Code of Conduct Article I begins with which statement?

Code of Conduct Article I begins with which statement?

• A. I Will Never Surrender of My Own Free Will
• B. I Am an American, Fighting in the Forces Which Guard My Country and Our Way of Life. I Am Prepared to Give My Life in Their Defense
• C. I Will Desert My Post When I Am Not Relieved
• D. I Will Obey All Orders Without Question

Answer: (B)

Article I opens by identifying you as an American, serving in the forces that guard the country and our way of life, and by a pledge to be prepared to give your life in their defense. That exact opening line—I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense—expresses the identity, duty, and willingness to sacrifice that frame the rest of the Code of Conduct. The other statements don’t match the opening line: they either reflect sentiments from other articles or describe actions that would contradict the duty described in Article I.

Article I opens by identifying you as an American, serving in the forces that guard the country and our way of life, and by a pledge to be prepared to give your life in their defense. That exact opening line—I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense—expresses the identity, duty, and willingness to sacrifice that frame the rest of the Code of Conduct. The other statements don’t match the opening line: they either reflect sentiments from other articles or describe actions that would contradict the duty described in Article I.