Holiday changes for Great Lakes sailorsBy Mark D. Faram - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Nov 20, 2007 17:47:56 EST
Thanksgiving and Christmas for sailors is changing at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Ill., and some of the locals don’t like it.
For the second straight year, officials will not allow recruits to be taken home by locals and instead 1,500 sailors in training from Recruit Training Command will have the chance to have turkey dinner at one of 20 churches and civic organizations.
In addition, any sailors assigned to “A” schools on the base will be allowed to go home for Christmas if they choose.
“We stopped allowing recruits to go to individual homes last year,” said Todd Willebrand, spokesman for Navy Service Training Command, which overseas Recruit Training Command.
“It’s not 1950 anymore and given the world situation, we have to be very careful who we entrust these recruits to.”
The decision to nix private citizens from being able to check out recruits for the day has proven unpopular for the second straight year.Rest of article at:
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/11/navy_recruit_holidays_071120w/uhc comment: These fuckers make it sound like checking out a book from the library.