The folks reviewing “can put hands in pockets” do they feel like they’re doing valuable work?
> do they feel like they’re doing valuable work?
They answered that question in the article ;)
However, for many hundreds of years - longer than the US has had a navy - there has been a belief that allowing sailors to put their hands in their pockets would lead to mutinies. And more accidents. I think (hope) we can safely say that there wasn’t an increase in mutinies.
But studying the accident rate on ships based on a hands-in-pockets policy is actually valuable work. I hope they publish the results.
Sounds like they don't have a choice, it comes from the Secretary of State
Marco Rubio isn't in the Navy's chain of command.
The benefits and pension must be worth it.