENT ON PROFANITY (6 Feb 58)

The General is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in the American Army, is growing into fashion. He hopes that Officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little hope of the blessings of heaven on our arms if we insult it by our impiety and folly. Added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.

THE OFFICER'S CODE

DUTY well performed, HONOR in all things, and COUNTRY before self.

ULIO'S DEFINITION OF COURTESY (13 Feb 58)

Sir, courtesy is politeness, a civility in which a superior cannot afford to be outdone by a subordinate. It is the lubricant of human relations - a thing which has not limits to rank or status. To demand it of a subordinate and to fail to return it in full measure is to indicate either an arrogance or a lack of interest which has no place in
leadership. The inexperienced often feel that politeness implies softness, or even worse, that in a subordinate indicates bootlicking. Nothing is further from the truth. Real courtesy is simply common everyday civility.

SCHOFIELD'S DEFINITION OF DISCIPLINE (20 Feb 58)

The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instructions and to give commands in such a manner and in such a tone of voice as to inspire in the soldier no feeling but and intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself; while he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect toward other, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.

HUBBARD'S STATEMENT ON LOYALTY (27 Feb 58)

if you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him; speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember-- An ounce or loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault, why-- resign your position and when you are on the outside, damn to your hearts content - but as long as your are a part of the institution do not condemn it. If you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away, and probably you will never know why.