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PO2 Peter Klein
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One of my favorites was assigning someone to watch for the mail buoy. (No I didn't fall for it.)
But there is another side of hazing: The Blanket Party. We threw a Blanket Party for a dufus in boot camp. It seemed to help short term. Don't know if there was any residual effect when he got out in the fleet.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Operative term is moderation and perhaps a name other than hazing. Look if a Confederate statue upsets people, the term hazing is probably even worse.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
PO3 Steven Sherrill
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen true on both counts. The problem with moderation is that it is subjective. One person may look at pinning the wings of a freshly minted airborne soldier as barbaric, another as tradition. So it is tricky situation. As for not calling it hazing, you pretty well nailed it.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Ya, finding common ground on moderation probably difficult, but I have faith.
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PO2 Robert Aitchison
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We'd sometimes have new people standing smoke watch (I was on Gas Turbine ships)
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
PO3 Steven Sherrill
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PO2 Robert Aitchison At the end of watch send them to find a bulb for the smoking lamp?
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LTJG Edward Bangor Jr
LTJG Edward Bangor Jr
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XBT retrieval team was another good one.
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