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