{"id":26939,"date":"2016-01-18T23:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/01\/18\/navy-secretary-mabus-leads-far-reaching-personnel-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:15:45","slug":"navy-secretary-mabus-leads-far-reaching-personnel-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2016\/01\/18\/navy-secretary-mabus-leads-far-reaching-personnel-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy secretary Mabus leads far-reaching personnel changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sailors&#8217; boss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has been the driving force for some of the biggest personnel policy changes felt in the Fleet Marine Force\u00a0and on the deckplates in the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2010, the Navy ordered a ban to smoking on submariners after a report found that non-smokers among the crew were testing positive for nicotine exposure due to second-hand smoke. And in 2013, the Navy Department began a big crackdown against one of its foremost challenges: alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sailors and Marines\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">began being\u00a0<\/span>were<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>ordered to randomly perform breath tests at their commands, starting in 2013, which officials called a nonpunitive move to deter alcohol abuse and assist those suffering through it. Many have found the tests patronizing, but the services haven&#8217;t backed off. At the time, Mabus made clear that targeting alcohol abuse by introducing breathalyzers would reduce other problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sexual assault. Domestic violence. 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