How to Not Frat With Your Mid During Cruise

It’s going to be pretty tempting to frat (Article 134) with your midshipman during this upcoming cruise season. After all, they probably will be the only person on your ship/boat/squadron that thinks you have any real authority. They still have the light in their eyes, and the real Navy isn’t good for anyone’s looks.

However, not fratting with your mid is much easier than you think. Follow our instructions, and you should be good to go:

1) Do not stalk them on Facebook. We know what you’re doing - just don’t do it. Don’t ask your mutual friends about them either.

2) Do not enter their personal space, and do not let them enter yours. Let’s be honest, it takes two to frat. If they make advances on you, just move back one step. And no one needs to lean within 12 inches of someone’s face to explain something, you creepy fuck.

3) Do not invite her into your locked spaces. Seriously, if that’s your best move, then you deserved it when your girlfriend broke up with you five weeks into deployment.

4) Do not invite her out to get shitfaced with you. Whether you’re in San Diego, Yoko, or Norfolk, do not take her out to the Gaslamp District, the Honch, or Oceanside. Look, I tried to stay gender-neutral during this article, but we all know which way the frat is probably going to go.