<P> Colonel Franklin Brooke Nihart , USMC , worked at Marine Corps headquarters throughout the summer of 1955 , outlined his ideas in longhand and the Code of Conduct was established with the issuance of Executive Order 10631 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 17 August 1955 which stated , `` Every member of the Armed Forces of the United States are expected to measure up to the standards embodied in the Code of Conduct while in combat or in captivity . '' It has been modified twice -- once in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter in Executive Order 12017 , and most recently in President Ronald Reagan 's Executive Order 12633 of March 1988 , which amended the code to make it gender - neutral . </P>
<P> Colonel Franklin Brooke Nihart , USMC , worked at Marine Corps headquarters throughout the summer of 1955 , outlined his ideas in longhand and the Code of Conduct was established with the issuance of Executive Order 10631 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 17 August 1955 which stated , `` Every member of the Armed Forces of the United States are expected to measure up to the standards embodied in the Code of Conduct while in combat or in captivity . '' It has been modified twice -- once in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter in Executive Order 12017 , and most recently in President Ronald Reagan 's Executive Order 12633 of March 1988 , which amended the code to make it gender - neutral . </P>
when was the military code of conduct established
when was the military code of conduct established
17 August 1955
17 August 1955