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Navy Word of the Day - 4/2/08
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 01:46 AM UTC
Ahoy Shipmates!

Continuing on with your Naval education we bring you another installment of MSW’s Navy Word of the Day.

Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.


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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 08:12 PM UTC
Jim

When i click link to item, i get redirected back to the same page, is this some kind of naval joke that us non naval types don't get?

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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 09:26 PM UTC

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Jim

When i click link to item, i get redirected back to the same page, is this some kind of naval joke that us non naval types don't get?

Andy



Thanks for the heads up, Andy...all fixed now, mate!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 10:39 PM UTC
Interesting, but you should state that this is an American term, not a universal one...
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 10:47 PM UTC
Thanks for the fix.

Not wanting to be picky, but haven't we had this one before?

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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 11:30 PM UTC

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Thanks for the fix.

Not wanting to be picky, but haven't we had this one before?

Andy


Just a test to see who's paying attention.
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 12:58 AM UTC

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Jim

When i click link to item, i get redirected back to the same page, is this some kind of naval joke that us non naval types don't get?

Andy


Well, I could have a clever comeback until Gunny fixed it for me. Musta dropped my gig line over the starboard bridge wing.

Thanks for the heads up Andy!

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