Breathalyzer Tests

[Smuckatelli]

We have to watch an 'All Hands' that is being broadcast from the USS Bataan......

Sec Mabus has just announced command level breathalyzer testing when assuming duty in the morning.

Another push on sexual assault training.

He has only been talking for 10 minutes so far.

All off duty alcohol incidents will be reviewed before someone can be promoted.

Motorcycle safety....

Now he is talking about physical fitness...No more waivers, wieght lifters aren't gunna be happy.

Uh oh....he's talking about smokers......

No more discounts on smoking products at the PX....

A new position has been formed "Diversity Officer"...

[Smuckatelli]

Marines are going to have female SNCO (SSgt & above) & Officers (Capt & above) at the battalion level in the combat arms fields....in 6 months....

[son_of_montfort]

I can't tell if this is stream of consciousness or if you NEED one of those breathalyzer tests...  ;)

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

[LongBlade]

I can't tell if this is stream of consciousness or if you NEED one of those breathalyzer tests...  ;)

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

No, it sounds like a idiot has just been promoted and Smuck is in need of us buying him a drink.

[Martok]

Marines are going to have female SNCO (SSgt & above) & Officers (Capt & above) at the battalion level in the combat arms fields....in 6 months....

Oh, this is going to end well.  I can just feel it. 

I can't tell if this is stream of consciousness or if you NEED one of those breathalyzer tests...  ;)

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

No, it sounds like a idiot has just been promoted and Smuck is in need of us buying him a drink.

I'd say several drinks, actually! 

[Smuckatelli]

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

Yes, it was the equivalent of a tweet....

The expansion of the sexual harrassment instruction and the new 'Diversity Officer' billet is probably the result of the Sergeant that was dry humping his boyfriend while in uniform when he returned from deployment.

The other 'new' rules are probably designed to thin the herd.

The females in Infantry Battalions......I'm not sure about that. I don't see them humping for 26 miles with 80 pound packs in eight hours.....

[Windigo]

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

Yes, it was the equivalent of a tweet....

The expansion of the sexual harrassment instruction and the new 'Diversity Officer' billet is probably the result of the Sergeant that was dry humping his boyfriend while in uniform when he returned from deployment.

The other 'new' rules are probably designed to thin the herd.

The females in Infantry Battalions......I'm not sure about that. I don't see them humping for 26 miles with 80 pound packs in eight hours.....

Ewwwww on the dry humping.... thats a lack of couth

Thinning the herd is usually good if the forces of selection are designed to improve overall unit capability

I know a few lesbians who could lay the smack down on a typical serviceman .... ( insert someone's name here and infer that they are one of them by saying "They are not one of them."**)

** I wanted to say LB, but hell he had snow and his back is probably sore

[Smuckatelli]

Ewwwww on the dry humping.... thats a lack of couth

Going on a hump is grunt speak for a force march.  ;)

[Smuckatelli]

Thinning the herd is usually good if the forces of selection are designed to improve overall unit capability

It should be a good thing but we have never 'thinned' easily. The last time was in 91-93, we lost a lot of good people and kept some dead weight. Same thing happened after the Vietnam War & WW II.

[LongBlade]

The females in Infantry Battalions......I'm not sure about that. I don't see them humping for 26 miles with 80 pound packs in eight hours.....

IMHO anyone who can hump 26 miles with 80 pounds on their back and can do so consistently is good to go.  If they can't, well, that's that.

[son_of_montfort]

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

Yes, it was the equivalent of a tweet....

The expansion of the sexual harrassment instruction and the new 'Diversity Officer' billet is probably the result of the Sergeant that was dry humping his boyfriend while in uniform when he returned from deployment.

The other 'new' rules are probably designed to thin the herd.

The females in Infantry Battalions......I'm not sure about that. I don't see them humping for 26 miles with 80 pound packs in eight hours.....

Are you talking about the now famous and "historic" gay marine kissing pic guy?

[Windigo]

Thinning the herd is usually good if the forces of selection are designed to improve overall unit capability

It should be a good thing but we have never 'thinned' easily. The last time was in 91-93, we lost a lot of good people and kept some dead weight. Same thing happened after the Vietnam War & WW II.

intelligent thinning is never easy for any organization.

[Smuckatelli]

Okay...so here is the non Smuck-tweet bullets:

The highlights:

• Mandatory Breathalyzer tests for duty sections, and random tests for others, beginning this year.

"We're not telling you not to drink, if you're old enough," Mabus said. "We are telling you that it's important to keep legal, responsible use of alcohol from turning into a problem. ... Sailors who drink excessively or too late the night before and report to duty can place themselves, their shipmates and equipment at risk."

Mabus said the tests will not be used for punitive purposes but to identify sailors in need of training, counseling or treatment.

• Beefed-up sexual assault prevention training, including three 90-minute sessions for every sailor during their "A" school training.

"A sexual assault is an attack on a sailor or Marine, and none of their shipmates should tolerate such an attack," Mabus said. "All allegations will be thoroughly investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted."

• More mandatory training for motorcycle riders, and a zero-tolerance stance on drinking and driving. To ensure that officers "set the example of zero tolerance for drinking and driving," Mabus said the Navy is establishing a formal policy that requires "any alcohol-related incident to be properly reviewed prior to an officer's promotion."

• Moving from a culture of testing to a culture of physical fitness in an effort to promote year-round fitness, even on smaller ships at sea, and avoiding "cramming" for semi-annual fitness tests.

"Fuel to Fight" will introduce more healthy food options to sailors' diets. And the Navy will take additional steps toward being smoke-free with a new educational campaign, free smoking cessation products or services afloat and ashore to anyone who wants to quit, and, beginning between now and Sept. 30, the end of discounts on smoking products in Navy exchanges and ship's stores.

• Establishment of a new Department of the Navy Diversity Officer.

"We are better warfighters when we have a diversity of ideas, experiences, expertise and backgrounds to fulfill our variety of missions," Mabus said.

In particular, he said he wants to improve the Navy and Marine Corps as places "where more women want to stay and make a career and move on to the top ranks of our officers and our NCOs."

• To that end, Mabus announced a remarkable initiative: a 12-month operational deferment for uniformed mothers following the birth of a child. The Navy is also introducing a "career intermission program," now in pilot form, that will allow men or women to leave and return to the services after up to three years, without penalty, after taking time off to raise a child or a relative. Service members will be allowed to retain their military health care and exchange and commissary shopping privileges and restart their careers "at exactly the point" where they left off.

Certain shore commands will allow for flexible work hours and "tele-work" for up to two days a week," Mabus said.

• A web-based credentialing program that will allow sailors to earn civilian certifications and licenses that correspond to their Navy ratings, collateral duties and out-of-rating assignments.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/03/navy-wellness-initiative-test-alcohol-drugs-030512/

[Centurion40]

I can't tell if this is stream of consciousness or if you NEED one of those breathalyzer tests...  ;)

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

No, it sounds like a idiot has just been promoted and Smuck is in need of us buying him a drink.

I would gladly buy Smuck a drink to help him handle the babbling of said idiot & help him to ease into the politically correct 21st century, but he'll need to travel to Nova Scotia to get it!!  :P

[Centurion40]

Is this the equivalent of Smuck in a meeting Tweeting?

Yes, it was the equivalent of a tweet....

The expansion of the sexual harrassment instruction and the new 'Diversity Officer' billet is probably the result of the Sergeant that was dry humping his boyfriend while in uniform when he returned from deployment.

You'll get used to it.  Heck, when I was a 2Lt (back in 1999) I actually did a stint as a UHRA (Unit Human Rights Advisor), as I was a Registered Social Worker on civvy street.  I almost got tossed out of the training because, at one point, I was laughing so hard (with tears streaming down my face) that I almost fell out of my chair.  Then I got into a verbal donnybrook with a gay army Captain instructor.  Ah, good times.  It all works out in the end.

The females in Infantry Battalions......I'm not sure about that. I don't see them humping for 26 miles with 80 pound packs in eight hours.....

Don't worry, they'll reduce the standards for females in order for them to measure-up!  ::)