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To: GeronL

We have more admirals than ships too.


27 posted on 12/05/2013 3:29:07 AM PST by jospehm20 (D)
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To: jospehm20

“To: sukhoi-30mki
Well, if they do buy it...........”....

It will be with our money as a gift from odumbo.


28 posted on 12/05/2013 3:33:44 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: jospehm20; Riflema

wow. I didn’t know that.

I wrote a story about a country that only had admirals once. lol


32 posted on 12/05/2013 11:28:55 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: jospehm20; GeronL; sukhoi-30mki; Riflema
"We have more admirals than ships too."

Near as I can tell, that's an exaggeration, though not by much.
First, you have to count submarines as "boats", not ships, which by tradition the Navy does.
Second, you'd have to count in some less than fully active (i.e., reserves or retired) to boost the number of admirals.

Still, in WWII there were 30 ships for every admiral, so that says a lot about how far we've fallen.
No doubt part of the explanation is that should the time come when we must rapidly expand the armed forces, there will be necessary leadership to fill the new slots.

44 posted on 01/14/2017 6:11:36 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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