Navy To No Longer Require Pepper-Spraying For Sailors Every 3 Years
Navy To No Longer Require Pepper-Spraying For Sailors Every 3 Years
The Navy used to require sailors to be pepper-sprayed every three years — for training. Now, after getting complaints, it says once is enough.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep with one more benefit of joining the navy. Sailors no longer have to be pepper sprayed every three years.
NOEL KING, HOST:
Wait a minute, you mean they have been pepper sprayed?
INSKEEP: On a regular basis every three years as part of training to be ready for anything.
KING: I wonder why more employers don't do that.
INSKEEP: Don't know but military.com carries a picture of a man sprayed in the face and just taking it. Now the Navy is changing the every-three-years rule saying once in your life is enough. It's MORNING EDITION.
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