ATTRIBUTES OF AN OFFR
AND A GENTLEMAN

INTRO

AIM
TO AQUAINT THE TRAINEE WITH THE
ATTRIBUTES OF AN OFFR AND A
GENTLEMAN

PREVIEW
PT I. ESSENTIALS OF AN OFFR AND A
GENTLEMAN.
PT II. CHARACTER COMMANDMENTS.

PART I
ESSENTIALS OF AN OFFR AND A
GENTLEMAN

ESSENTIALS OF AN OFFR AND A
GENTLEMAN
 INTEGRITY. INTEGRITY IN SIMPLE TERMS IS
UNQUESTIONABLE MORAL FIBRE . ITS INGREDIENTS
ARE:
 HONESTY. TRUTHFUL APPROACH TO ALL
PURSUITS OF LIFE, AS WELL AS HONESTY OF
PURPOSE.
 SELFLESSNESS. ABSOLUTE DEVOTION TO CAUSE
ONE SERVES, WITH NO THOUGHT OF PERS
REWARDS.
 JUSTICE. AN IMPARTIAL ATTITUDE IN ONES
DEALINGS WITH ONE AND ALL, IN PARTICULAR IN
TREATMENT OF SUBORDINATES.
 FAIR PLAY. NO PROFITING AT THE COST OF OTHERS.
 FORTITUDE. SPIRIT WHICH EXISTS, ENDURES AND
TRIUMPHS OVER TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS OF
LIFE.

ESSENTIALS OF AN OFFR AND A
GENTLEMAN
 CHIVALRY AND GALLANTRY. GALLANTRY AND
CHIVALRY IMPLIES ABILITY TO PROTECT WEAK
AND OPPRESSED, TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE IF
NECESSARY AND TO SUBORDINATE ONE’S SELF
INTERESTS IN FAVOUR OF THOSE OF SOCIETY AT
LARGE.
 LOYALTY. LOYALTY IS QUALITY OF FAITHFULNESS
TO THE COUNTRY, THE FORCE, YOUR UNIT,
SENIORS, SUBORDINATES AND COLLEAGUES.
 SELF RESPECT. SELF RESPECT IS AN HONEST WAY
OF LIFE. IT IS BEING SELF-DISCIPLINED AND THAT,
TOO, WHEN UNSUPERVISED.

PART II
CHARACTER COMMANDMENTS

CHARACTER COMMANDMENTS
 SPEAK THE TRUTH. THE CONSEQUENCES OF TELLING A LIE
ARE ENORMOUS AND IN THE ARMY IRRETRIEVABLE.
 BE HONEST. WHEN YOU TALK OF HONESTY, IT MEANS TOTAL
HONESTY. HONESTY, IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED.
 KEEP YOUR WORD. MAKE IT A POINT THAT YOU KEEP YOUR
WORD ONCE IT IS GIVEN.
 ADMIT YOUR MISTAKE. A LDR MUST HAVE MORAL COURAGE
TO ADMIT HIS MISTAKES HOWEVER UNPLEASANT THE
REPERCUSSIONS.
 BE YOUR OWN JUDGE. BE HONEST EVEN WHEN YOU ARE
NOT UNDER SUPERVISION, FOR IT IS THEN THAT YOU WILL
BE UNDER THE CRITICAL EYE OF THE MEN YOU COMD.

CHARACTER COMMANDMENTS
 DO NOT SEEK CHEAP POPULARITY. A MAN OF
CHARACTER IS AUTOMATICALLY LOVED FOR HIS
QUALITIES OF HONESTY, SELF-SACRIFICE AND
ATTENTION TO DUTY. DO WHAT YOU ARE CONVINCED IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE
THE POPULAR OPTION.
 RESIST TEMPTATION. ALWAYS LIVE WITHIN YOUR
MEANS AND NEVER COVET WHAT YOU CANNOT AFFORD
OR WHAT DOES NOT RIGHTFULLY BELONG TO YOU.
THIS IS EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO MTRL AND SPIRITUAL
THINGS.
 SET AN EXAMPLE. ALWAYS LEAD BY PERS EXAMPLE.
BY DOING THIS, YOU INSPIRE OTHERS TO EMULATE
YOU.

 SENSE OF RESP. SEEK RESP AND TAKE RESP FOR
YOUR ACTIONS. NEVER SHIRK RESPONSIBILITY.
 SELF SACRIFICE. THE INTERESTS OF YOUR COUNTRY
AND THE TPS YOU COMD MUST BE ABOVE YOUR OWN,
ALL THE TIME.
 BE IMPARTIAL. BE JUST AND IMPARTIAL IN ALL YOUR
DEALINGS WITH YOUR SUBORDINATES. NEVER BE
PREJUDICED BECAUSE OF CASTE, CREED OR RACE.
 DISCP. YOUR PERS DISCP SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY AND
IT SHOULD BE ENFORCED STRICTLY. BE METICULOUS IN
ALL YOU DO, WHETHER ON PARADE OR OFF PARADE.
CHARACTER COMMANDMENTS

 DO YOUR DUTY. THIS ALSO MEANS CARRYING OUT
ORDERS EVEN WHEN YOU DISAGREE WITH THEM OR
WHEN CONDITIONS ARE DIFFICULT.
 PUT IN SUSTAINED EFFORT. ANYONE CAN PUT IN
EFFORTS TO ACMP A TASK WHEN NOT UNDER STRAIN
AND FOR A SHORT PD. A MAN OF HONOUR STRIVES TO
CARRY IT OUT UNDER ALL CONDITIONS ALWAYS.
 MORAL COURAGE. HAVE THE COURAGE TO CALL A
SPADE, A SPADE, BUT DO NOT BE OBSTRUCTIVE JUST
FOR THE SAKE OF NOT BEING CALLED A “YESMAN”.
 CONSIDER THE OTHER MAN’S VIEW. THERE WILL
OFTEN BE A NOTEWORTHY SUGGESTION IN WHAT
VIEWS THE OTHER PERSON HAS TO OFFER.
CHARACTER COMMANDMENTS

 CORDIALITY IN RELATIONSHIP. BEING CORDIAL IS NOT
SYNONYMOUS WITH SUBMISSIVENESS OR
INEFFECTIVENESS. IT MEANS THE ABILITY TO INTERACT
WITH ALL WITHOUT GETTING ABRASIVE OR INSOLENT.
 SELF CONFIDENCE. THIS STEMS FROM COMPETENCE IN
ONE’S FIELD OF PROFESSION. IT IS INFECTIOUS AND
SOON PREVAILS UPON ONE’S COMMAND OR AREA OF
CONTROL.
 REMAINING COOL UNDER STRESS. WHILE FEAR AND
EXCITEMENT IN MOMENTS OF DANGER AND STRESS
ARE NATURAL, GIVING WAY TO PANIC AND RESET TO
UNFAIR CENSURES OF SUBORDINATES EXHIBITS LACK
OF SELF CONTROL, MORE SO WHEN SUBORDINATES
LOOK UP FOR A LDR FOR STABILITY AND ROCK LIKE
STRENGTH.
CHARACTER COMMANDMENTS

CONCLUSION