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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:15:15 GMT
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New Recruit Training Standards
WASHINGTON - (AP) In an effort to ensure proper training and readiness
among the military services, Congress has approved the following
changes to basic principles of recruit training:
HAIRCUTS:
Marines-heads will be shaved.
Army-flat-tops for all recruits.
Navy-no haircut standard.
Air Force-complete makeovers as seen on the Jenny Jones show.
TRAINING HOURS:
Marines-rise at 0500, train until 2000.
Army-rise at 0600, train until 1900.
Navy-rise at 0900, train until 1100, lunch til 1300, train till 1600.
Air Force-rise at 1000, breakfast in bed, lunch at 1200, nap at 1400,
training ceases at 1500.
MEALS:
Marines-Meals-Ready-to-Eat 3 times a day.
Army-one hot meal, 2 MRE's.
Navy-3 hot meals.
Air Force-catered meals prepared by the Galloping Gourmet, Julia
Childs, and Wolfgang Puck. All you can eat.
LEAVE and LIBERTY:
Marines-none.
Army-4 hours a week.
Navy-2 days a week.
Air Force-for every four hours of training, recruits will receive
eight hours of leave and liberty.
PROTOCOL:
Marines-will address all officers as "Sir" and refer to the rank of
all enlisted members when speaking to them (i.e. Sgt Smith).
Army-will address all officers as "Sir", unless they are friends, and
will call all enlisted personnel Sarge.
Navy-will address all officers as Skipper, and all enlisted personnel
as Chief.
Air Force-all Air Force personnel shall be on a first name basis with
all other personnel.
DECORATIONS/AWARDS:
Marines-medals and badges are awarded for acts of gallantry and
bravery.
Army-medals and badges are awarded for every bullet fired, hand
grenade thrown,
fitness test passed, and bed made.
Navy-will have ships engineers make medals for them as needed.
Air Force-will be issued all medals as they will most likely be
awarded them at some point early in their careers.
CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS:
Marines-work uniform, to be worn only during training and in field
situations.
Army-will wear it anytime, anywhere.
Navy-will not wear cammies, they do not camouflage you on a ship.
Captains will make every effort to TRY to explain this to our sailors.
Air Force-will defeat the purpose of camouflage by putting blue and
grey service chevrons and name tapes on them.
CAREER FIELDS:
Marines-all Marines shall be considered riflemen first and foremost.
Army-doesn't matter, all career fields promote to E-8 in first
enlistment.
Navy-nobody knows. Navy still trying figure out what all the SMC, BNC,
BSN, and all the other ratings things are.
Air Force-every recruit will be trained in a manner that will allow
them to leave the service early to go on to higher paying civilian
jobs.
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