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Memorizing long chunks of text is no one's favorite activity. It's boring, taxing, and extremely repetitive. at armyboardquestions.com, we are trying to give you all of the resources you need to be able to memorize your creeds as effeciantly as possible.
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Start off by reading the very first line out loud. Then, look away from the text, and try to say it out loud again. Keep doing this back and forth until you can say it out loud 7 times in a row. 7 times is the magic number, once you have it down 7 times, you have it pretty well committed to memory.
Once you have the first line down, move on to the second. Once you have the second line down, try saying the first and the second line. Keep doing this until you have the first paragraph/stanza/chuck of about 5-10 lines down.
This will help you ensure you know the content of the individual lines. Bridging them together and polishing them up will come in later study sessions.
No one is more professional than I.
I am a noncommissioned officer, a leader of Soldiers.
As a noncommissioned officer, I realize that I am a member of a time honored corps, which is known as "The Backbone of the Army".
I am proud of the Corps of noncommissioned officers and will at all times conduct myself so as to bring credit upon the Corps, the military service and my country regardless of the situation in which I find myself.
I will not use my grade or position to attain pleasure, profit, or personal safety.
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Start off by reading the very first line out loud. Then, look away from the text, and try to say it out loud again. Keep doing this back and forth until you can say it out loud 7 times in a row. 7 times is the magic number, once you have it down 7 times, you have it pretty well committed to memory.
Once you have the first line down, move on to the second. Once you have the second line down, try saying the first and the second line. Keep doing this until you have the first paragraph/stanza/chuck of about 5-10 lines down.
This will help you ensure you know the content of the individual lines. Bridging them together and polishing them up will come in later study sessions.
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Now that you have a grasp of the material, you need to solidify what you’ve learned. Your creeds need to be solid in your subconscious so that when you are stressed at the board, not only CAN you get it right, you CAN’T get it wrong. It needs to be second nature to you.
That’s where passive listening comes in. By listening to the creeds on repeat while driving, doing chores, or playing video games, your subconscious can absorb the material. I recommend listening to a creed that is long, like the Creed of the Non-Commissioned Officer, for around 10+ hours.
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Now that you have a grasp of the material, you need to solidify what you’ve learned. Your creeds need to be solid in your subconscious so that when you are stressed at the board, not only CAN you get it right, you CAN’T get it wrong. It needs to be second nature to you.
That’s where passive listening comes in. By listening to the creeds on repeat while driving, doing chores, or playing video games, your subconscious can absorb the material. I recommend listening to a creed that is long, like the Creed of the Non-Commissioned Officer, for around 10+ hours.
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Once you feel solid saying it out loud with the sound, it’s important that you also practice without the audio. It’s easy to feel like you have it down without realizing the audio is giving you quick clues that you won’t get during the board. Saying it out loud without the audio is the last step to giving your creed a more polished and professional sound.
I recommend choosing a task that you do daily, like eating or going to the bathroom, and forcing yourself to say your creed before you can start that task. My team leader made himself say the creed in front of the mirror every time he went to the bathroom, no exceptions.
I also recommend practicing in front of the mirror a few times before you board. It doesn’t need to be every time, but you need to know what you look like while reciting it. Do you look like a mean, lean, war-fighting machine? If not, fix it
Now that you know a good process, it's up to you to put in the work. This process is not set in stone, feel free to move back and forth and repeat steps, add in things that you personally feel will help you, and do what makes sense.
Click on a Creed below to get started!
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This website is an extension of The Board Questions Podcast. I created the podcast first because I was ejected from my first board. I was brand new to the Army, just sent on rotation to Germany after OSUT, and my squad leader had it in his head that every one of his soldiers would attend a soldier of them month board. I knew nothing, got chewed up and spit out, and failed. I refused to accept that as a final result.
I decided to build something that I needed. I gathered the questions, studied the regs, and used an AI voice to create The Board Questions Podcast. I used the podcast the study up, I won my battalion's Soldier of the Quarter board, and have worked hard to help as many soldiers as possible prepare.
Not everyone learns from audio, so I built this website. However, if you'd like to suppliment your studies by listening to the podcast as well, each of the topics by difficulty episodes covers the exact same questions that are covered on this site. The podcast even has explainations for each answer, some additional memorizational guides, and repetition chapters to help you go over it while your ear and mind are free, like commuting, playing video games, or doing chores.
Feel free to listen!
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