Usmc: Why Not to Sleep on Post

Sometime in a Marines career they are assigned to stand a post of some sort. It may consist of watching a building and others of guarding cargo. While on these posts there is no difference of the basics in which the duty is to be preformed. All posts have one main principle in common, constant vigilance. Neither contains room for complacency or distant wandering minds. Whether or not the post the marine is standing is in garrison standing outside his/her room or out in the field watching over the other observer with you, holds no value in which the duty is to be preformed. Continues vigilance is what keeps any post safe and secure. To be ever alert and aware of your surroundings, that is meaning of what it is to be vigilant. There are so many different and diverse techniques that you can prepare for the short time of being on post four. You can actually stock up on energy drinks and space them out through the day to help combat fatigue for your night post, another way to help with the fatigue is to constantly move about to keep the blood flowing. All these minor things will help a certain level of alertness. They are 11 general orders and they are one and the same wherever or whenever a marine is on interior guard duty. All marines are expected and required to know and memorize these general orders and be able to recite them when called upon to do so. Most techniques coincide with the general orders; such as general order number two, which states a marine is to walk his/her post in a military manner keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. This means to keep moving while looking professional and keeping your eyes and ears open to what is going on around you.
On the other hand there is complacency, which means a feeling of pleasure or security, often unaware of potential danger, defect or the like, by with can be small of large factors. For example while phone watch at your company office following your