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Navy Word of the Day ~ 10/17/08
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 02:16 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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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 08:48 AM UTC
Kinda knew it was naval in origin, but didn't realize it went back as far as John Paul Jones.
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 08:52 AM UTC
It might go back past JPJ. I saw that quote and figured I would us that for today.

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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 09:06 AM UTC
reminds me of the book by the same title on the saga of the USS Indianapolis a must read
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