General Happiness - 129

Back New Recruit Training Standards Washington - 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 hair-cut 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 till 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 gray 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. Next