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When I was new to the Army I had to wrap my mind around the fact that someone was required to stay up all night in the barracks as CQ/Charge of Quarters. Then they'd be excused from duty the next day to sleep. That night someone else would be CQ.
In basic training when there was no real threat or reason to stay up all night and guard anything, I found it odd but I got used to it over the years, pulling several overnight shifts myself.
Returning to civilian ways it occurred to me that as I slept, so did everyone else. Who's guarding us?? a subtle sense of unease. LOL
When I was in it was called ""Fire Watch"....a person with his rifle walking a post (Guard Duty) outside the barracks in the street. This was done in the entire camp/base. Imagine things did change over the decades.
CQ "Charge of Quarters" then was a person that was in the barracks during the days training hours M-F.
When I was in it was called ""Fire Watch"....a person with his rifle walking a post (Guard Duty) outside the barracks in the street. This was done in the entire camp/base. Imagine things did change over the decades.
CQ "Charge of Quarters" then was a person that was in the barracks during the days training hours M-F.
Thanks for refreshing my memory. Yes, Fire Watch was a thing I recall too.
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Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah
Don't know what you are talking about......I've been working graveyard since 1992.
If that means you're pulling guard duty for everyone who's asleep, then we thank you
Officers have Staff Duty. We don't get the next day off but the trade off is we're allowed to sleep between checks of the barracks, arms rooms, S2 rooms, etc.
My late stepdad was a WWII vet in occupied Germany. The officers slept in a large luxurious house and he was invited, too. They were served by German nationals and when it was time to turn in he asked who was on watch. "no one" He went down the street with his sleeping bag and found a safe corner. The next morning he returned and the others had their throats cut in their sleep. No German servants were to be found.
My late stepdad was a WWII vet in occupied Germany. The officers slept in a large luxurious house and he was invited, too. They were served by German nationals and when it was time to turn in he asked who was on watch. "no one" He went down the street with his sleeping bag and found a safe corner. The next morning he returned and the others had their throats cut in their sleep. No German servants were to be found.
Did he know it wouldn't be safe to sleep there that night? If so, how did he know? And why didn't he warn the others?
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a subtle sense of unease. LOL
