I turned 18 in boot camp. I spent the next almost 22 years on active duty in the Navy. I saw what I thought was the downslide back in the early 90's. This was when they started issuing "stress cards" in boot camp. I can tell you right now that as soon as those young sailors got out to the fleet, those cards were laughed at by the older crowd, including myself. I did not need some wuss telling me that he/she was not able to perform a task because they were being stressed. That type of attitude is not anything that I or anyone else needed during an underway replenishment or flight operations. I did not always agree with everything I was told, but at least I was taught to do and ask later. Granted, I did not always get restitution (actually hardly ever). At least, I was given the opportunity most of the time. It was still better than being taken out to the wood shed and still having to do the job.
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