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Proper Public Behavior with your new Sailor.
- Comment by SOBE, on June 25, 2010
- Here's something that I thought I would share with you. When we first read it, my son's girlfriend was sad, but as it turns out, it was very cool to watch all these sailors acting like gentlemen!
Public Display of Affection
In the Navy physical forms of affection such as hugs, kisses, and holding hands while in uniform are known as a "public display of affection" (PDA) and are forbidden.
There is one exception: families saying goodbye to a sailor before a deployment or greeting a sailor returning from deployment or long separation. Boot camp counts under this exception, with limits. One enthusiastic hug of greeting and a quick kiss are acceptable. French or extended kisses are not, nor are extended hugs, hanging off your sailor, etc.
Hand-holding at any time is forbidden. There is a compromise, and I consider it to be a fairly romantic one. A sailor may offer his arm to his girlfriend/wife/mother; she lays her hand in the crook of his LEFT elbow in a formal escort-type pose. Likewise, a female sailor can take the RIGHT arm of her husband/boyfriend/father with her left hand. In a truly romantic gesture, men may lay their right hand over their lady's
hand (to keep it warm, or for skin-to-skin contact). The sailor must always have his right arm free to salute an officer or properly displayed flag.
Also, just because you aren't on base, don't assume they aren't
looking. RDCs and other boot camp personnel also go to the mall, out to restaurants, to Chicago, etc, and they will be looking for new sailors breaking the rules. Some may actually be assigned this job in popular venues. Even if they run into the recruit by chance and are just out with their own family, they will report the new graduate. You won't likely see them because they will not be in uniform, but they will see
your sailor.
And no, they won't punish YOU. They will punish your sailor when s/he returns to barracks. The most common punishment is to have their liberty revoked the next day, or if the behavior is observed on the final day of liberty, new sailors can be retained for an extra week of boot camp. These are not idle threats. They actually do it. If you want to "mug it" with your sailor, get a room!
About uniforms
Your sailors will be wearing their dress blues if it's winter and dress whites if it late spring and summer at PIR and that whole day after you drive off with them.
Be sure to bring a lint brush or sticky roll for your recruit to "clean up" his or her blues. The blues are wool and pick up just about anything. If you are bringing a pet, bring one of those sticky-tape rollers to de-fur your sailor. Bring a towel from the hotel or from home for them to sit on in the car or when you are out and about!
Be careful with whites, they show everything. On Saturday and Sunday they will be wearing their service uniforms, aka "peanut butters," which is a khaki shirt and black slacks or skirt. In the winter they may be cold in the short sleeves, so make a stop at the Navy Exchange so they can get a uniform sweater and a name tag (but have them check with their RDCs first to make sure it's okay).
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Permalink Reply by PMSingMOMof3(11/351) on
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This scares me. He has a 7 year old sister who I can guarantee neither will let go of each other. Plus he promised her a shoulder ride.
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Permalink Reply by ThunderD'sMom on
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Maybe a shoulder ride in the privacy of your hotel room would be ok. Sure don't want to disappoint a 7 year old!
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Permalink Reply by SheilaD on
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Good to know.At least I get that one first, exuberant Hug! I didn't realize they had to be quite that careful! His girlfriend is not coming with us, so I don't have to worry about that, at least. I think it's great that they are expected to exhibit proper behavior at all times.
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Permalink Reply by Mamaof5 (Nuke mom, EM) on
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Good to know. The girlfriend is going to graduation and will have to hold back for the weekend. Ought to be fun breaking this news to her. Yuck. Thanks for the info.
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On every letter he writes to his SIS he draws a picture of them having a snowball fight, or playing in leaves since she's never seen either. Ugh! To now tell her he can't. She even wrote a poem in school about it.
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Permalink Reply by NalaHooYah on
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Im gonna feel so awkward holding back towards my husband.... lol
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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Try twenty-nine years of it! My hubby is a "toucher", he likes me to hold his hand. I do too! Even though I know HE knows the rules I always say..."I'm not holding your hand right now or PDAing you cuz I don't want you to get in trouble." Just in case...or on the off chance that it is okay (usually not) then I have to remember to do it when he is not in some kind of uniform (he's a reservist and Law enforcement for real job!) LOL
It IS going to be awkward, but you get to practice a very old lovely tradtion...him offering you his arm! Just make sure you are on his left side. He needs to have the right one free to salute!
I read a story somewhere where the mom stumbled and grabbed onto her son...his right arm...he caught her and quickly transferred her to his left!
Another one was when hubby and his team came home from Iraq. We were at the airport and they were packing up all the stuff onto the trucks to leave for the base. One of the guys was hugging his girlfriend again...hubby needed everyone to gather for a short debrief and said, "Somebody get a stick and hose for #######." HIS way of reminding him that he had had his "big" welcome home! LOL
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Permalink Reply by diane on
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THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP ON HUGGING I WILL TRY TO CONTAIN MYSELF WITH MY SON....LOL
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Permalink Reply by goofyand glad on
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Thanks for this info...I will try to contain myself with one really big hug for my only child......then wrinkle him in the hotel
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Sorry for the delay.
Yes, what I did was I hugged my Sailor and asked him to tell me when to stop!
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