European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 15, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 9 Cal expertise and great leadership ability. He looked up and added thai s a woefully inadequate  to Morton the initiation is what makes the differ ence. Ii can be unpleasant is All that Morton would say the Boot chief has a sponsor who will introduce him to he fraternity of chiefs and guide him through the pleasant ordeal As one chief called it. Initiation is an informal ceremony. The Navy does t require it and inc service promotes Petty officers to chiefs authorizes them to Wear the khakis and Anchor and pays them chief wages even if they refuse the initiation. The Navy has no officially published regulations guidance or policies governing the chiefs initiation tradition said a spokesman Lor master chief Petty officer of inc Navy William h. Placket. He said Plackett issues unofficial memos to com Mand master chief Petty officers urging them to con duct the initiation tradition in Good taste. One such memo recently went out for monday s initiation. A spokesman in Navy Public affairs said the in Ilia Lions arc condoned by Navy leadership As a morale builder. There s nothing official on it but its such an in grained tradition thai it s become pretty much universally accepted As a part of Navy life he said Morton has no sympathy for a chief who avoids Mitia they re not chiefs Morton sniffed contemptuously. Petty officer , Richie Dandy Rives in his ill above during � pc initial Ion hog calling contest in Naples Italy. An unidentified woman Koscs the charge Book left of Petty officer . George Falcone. So Leclech must Wear the Book around their necks. Only chiefs Art allowed to write in the Book. Falcone w ill have to pay deadly daring initiation inhere Are lipstick smudges in his Book. Is photos by Robert Leonard but cant an uninitiated chief hang around until his next assignment where no one will know him they d know he said. I d Call them on the phone and Tell  he said he has before and he s not alone. There s a lot of networking done among chiefs. Besides he inc uninitiated would know and he d know he s not really a  the official Side to becoming chief is equally de manding if not socially then intellectually. Morion said he studied for the lest two hours a night five nights a week for six months. He did t pass until his third try. I finally made up my mind thai if there was going to be one aviation rectal Smith that would make it thai would be  he ended up sixth on the promotion list. I was so glad 1 Don t Mink i could have studied another six months he said. Chiefs Are not alone in their High opinion of them selves. They re highly regarded by officers and lower enlisted sailors alike. . Naval Academy cadets Are told that if they expect to set ahead they should apprentice yourself to a Good  one officer told How he was walking through an Airport in his Khaki uniform when a Young Sailor mis took him for a chief and chirped up Good morning  i stopped him and corrected him. He got red in the face and apologized t Lold him there was no need for an apology. I Lold him thanks for the  As a chief you break away from the enlisted crowd. There s a great Gap Here and a whole new world on the other Side of  said Petty officer . John l Brown 37. Brown had four years of service in inc air Force. As a senior airman he ran a shop with to people in  fell like i was someone special he said but an e-6 in the Navy is nothing Brown talked of a drawing of lines and not being friends with lower enlisted sailors when there s a Job to be done and of course inc  he talked As though he were already feeling around in the dark on the other Side of inc chiefs line. Petty officer . Tonja Encl 34, said she would Copeci 10 associate Only with chiefs. You Orient Jour life around other chiefs and it s the initiation thai is the catalyst to making  chiefs run ships. Officers Ore in charge but chiefs run things. Morton explained thai often actions that would Lake gobs of paperwork and a great Deal of Lime Are handled Over lunch in the chiefs mess affectionately called the Goat  what goes on in there is called the etiquette of inc  enlisted sailors will nol had belter nol enter without being invited. Officers Don t come in unannounced even the Captain of the ship will ask Permis Sion before entering. The Navy has a definite Hierarchy of lunch especially on Board ship. Or. Cmdr Djalma Braga explained thai the Navy makes a Point to establish a caste  the firmly drawn lines outline the tradition of the Navy being the Force of Kings he said. Until july Braga headed the psychiatric clinic at the Navy Hospital in Naples. Now he runs the psychiatry department at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Officers have their wardroom with its White table cloths China and mass Man to Wail on them. It s relax ing almost Loo clean. The lower enlisted mess is similar to a High school cafeteria in its furnishings and atmosphere. Holding the Center is the chiefs mess where Heads Bend across tables to plot and Deal. Voices mumble arrangements and things gel done. Every word spoken in criticism or anger remains in the Goat locker. That is what a chief Means by Eli Cutie the Goat locker is More than just a place to Chow Down. It is the vault where inc deepest darkest chiefs secrets Are closely guarded. Into the Dusty vault of the chiefs mess come sailors like Kathryn Hall an Ewe in the Goat locker. Men like to think it s a Man s  Hall said. They treat me As if 1 were a disturbing  Hall May have been belter prepared for Navy chief Dom than Many of her male counterparts. She lived breathed and loved the Navy since she was 6 years old when her father was a chief Boatswain s mate a Posi Tion traditionally regarded As the place where the chiefs of chiefs serve. Hall Calls herself a product of her father now retired. At 36, she has been a chief for one year. She s served the Navy for 16 years. In All those years i be Felt like i be had 10 prove myself every Day. When 1 first went to the chiefs mess 1 thought of what am i doing Here but then i d Remc miser i m wearing anchors Loo Many of these Guys think in terms of Barefoot pregnant and All thai crap she said but in the same breath she Calls them a great Bunch of  Hall hangs on to her father s advice. He Lold her if you come into my Navy you d belter be Able to accept what they dish  luckily my personality fits right in. I m loud obnoxious and a pain in the butt. I m the perfect  she said her Good sense of humor has helped her along and she says Shell go to the Wall for her sailors another common Trail among chiefs. They stand bravely in the face of authority and say i m a chief. Did Hall co through initiation of my god absolutely she said. "1 can t imagine nol doing it if 1 had t i d have been ostracized by All my Brothers and Sisters she added with a Wink. Wha did her fellow chiefs do 10 her during initiation i can t Tell you she said shaking her head. "1 won t reveal it. The closes she came was to say they did Gross things when Morton was asked Why sailors endure the initiation he hesitated Only for a moment then responded As if the answer was Ever so obvious. You get to be called chief " Slatt Nylen Couch Vic i and Flo bin a on re condom Lea to hit moot