Chain of Command

Commander in Chief The Honorable Mr. Biden
The Secretary of State The Honorable Mr. Antony Blinken
The Secretary of Defense The Honorable Lloyd Austin
Secretary of the Navy The Honorable Mr. Thomas W. Harker
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael M. Gilday.
Naval Education and Training Command  Rear Admiral Pete Garvin
Naval Service and Training Command Rear Admiral Milton J. Sands III
Area 6 Manager Commander Jones
Senior Naval Science Instructor Lieutenant Commander Sanchez
Naval Science Instructor Sergeant Major Robinson

Orders of the Sentry

Preamble – “Sir/Ma’am, the ___ order to the sentry is…”

1. Take charge of this post and all government property in view.
2. Walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
3. Report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
4. Repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.
5. Quit my post only when properly relieved.
6. Receive, obey, and pass on to the sentry who relieves me, all orders from the Commanding Officer, Command Duty Officer, Officer of the Deck, and all officers and petty officers of the watch only.
7. Talk to no one except in the line of duty.
8. Give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.
9. Call the Officer of the Deck in any case not covered by instructions.
10. Salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.
11. Be especially watchful at night, and during the time for challenging, challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.