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Crossing The Line Tradition

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Crossing the line ceremony is another big tradition that Navy ships do when they cross the equator. This tradition goes all the way back to the wooden ships to see if the sailors could deal with being on the sea for their first time. The ones that are crossing the line are known as pollywogs and would possible be on the verge of being accepted into the club members that experienced it before known as shellbacks. This two-day event consists of many activities like having the guys dress like women to drinking disgusting things. For guys in the marines that are infantrymen must shave their heads if they had never been deployed.
Every branch has its own dress code traditions when it comes to the military. But all the branches have some stuff in

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