FPP: EXEMPLARY CONDUCT ARCHIVE
October 1, 2007 Excerpt: …a compass by definition has only one unyielding true north or fixed reference point… the Armed Forces’ 232-year-old Exemplary Conduct military standard offers an objective, higher and fixed definition of virtue and honor for every military officer and leader to follow…
September 1, 2006 Excerpt: Contained in the voluminous 2006 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a redefinition of “rape” and “sodomy,” key provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)… If adopted in the military code, as scheduled in October 2007, the NDAA redefinition of the code is a roadmap to legalize criminal acts of “immoral and dissolute” conduct largely to the detriment of good order and discipline.
April 14, 2005 Excerpt: The solution to the “sexual assault” crisis can be found in teaching and enforcing the proven congressionally mandated battle-tested 10 U.S.C. §5947 military standard. To do otherwise threatens the good order and discipline of our armed forces in time of war.
August 1, 2004 Excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to call for renewed enforcement of Title 10 U.S.C., addressing the military’s long standing code of Exemplary Conduct for the armed forces. Exemplary Conduct is the principle embraced by John Adams in 1775 for the good order and discipline of a newly organized military charged with defeating the most powerful force in the world.
Throughout this century, the United States, as a nation, has anguished over the plight of American prisoners of war, both known and missing. The emotional ordeal of the families, the debt which the nation owes to those who have put their lives on the line for their countries, and the human dignity of each and every single soldier, or sailor, or airman ought to have an incalculable bearing on our national policies and our honor.
