This paper is supposed to be about choosing a group of people and making observations about them so I decided to write about the observations I made when I got to my first US Naval Ship after United States Navy boot camp. I chose to write about my observations of sailors because while we were in class talking about anthropology and relating it to society, I saw a lot of parallels and realized a lot of anthropology terms can be used to describe the microcosm of the United States Navy. My first ship was CVN 71 USS Theodore Roosevelt; it is an aircraft career which has a crew of approximately 5000 sailors.
First thing I noticed, there was a sense of belonging among these sailors as they have all gone through the acculturation process that happens when you get to a new ship. Being the …show more content…
It can be looked at as a form of class stratification in the navy. Officers have their own dining area and get their own rooms usually or have just one roommate while the enlisted have to sleep in berthing’s. The dining area for the officers has different tableware and silverware and they are not supposed to eat in the enlisted mess. After officers there is another class, it is the senior enlisted who also have their own sleeping quarters and dining hall away from the officers and junior enlisted. Junior enlisted is classified from rank E-1 to E-6 and Senior enlisted is classified from rank E7-E9. E-7 is the rank of chief in the navy, these can be considered like the tribe chiefs we talked about in class, they have authority over junior enlisted and have a lot of respect if they are considered good chiefs. Officers often look to chiefs for their opinions and knowledge as they have a lot of experience that the officer might not have. In fact, one of their jobs is to train junior officers on how to lead. I have observed chiefs telling officers if they handled a situation wrong and how they should go about it in the
First thing I noticed, there was a sense of belonging among these sailors as they have all gone through the acculturation process that happens when you get to a new ship. Being the …show more content…
It can be looked at as a form of class stratification in the navy. Officers have their own dining area and get their own rooms usually or have just one roommate while the enlisted have to sleep in berthing’s. The dining area for the officers has different tableware and silverware and they are not supposed to eat in the enlisted mess. After officers there is another class, it is the senior enlisted who also have their own sleeping quarters and dining hall away from the officers and junior enlisted. Junior enlisted is classified from rank E-1 to E-6 and Senior enlisted is classified from rank E7-E9. E-7 is the rank of chief in the navy, these can be considered like the tribe chiefs we talked about in class, they have authority over junior enlisted and have a lot of respect if they are considered good chiefs. Officers often look to chiefs for their opinions and knowledge as they have a lot of experience that the officer might not have. In fact, one of their jobs is to train junior officers on how to lead. I have observed chiefs telling officers if they handled a situation wrong and how they should go about it in the