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SEA ORGANIZATION

H AG ORDER 3434RE-24

18 August 1976 Revised 8 May 1997

AU SO Org» and UiuU RPFs

Senior Quals

(This Flag Order was issued as FO 3434RD-34RA. RPF Scries 8. RPF ROCKS AND SHOALS. It is hereby revised to update the issue so it is applicahle to all RPFs. Revisions not in script.)

RPF Series 24

RPF ROCKS AND SHOALS

“In most sea organizations a list of penalties is called ‘rocks

and shoals' and is read out to the crew at niuster.” —LRH, Flag

Order 87R

Ha\ ing a system of penance, or making up for a wrong that was done, has long been a hallmark of religions. While we do not believe in any form of flagellation (pnests flogging themselves or others with whips) or similar infliction of pain or duress. members of the RPF have found the simple use of running laps around their work site. or doing push-ups or sit-ups, to be an easy and effective means of maintaining discipline. This is their system of “rocks and shoals.”

The first rocks and shoals were drawn up by the Flag RPF MAA in 1976. These provided an on-the-spot means to correct someone on the decks, get them out of any temporary dejection and get them right back onto doing what they were doing.

Over the years these rocks and shoals have proven ąuite workable. The RPF rocks and shoals do not replace standard ethics. But they do provide a fast means to get someone to end cycle on an error, goof or overt product on the decks and get on with it. Repeating or continuous errors, major overt products, signs of PTSness, or other indicators would be handled with standard OEC Volume 1 ethics tech.

Rocks and shoals were not intended to be, nor have they been used as, punishment over the years. Even though they reąuire physical exertion they were never meant to cause pain or duress and in fact they don't.

The original definitions and descriptions of the laps taken as part of the rocks and shoals were associated specifically with the physical spaces at Flag in 1976. However, with RPFs in different locations around the globe, definitions are needed which apply to all areas.

The purpose of this issue is to give definitions and guidelines for these rocks and shoals which apply to all RPFs, yet retain the exact workability of the original list.

The following definitions give approximate lengths of laps. These lengths are to be applied to the physical locations where the RPF is working that day, as this will not only vary from RPF to RPF but within the RPF itself depending on the site of work for the day.

Unpublished Work. * ' crealcd 1976, 1997 CSI. All RighU Reserved.