Hmm. That's news to me. I had no idea, and I cannot find any reference to that for the US Navy. When I was in, I never heard of it.
You sound like you know of what you speak, so...I will accept it as truth!
Anyway, that wasn't the focus of the thread, I just saw that and it bugged me...it is just something that irritates me to no end. Liberal publications cannot be bothered to be accurate about military designations, units and hardware. For example, I have seen a newspaper call a destroyer a battleship, and an A-6 Intruder a Tomcat. They don't care enough to have a knowlegable person proofread it.
But thanks...I do appreciate that info...learn something every day!
The situation with media inaccuracy in military matters bugs me too. There are darn few reporters who have any experience in the military. A single hitch would at least familiarize them with the jargon, customs, and general attention-to-detail. Instead we get conclusions drawn from ignorance, if not outright antipathy.