How to Remember the Navy 11 General Orders of a Sentry
Jerry
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Being in the armed forces can be really nerve racking. If you're enlisted at all, regardless of whether you're in dep or out there in the real military working, you're going to know what I'm talking about. Even forming ranks while in delayed entry program classes and being asked on the spot what you 
r general orders are can definitely be quite stressful, especially if you get them wrong and are required to fall out and do additional pushups each time.
The general orders of a sentry are definitely a pain to try and memorize. Since they don't really apply to your everyday life before going into the navy, it's extremely hard to remember them since you're unable to relate, and you may not even be able to understand them. In this article, I intend to help you learn the general orders in a way which you can remember them and recite the orders immediately and on the spot.
If you've tried practicing at all, you may have discovered that you can remember what the orders ARE pretty easily, with an exception of a few general orders, but you're unable to put them in order or recite each specific one when given only the number. This is the dilemma, since obviously when you're called on in basic or dep training meetings you're going to only be given the number and be expected to know the order right off the tip of your tongue like nothing.
There are a few different ways I tried to memorize which orders went with which numbers. My first attempt was just making flash cards. Flash cards are effective at memorizing, not really learning. If you're someone who likes to go for flash cards, try it and see if it works for you.
In order to really learn these orders, you're going to have to either be able to relate to them or at least know what each means. It's nearly impossible to recite something from mind that you don't understand. Try reading through the orders, understand what they mean. What really helped me was to read through them a few times and try to associate pictures with each of the orders.
Well, so long as you understand what each of the orders are, you're ready to learn my odd, unpatched yet still effective means of learning the orders in the correct sequence.
The general orders of a sentry are definitely a pain to try and memorize. Since they don't really apply to your everyday life before going into the navy, it's extremely hard to remember them since you're unable to relate, and you may not even be able to understand them. In this article, I intend to help you learn the general orders in a way which you can remember them and recite the orders immediately and on the spot.
If you've tried practicing at all, you may have discovered that you can remember what the orders ARE pretty easily, with an exception of a few general orders, but you're unable to put them in order or recite each specific one when given only the number. This is the dilemma, since obviously when you're called on in basic or dep training meetings you're going to only be given the number and be expected to know the order right off the tip of your tongue like nothing.
There are a few different ways I tried to memorize which orders went with which numbers. My first attempt was just making flash cards. Flash cards are effective at memorizing, not really learning. If you're someone who likes to go for flash cards, try it and see if it works for you.
In order to really learn these orders, you're going to have to either be able to relate to them or at least know what each means. It's nearly impossible to recite something from mind that you don't understand. Try reading through the orders, understand what they mean. What really helped me was to read through them a few times and try to associate pictures with each of the orders.
Well, so long as you understand what each of the orders are, you're ready to learn my odd, unpatched yet still effective means of learning the orders in the correct sequence.