watches are 3 or 4 hour, twice a day duty assignments to different posts around the academy. they are stood by all midshipmen/plebes (except those who have served as DIs, or are members of the EMT squad, who stand EMT watch), with the responsibilities of the watch varying by class and location. for example, Midshipman On Duty (MOD), which is a 1/c Engineer watch, answers all incoming phone calls, makes announcements over the loudspeaker, hands out liberty forms, and acts as a pseudo-receptionist. Kings Pointer Bridge Watch is a 1/c Deckie watch. they are responsible for patrolling the Kings Pointer, recording draft readings and other such tasks. a new watch that has just been created for 2/c is Vickery Gate watch, i do not have the details for that at this time. North DOck watch is a 3/c watch, and is responsible for keeping an eye on all the Waterfront vessels as well as monitoring the Academy radio channel and logging vessels in and out of the basin. Kings Pointer Gangway is also a 3/c watch, and is responsible for registering visitors and workers on the Kings Pointer. Library watch is a 4/c watch, and is responsible for recording the number of visitors to the library and ensuring that people in the library conduct themselves appropriately. a new 4/c watch this year is Company Duty Midshipman, which apparently takes the place of the Battalion Officer of the Watch (BOOW). this watch, as far as i can determine, makes rounds of the company and ensures that everything is generally in order. in addition, each class stands a Supernum watch, which is a 24 hour watch that covers any watch that for whatever reason cannot be stood by the assigned member of that class. Most watches work on a 4 hours on, 8 off, 4 on system, except for Supernum which is a 24 hour watch, library watch which is just 3 hours per day, and Company Duty Midshipman which, according to the watchbill, varies depending on the day. Regimental watches are assigned at random. EMTs sign up for several 3 to 5 day watches per term, during which they wear the BDU uniform at all times and carry communication devices that allow them to respond to academy emergency calls.