If you think hazing is Ok, think again! This is not OK and is an attitude that needs to change ... Hazing in any form, under any circumstance, has no place in our Navy.

Publication: Sea&Shore

Publication Date: 22-SEP-05

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A young Navy airman recruit entered service in 1987, excited about completing the Navy's SAR School that candidates must take to become a rescue swimmer. A few months later, though, in what some described as an illegal hazing incident, the Sailor died when he ran out of strength and air, with instructors allegedly holding him underwater. The other members of his class, meanwhile, were ordered to turn around and place their backs to the pool, then sing the national anthem while standing at attention.

In late 1994, a total of 18 Sailors from two Norfolk-based ships appeared at non-judicial proceedings for their involvement in unrelated hazing incidents aboard the two ships. Six Sailors aboard the one...

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