[RonF]

I took a tour of the U.S.S. Constitution last year. The Navy enlisted man (a local by his accent) was giving us a tour of the gun deck. We noted that the cannon had arrowheads cast into them, with the point towards the muzzle. We asked him about them. He said that 1) they were a mark that the cannon had been legitimately purchased and were not stolen (don't ask me how that worked, I forget), and that:

"This way, if the Navy were killed and the Marines had to man the guns, they'd know which end to point at the enemy."

[WhiskeyPapa]

"This way, if the Navy were killed and the Marines had to man the guns, they'd know which end to point at the enemy."

During Desert Storm I was talking to a Marine Warrant officer who was a marksmanship instructor. He told me that some years previously the Army had bulldozed the berms on all their rifle ranges, the 300, 500 and 800 yard lines. The Army wanted to concentrate on quick kill courses. As of 1990, they were rethinking that. Good marksmanship has been a Marine Corps hallmark for 100 years. I believe it is not so important in the Army, no matter what some swab jockey told you. :)

Walt