4.1c General Classroom Conduct

Each academic hour of instruction lasts 50 minutes with a 10-minute break. You will take breaks as directed by your instructor.

LATE ARRIVALS

If you arrive late to class, take the following actions:

  • Do not knock or ask permission to enter the classroom
  • Quietly enter the rear door and sit in the last occupied row, closest to the wall (RH&T)
  • Quietly enter the door and sit in the last occupied row, closest to the center (DCF)
  • Check the dry erase board or, if the dry erase board is unavailable, quietly ask your wingman what lesson is being covered

APPOINTMENTS

If you have an appointment, take the following actions:

  • Sit in the last occupied row of chairs with your wingman
  • Ensure the Dorm Chief knows the location of your appointment and who your wingman is before the start of class
  • Ensure you leave early enough to make it to your appointment on time
  • There is no need to disrupt the class by informing the class instructor of your appointment upon departure

ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE

DO

  • When you have a question, answer or comment raise your hand for the instructor to call upon you
  • When called upon, give the proper reporting statement
  • If you feel yourself becoming fatigued, leave your backpack and take your study materials and water bottle to the back of the classroom
  • Do not pace back and forth, lean against the wall or set your study materials down
  • When you feel you can stay awake, sit in the last occupied row; do not return to your original seat until placed on break
  • Remember to drink 3/4 to 1 bottle of water every hour

DO NOT

  • Talk during class, except to the instructor
  • Write on, scratch or damage any classroom equipment (willful damage to government property is a violation of Article 108 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)
  • Prop your feet up on any part of the desk in front of you
  • Touch any computer components unless instructed to do so (DCF)
  • Place water bottles on the desks
  • Leave the classroom without a wingman, your water bottle, and appropriate uniform attire (outer garment, utility coat and headgear, as applicable)

Emergency Evacuation Procedures

If there is an actual emergency (e.g., fire, gas leak or bomb threat), leave your belongings behind and quickly evacuate the classroom in an orderly fashion through the door you entered. Assemble in flight formation at your squadron’s designated assembly point or nearest assembly point, approximately 500 feet from the building. 

If the emergency is in your classroom, the first trainee out the door must report the location of the emergency, the need for evacuation and the nature of the emergency to permanent party personnel in the tunnel area (not another trainee).

Departure Procedures

When the instructor indicates the class is over, take the following actions:

  • Put desktops down (RH&T)
  • Put back on any items that you took off at the beginning of class
  • Stand and face the center aisle with your hat in your hand
  • The instructor will call the flight(s) to, “ATTENTION” and command, “DISMISSED”
  • Exit through the door you entered, in reverse order
  • The dorm chief is the first trainee out the door
  • The trainee exiting the classroom after the dorm chief and the guide must hold the door for the entire flight
  • Your dorm chief will choose a spot for the flight to form up in column formation
  • If class is over for the day, the dorm chief will size the flight, place the flight, “AT EASE” and wait for your MTI
  • DO NOT TALK during any of these procedures unless alerting fellow trainees to make corrections

Breaks

The instructor will call the flight(s) to “ATTENTION” and command “DISMISSED.” Follow your squadron’s established break procedures for latrine use, getting a drink of water or refilling water bottles. In the DCFs, trainees will march to the right of the hallway in single file with their water bottle in their hand.

In the RH&Ts, trainees will march in detail/ element with their water bottle in their left hand. The dorm chief and element leaders are responsible for their flight’s conduct during all breaks. Trainees may take breaks in the classroom.

If you exit the classroom, do not talk or loiter in the hallways, stairwells, or latrines. When returning from break, the Dorm Chiefs will take the following actions:

  • Wear their OCP coat, unless directed otherwise by the WSMS instructor
  • Begin returning procedures at the front of the classroom facing their flight
  • Tell their flight to standby, warning them to prepare for instruction
  • Call their flight to attention with the command “Flight, TENCH HUT”
  • March to the back of the classroom, stopping to inspect each row and make necessary corrections
  • Do an about face to face the front of the classroom upon completion of the inspection
  • When prompted by the instructor turn your head towards him/her and give the appropriate reporting statement, followed by this statement, “Sir or Ma’am, Flight (#) is prepared for instruction.” Select and say the appropriate term of address (“Sir” or “Ma’am”)
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