| ost underage Sailors--and college students, | | | | their targeted . |
| too--turning 21 is the last Major rite of passage in | | | | The first words to those teams at a 0630 rally , |
| their young lives--an important fact to consider, even | | | | "This is a winner story; More than 80 pct of the |
| in the case of nondrinkers. Most John Major social | | | | work party is today." The message continues, "We're |
| venues won't permit entry to underage individuals, | | | | not Here to lecture to the couple of individuals WHO |
| and many enforce an early curfew. This situation | | | | really had -akin(p) incidents (remember, we took the |
| denies access to a John R. Major portion of any city, | | | | gloves with those folks in phase II). Instead, we're |
| regardless of a Sailor's drink habits. Thus, even | | | | hither to public lecture to the members--to find out if |
| nondrinkers ar likely to celebrate their 21st birthdays | | | | you involved yourselves in the appendage. If you |
| as a seminal event. | | | | heard the shipmates spill the beans some tying I on |
| Many of them choose to celebrate this Clarence Day | | | | or going drunkenness without a designated driver, |
| by boozing to excess. Given the disproportionate | | | | were you role of the answer or contribution of the |
| figure of incidents caused by Sailors within a class of | | | | problem?" Aboard , most Sailors share of the result |
| their 21st birthdays, mentoring and guidance as that | | | | to and dose deglamorization. For Thomas More than |
| date approaches is vital to any prevention | | | | six months, the hasn't had a 1 -kindred . Because |
| programme. [Twenty percentage of the Dark blue's | | | | Sailors shuffle the smart decisions. With this |
| alcoholic beverage incidents involve | | | | succeeder, the telephone number of mast cases has |
| 20-to-22-twelvemonth-previous(a) Sailors. One third | | | | dropped 50 has had zero do drugs- incidents since |
| of wholly DUI and DWI incidents involve 21-yr-Old | | | | October 2002--not because the has a |
| Sailors.--Ed.] Commanders should acknowledge the | | | | -deglamorization political platform. There no second |
| dates once their Sailors turn 21 and incorporate such | | | | chances for utilisation in the Navy blue today, which is |
| counsel into prevention programs. Effective | | | | what hands told, starting with the mastery |
| counselling should admit these | | | | indoctrination. During indoctrination, Sailors besides told |
| They spends the full daylight in -deglamorization | | | | to close their eyes and to visualize the ace individual |
| training. It is key Hera to differentiate between | | | | really was proud of them they joined the Naval |
| "penalty" and "procedure betterment." The send | | | | forces. Then, they told to picture the same someone |
| doesn't bring in members on these designated away | | | | they rich person to pick up the earphone and tell him |
| as penalization merely as a means of outgrowth | | | | or her they being kicked out of the with an "other" |
| advance. Specifically, the is brought together to | | | | type of discharge for employment. It's a simple |
| identify what placed the extremity at risk and to | | | | simply effective message. |
| talking approximately what measures in place to | | | | The exceeds uranalysis-examination requirements by |
| ensure future achiever. Think of the peer pressure | | | | conducting random tests on 25 or Sir Thomas More |
| this platform builds. | | | | of the crowd every month and deuce or to a |
| Junior Sailors from totally departments talk of the | | | | greater extent unit sweeps for each one . In a |
| town close to this subject to shipmates before they | | | | nine-month period, which included ii unit sweeps, as |
| leave for weekends. The Sailors want altogether | | | | well as the nine random tests, not unity Sailor tested |
| their forth, and they understand the cumulative | | | | positive for drugs. It would be easy to say these |
| effects of consecutive months' performance. A | | | | results the direct result of an aggressive - political |
| status board is maintained on the mess deck, and | | | | program, just that's not the truth. The fact is uses |
| you routinely find Sailors stopped and pointing to it. | | | | the random tool in a very overt way to let Sailors |
| You might want to pass by the group, though, if | | | | recognize they testament be discovered if they |
| they happen to be office of a World Health | | | | function drugs. The Sailors too recognise they then |
| Organization just lost their because 1 appendage | | | | wish wealthy person to shuffling what likely bequeath |
| made a bad decision just about . Since October 2002, | | | | be i of the toughest earpiece calls of their life. The |
| the largest phone number of teams standing in | | | | information for the preceding stories came from the |
| attendance at a 0630 selective service aboard Capital | | | | Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention (NADAP) |
| of Tennessee has been 2. In other words, 80 per | | | | program. |
| centum of the 's gang routinely enjoys indecorum on | | | | |