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Bread & water punishment is often a better option for misbehaving sailors than harsher ones provided by the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
26 Δεκ 2018 · In 2019, the U.S. Navy stopped allowing officers to punish sailors by limiting their meals to bread and water. The Navy adopted this punishment in its early days from the British Royal Navy...
4 Ιαν 2019 · Three days’ confinement on bread and water is considered the most severe administrative punishment possible in the Navy, and it may only be awarded to enlisted sailors in the three lowest pay...
Confinement on bread and water was one of the Navy's harshest non-judicial punishments and was actually codified as an option to use on E-3 ranks and below for misdemeanor offenses. Like many naval traditions, it was first adopted from the British Royal Navy, but the British discontinued the practice in 1891.
Despite the details fading over time, the punishment was unforgettable—three days in the brig with nothing but bread and water. I can only imagine the public showing was meant to dissuade repeat offenses, yet the archaic punishment only served to lower morale and incite sympathy for the punished.
1 Ιαν 2019 · Good news for sailors: The Navy just ended its punishment of bread and water, dating back to the 19 th Century, on January 1. Under the punishment, sailors could be confined to the brig and fed only bread and water for a period of time; it was considered a more humane treatment than flogging.
Confinement on bread and water was one of the Navy’s harshest non-judicial punishments and was actually codified as an option to use on E-3 ranks and below for misdemeanor offenses. Like many naval traditions, it was first adopted from the British Royal Navy, but the British discontinued the practice in 1891.
