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Basic Military Requirements (BMR) - Study Guide
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- Published 05/31/2007
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Study Guide - Basic Military Requirements (BMR CH 3)
The three main reasons for a ship to stand watch are—
a. Communications
b. Security
c. Safety
The ship’s organized plan for action is located in the battle bill.
The division officer and division chief are responsible for assigning qualified personnel to stations and entering their names on the Watch, Quarter, and Station Bill.
When relieving a watch, you should arrive at your station 15 minutes ahead of time.
The ship’s bell is usually restricted to the hours between reveille and taps.
6 bells are sounded at 0700.
The purpose of the dogwatch is to rotate watches.
The watch system is divided into
(a) underway and
(b) in-port watches.
Security watches—
a. prevent sabotage
b. protect property from theft
c. prevent access to restricted areas
d. protect personnel
The QMOW maintains the ship’s deck log while under way.
The fog lookout normally stands in the bow where approaching ships can better be seen and heard.
Normally, an after steering watch is stood under the following conditions:
a. General quarters
b. Under way replenishment
c. Sea and anchor detail
The sound and security watch reports directly to the
(a) OOD, and the results of their inspections are logged in
(b) ship’s deck log.
General orders cover situations of a routine nature common to most sentry posts.
The precautions to be strictly adhered to while standing an armed watch with a pistol include—
a. Keep the pistol in the holster.
b. Don’t engage in horseplay with the pistol.
c. Don’t surrender the pistol to any unauthorized person.
d. Leave two loaded magazine clips in their pouch and remember there is one round loaded in the chamber.
e. When relieved, unload the pistol in a safe designated area. Remove the round from the chamber and check the chamber clear. Release the slide and let the hammer go home. Dry fire the pistol then engage the safety.
Deadly force can be used—
a. To protect your life or the life of another person where no other means of defense will be effective
b. When no other means is available to prevent the commission of or to prevent the escape of a person known to have committed robbery, murder, rape, arson, or kidnapping
c. To prevent acts of sabotage, espionage, or other crimes against the government after failure of all other available means of preventing such crime
Bearings are measured in degrees, clockwise around a circle from 000° to 360°.
The three different types of bearings are—
a. Relative
b. True
c. Magnetic
Bearings are reported in three digits, spoken digit by digit; positions are reported in one or two digits and spoken whole.
When using your hand as an aid to determine the position angle of an aircraft, your closed fist is approximately 8°.
If the binocular IPD is adjusted properly, you will see one circle when viewing through them.
The three adjustments that must be made when using binoculars are to adjust each eyepiece and set the IPD.
The improvement of vision in dim light is known as dark adaptation. It will take 30 minutes for you to reach your best night vision.
The different methods used for a day lookout and a night lookout are the day lookout moves his/her eyes in 5° steps, pausing at each step; the night lookout keeps moving his/her eyes.
a. Communications
b. Security
c. Safety
The ship’s organized plan for action is located in the battle bill.
The division officer and division chief are responsible for assigning qualified personnel to stations and entering their names on the Watch, Quarter, and Station Bill.
When relieving a watch, you should arrive at your station 15 minutes ahead of time.
The ship’s bell is usually restricted to the hours between reveille and taps.
6 bells are sounded at 0700.
The purpose of the dogwatch is to rotate watches.
The watch system is divided into
(a) underway and
(b) in-port watches.
Security watches—
a. prevent sabotage
b. protect property from theft
c. prevent access to restricted areas
d. protect personnel
The QMOW maintains the ship’s deck log while under way.
The fog lookout normally stands in the bow where approaching ships can better be seen and heard.
Normally, an after steering watch is stood under the following conditions:
a. General quarters
b. Under way replenishment
c. Sea and anchor detail
The sound and security watch reports directly to the
(a) OOD, and the results of their inspections are logged in
(b) ship’s deck log.
General orders cover situations of a routine nature common to most sentry posts.
The precautions to be strictly adhered to while standing an armed watch with a pistol include—
a. Keep the pistol in the holster.
b. Don’t engage in horseplay with the pistol.
c. Don’t surrender the pistol to any unauthorized person.
d. Leave two loaded magazine clips in their pouch and remember there is one round loaded in the chamber.
e. When relieved, unload the pistol in a safe designated area. Remove the round from the chamber and check the chamber clear. Release the slide and let the hammer go home. Dry fire the pistol then engage the safety.
Deadly force can be used—
a. To protect your life or the life of another person where no other means of defense will be effective
b. When no other means is available to prevent the commission of or to prevent the escape of a person known to have committed robbery, murder, rape, arson, or kidnapping
c. To prevent acts of sabotage, espionage, or other crimes against the government after failure of all other available means of preventing such crime
Bearings are measured in degrees, clockwise around a circle from 000° to 360°.
The three different types of bearings are—
a. Relative
b. True
c. Magnetic
Bearings are reported in three digits, spoken digit by digit; positions are reported in one or two digits and spoken whole.
When using your hand as an aid to determine the position angle of an aircraft, your closed fist is approximately 8°.
If the binocular IPD is adjusted properly, you will see one circle when viewing through them.
The three adjustments that must be made when using binoculars are to adjust each eyepiece and set the IPD.
The improvement of vision in dim light is known as dark adaptation. It will take 30 minutes for you to reach your best night vision.
The different methods used for a day lookout and a night lookout are the day lookout moves his/her eyes in 5° steps, pausing at each step; the night lookout keeps moving his/her eyes.