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Navy Regulations 1151 . Direct Communication with the Commanding Officer
The right of any person in the naval service to communicate
This is the set of basic laws governing the Navy today. Nrll'y
with the cOlllmanding officer in a proper manner, and at a proper
RcglfinlioHS provides the broad guidelines for the organization and
time and place, shallllot be denied or restricted.
administration of the Navy, ilnd specifics particular actions that
can and call1lot be done, and how the chain of command should 1162. Alcoholic Beverages
handle these actions. Except as may be authorized b}' the secretary of the Navy, the
introduction, possession or use of alcoholic beverages 011 board
Important Navy Regulations any ship, craft, aircraft, or in any vehicle of the Department of the
Navy is prohibited.
On all ships and stations, the most important articles of Nm'),
Regu/(Jfiolls arc posted all bulletin boards or included in the Ship's 1164. Equal Opportunity and Treatment
Olgt1llizntioll l1I/(/ Regllfntiolls Alfmlllaf. Often, selected articles are Equal opportunity shall be aftordcd 10 all on the basis of indi-
quoted in the Plal1 of the D(I),. which is a chronology of planned vidual effort, performance, conduct, diligence, potential, capabili-
events and important notes published daily and posted through- ties and talents without discrimination as to race, color, religion,
aLIt the cOlllmand. Some Navy reguliltions often posted and quoted creed, sex or national origin.
arc excerpted below:
1165. Fraternization Prohihited
1110. Standards of Conduct Personal relationships between officers and enlisted mem-
All Department of the Navy personnel ,He expected to conduct bers that are unduly familiar and that do not respect differences in
themselves in accordance with the highest stand<Hds of personal grade or milk are prohibited.
and professional integrity and ethics.
1167. Supremacist Activities
1145. Service Examinations No person in the naval service shall participate ill any organi-
Persons in the Department of the Navy, without proper zation that espollses supremacist causes; attempts to create illegal
authority, shall not have in their possession, obt;.lin, sell, pub- discrimination based 011 race, creed, color, sex, religion, or national
lish, give, purchase. receive or reproduce any examination p<.lpcr, origin; advocates the use of force or violence against the govern-
or any copy thereof, or answer sheet thereto, for an)' examin.nion lllent of the United States or the gowrnment of any state, territory,
whatsoever which has been, is. or is to be, administered within the district, or possession thereof . . . or otherwise engages in efforts to
Department of the N,w)'. deprive individuals of their civil rights.

Cruel and unusual punishments
are forbidden under the UCMJ,
in contrast to the days of sai l,
when flogging with a cat-o'-
nine-tails was common.