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Comment by Anti M on June 13, 2011 at 12:47pm

I had stuff stolen in the barracks, dad had stuff taken on his ship.  We're talking WWII for him!!  Theft and the Navy sadly go hand in hand.  Lock everything up is the only answer.  If he knows who did it, then talk to the chief of the barracks.  Who do you think says they'll get more grief of they complain?  The thieves, that's who.

The main type of hazing I saw in the Navy was when you'd get your "crow", your E-4. they senior sailors would "tack it on" for good luck.  This was a light tap of the fist on the crow.  Of course, some sailors were idiots and slugged instead, creating huge bruises.  Someone decided it was hazing, and it is against the regs now.  I have mixed feelings about it, because it was tradition to me, but yeah, the bruised arms were just stupid.  I don't know if sending the new guy on the ship on silly errands is considered hazing, but I guess it could be.  Stealing?  Not hazing, just criminal.  Heck, I've had clothing stolen out of the barracks dryers.    

 

Tiff'smom, most of the GPS will come with different voices.  We were able to select an English lady from the standard programs.  She calls the interstate a "motorway".

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 13, 2011 at 11:09am

I wish people would grow up. I think a lot of them join the Navy and think they are hot stuff. Hopefully someone will put them in their place when they go to the fleet.

Comment by paybacks398 on June 13, 2011 at 11:00am

apparently they were the same way before they got there and old habits are hard to break-my kids were taught better than that

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on June 13, 2011 at 10:57am

The car we just got came with a GPS but I bought an Atlas and I have printed about 50 pages of maps hahaha  I printed maps from the Navy Lodge to the musuems in Chicago... maps from one city to another... I too want to know ahead of time where I am going.  I want a GPS with a english accent, how did you get that? LOL

Paybacks I'm sorry he is going through that.. you would think these kids would have grown up during boot, obviously not :(

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 13, 2011 at 10:09am

Paybacks, there are immature people in the Navy and out. I have had to work with people like that too. 

Tell your grandson not to get discouraged and to hang in there.

Comment by paybacks398 on June 13, 2011 at 10:03am

No idea, but I do know he said if this is what goes on in the fleet he doesnt want anything to do with it-I just want him to get discouraged and start slacking off

He has been doing well in his classes-it is a shame

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on June 13, 2011 at 9:48am

Payback, If it is serious stuff than he should document everything and go to the Chief of his barracks. Hazing is not allowed. Nothing will happen to your grandson for reporting it. Tell him not to believe the stories. Remember, he could be on hold there at GL after his (A)school graduation. There is no reason for anyone to put up with that.

I wonder what behavior is considered by the Navy as Hazing?

Comment by paybacks398 on June 13, 2011 at 9:37am

well, now my grandson is goind through the same thing Riptide's went through-someone keeps taking his bank card and ID and even took a Navy blanket that my granddaughter made for him.. He found the ID's but not the cover yet.  He only has a few weeks left in A school-says he is so sick of the crap going on there and like Riptide's son doesnt want to complain since he knows he will get evern more flack.   Up until the past few weeks he never had any trouble, no ides what triggered this but it sounds pretty much like a bunch of high school boys rather than Navy men.  Sad!

Comment by Anti M on June 13, 2011 at 9:29am

A GPS is terrific (ours has an English accent, we call her Kate), but we always make sure we have a map. Out here in the West there is a very real phenomena know as "Death by GPS" where drivers just follow the directions, end up on forest service roads in the wilderness, and die.  Not that that would happen headed toward Great Lakes!  I shake my head that my young friends can't follow a map or written directions.  Yikes. 

Also, if there is construction, our poor GPS gets confused.  She kept trying to redirect us.... "Turn back" she would say, and we'd say "... or you will die!"   "...or zombies will eat your brains!"

Our road trips are fun.

Comment by navy25 on June 13, 2011 at 1:41am

GPS the way to Go we drove 19 hours it took us to my sons PIR from New Jersey last October and it got us right to the base.It was just perfect but I also took along the directions from Mapquest because I like knowing ahead of time which Highways to take.Its also handy when you are at the base to get around the area where you will be staying and going to places nearby right to the door.

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