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Some people might call that paranoia. But learning the way to behave with cops has become a rite of passage for black and Hispanic youngsters. Just as parents warn their sons to wear a condom during sex or urge their kids to say no to drugs, now they drill them on the dos and don'ts of dealing with police. It's just a matter of time, many tell their kids, before you are stopped, for no other reason than that you are young and black. "They know it's part of their job bringing up a black or Hispanic...
...daydreaming. "I was proofreading stuff that I really didn't understand," she says. "I wasn't doing what I had trained for--navigating, driving boats, seamanship and engineering." She hitched a ride on a Navy support vessel touring the region. "They had me stand watch, do a man-overboard drill, let me drive the ship," she says. "I went, 'Wow, this is neat.' I remember thinking, 'Yes, this is what I want...
...working with women might make the crew less efficient. "I had a different kind of bonding when I was with all guys on a carrier," he says. "We didn't have to worry about offending people--everyone swore." But then he worked with a female colleague on a fire drill. "I found out that I didn't have to yell to get her to do something," he says. Another difference: modesty prevails. "You can't walk around in your underwear anymore," notes Signalman Second Class Terry Cole...
...participates in just about everything ROTC offers, from the rifle drill team to the Arnold Air Society, a public service group. Right now, he's helping in a VETTECH course, teaching veterans how to use computers...
...while back, about 10 weeks into my Army career, I finally came up with a nice pithy answer to give drill sergeants when they asked me why I had signed up. "Fun and profit," I'd say, with the slightest hint of a grin. They never smiled back, and now I'm maybe finding out why: However much like a G.I. Joe fantasy camp (complete with pay and free food) the military may sometime seem, there is always a Bummer coming...