I work in a place where Navy graduates from Great Lakes visit frequently and I have noticed that NONE of them have name tags on their uniforms. I question them about it and they dont have an answer for me. Now, when I was in the Air Force, we got our name plates right away. Why doesnt the Navy do that as well? Any good reasons?
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2007-05-07T07:20:56Z
And yes, I was in the Air Force in 86. I got up to the rank of E-4 and was stationed in Germany. We got our name tapes as soon as we got our greens and our name plates as soon as we got our blues.
mariner312007-05-07T08:49:38Z
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Okay... recruits stencil their names on all their uniforms; when they are issued !! Though they are not visible when worn on working-dress and dress uniforms. Plastic Name-tags are nominally the responsibilty of the Permanent Duty-Station.
Since NO Navy member should be wearin their working uniform (Dungarees) off-base, you won't see a name on a recent graduate!!
I went thru boot-camp in 1985, and ONLY the Recruit-Company-Commander got a name-tag for his dress uniform.
I went thru Aircrew Candidate and Rescue Swimmers School, my A-School (AW), SERE, Advanced Acoustics, and the Fleet Replacement Squadron (HSL-41)... a grand total of 14 months... before reaching my PDS (HSL-43).
HSL-43's policy was to ONLY issue the plastic name-tags to E-4 and above !! So it was TWO years before I got my first name-tag.
I still have them all... HSL-43, FASOTRAGRUPAC, USS Kitty Hawk, HS-6, USS Stennis
Well in case your dad is within the Navy, he must have a quantity he can name. They will first Verify he's within the Navy earlier than giving out logon data. All of those web sites require you to have a identification and password to go online. If he has this, then whilst he's logged in pass to Personnel and he can uncover out this data.
I never got a name plate when I was in boot camp, After I got into the fleet One of MRs made name plates for the entire crew , but it was always an optional thing. We never wore them with our dress uniforms only our service uniforms.
The navy doesn't issue name plates. I don't know why, but they don't. In fact, unless you are in the working blues/whites (the unform with the button down shirt and tie, as opposed to the dress whites and blues that use a jumper top and hankerchief.), you wouldn't wear them anyway.