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Navy has relieved a few others in the past year. Annapolis aint what it use to be.

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"Navy has relieved a few others in the past year. Annapolis aint what it use to be."

I read a few years back that the Navel Academy dropped celestial navigation and the sextant from its curriculum. I guess they think GPS will always be available for use. What if a ship sinks and the GPS in the lifeboat doesn't work? I guess everybody is considered fish food. Really bad to drop those traditions. I was in the regular Army 30 years ago, and it would like dropping land navigation and map reading from Basic Training, just because some electronic gizmos are available. I like things more simple and use the following life motto: "WWHD"-- What Would Hawkeye Do?