To: cynicom
"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?
42 posted on
01/27/2004 8:44:09 AM PST by
Lockbar
To: Lockbar
IDIOTS.
Man's arrogance seems to have no bounds.
Political and military arrogance can be some of the worst.
72 posted on
01/27/2004 9:17:07 AM PST by
Quix
(Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
To: Lockbar
Signalman rate is going away too.
79 posted on
01/27/2004 9:29:44 AM PST by
stuartcr
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