Army Leadership; Civilian Awardees

TYPES OF CEREMONIES

Civilians may participate in three general categories of military ceremonies:

• Presenting awards.

• Receiving awards.

• Being honored.

a. Civilians Presenting Awards. This category includes occasions when an award is made to another civilian and occasions when awards are presented to military personnel by a civilian. These ceremonies are conducted as previously outlined with the following

exceptions:

(1) The host or reviewing officer is accompanied to the reviewing stand by the civilian. The reviewing officer may relinquish the place of honor to the civilian.

(2) The reviewing officer accompanies the civilian throughout the sequence of events.

(3) Because of lack of familiarity with military ceremonies, it may be necessary to brief the civilian before and during the conduct of the ceremony.

b. Civilians Receiving Awards. Conduct of these ceremonies should be guided by paragraph 10-4 with the following exceptions:

(1) Civilians should be initially positioned to the left of the reviewing stand and not marched forward with the military personnel, if any, to receive awards.

(2) When the Colors are brought forward, civilians move to a position five steps in front of and centered on the Colors. When military and civilians receive an award at the same time, they are aligned from right to left with the highest award on the right.

(3) When the awardees are posted, they remain in the same order. If there are no military awardees, the civilians move to the left of the reviewing stand.

(4) When this ceremony is conducted for presenting posthumous awards, other types

of awards are not incorporated. A carefully selected escort officer should accompany relatives of persons receiving posthumous awards.

NOTE: If there is only one awardee, he may be the reviewing official.

c. Reviews in Honor of Civilians. Government employees, private citizens, and local, state, national, or foreign officials may be honored by a review. (Consult AR 600-25 for special honors due certain officials.) Other civilians may be honored, as noted above, by participating in the place of or with the reviewing officer.

The Supine Bicycle

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50 sit ups
50 leg spreaders
50 flutter kicks
20 supine bicycles
20 flutter kicks
10 leg lifts

Swim .5 miles

Supine Bicycle

EXERCISE 2: SUPINE BICYCLE
Purpose: This exercise strengthens the muscles of the abdomen and controls the rotation of the trunk.
Starting Position: Supine position with the fingers interlaced, hands on top of the head. Hips, knees, and ankles
are flexed at 90 degrees and lower legs are parallel to the ground. The head is off the ground.
Cadence: SLOW
Count:
1. Bring the left knee toward the chest while flexing and rotating the trunk to the left, attempting to
touch the right elbow with the left thigh. As the left knee rises, the right leg extends.
2. Return to the starting position.
3. Bring the right knee toward the chest while flexing and rotating the trunk to the right, attempting
to touch the left elbow with the right thigh. As the right knee rises, the left leg extends.
4. Return to the starting position.

Check Points:
􀁺 At the starting position ensure that the hands are on top of 
the head, not behind the neck.

􀁺 Maintain tightness of the abdominals throughout the exercise.

􀁺 On counts 1 and 3, attempt to fully extend one leg while bringing the knee of the other to
the elbow.

Precaution: On counts 1 and 3, do not jerk the neck or arch the back to assume the up position.

INSPECTION ARMS

Figure C-4

Inspection Arms with the M14 rifle (Figure C-4) is executed in five counts.
     a. Counts one and two are the same as with the M16 -series rifle (Port Arms). On count three, release the small of the stock and move the right hand forward (fingers extended and joined, thumb on the opposite side of the receiver). Place the knife edge on the hand in contact with the operating rod handle. On count four, press the operating rod handle sharply to the rear and lock the bolt to the rear by pressing the bolt lock with the thumb. At the same time, lower the head and eyes to check the receiver. On count five, raise the head and eyes back to the front and regrasp the small of the stock with the right hand, assuming the Inspection Arms position.
     b. Ready, Port, ARMS is the only command that is given from Inspection Arms. On the command Ready, relax the grip of the right hand and hook the top of the forefinger to the rear. On the command Port, release the operating rod handle (allowing the bolt to go forward) and place the forefinger on the trigger. On the command of execution ARMS, pull the trigger and come to Port Arms.