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I haven't seen anything specifically about an expanded celestial course
at the academy however the Navy is trying to change its training so that
officers will meet all of the requirements for a Merchant Marine License
without additional outside training. More celestial training would be a
part of that and teaching it at the academy and in ROTC would seem like
the easiest way to make the class available to the largest number of
officers.
(Currently what little CelNav is taught at the academy is taught to the
third class midshipmen or sophomores so if the new course is aimed at
next years plebes it might not actually start being taught until the
following year.)

Stacy Hanna

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[mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Ken Gebhart
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:31
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: Cel Nav at USNA

To the list,

I ran into some Naval Academy Midshipmen in Atlantic City last week, and
they told me that an expanded celestial navigation course would be in
place
for next years Plebe class.  Does anyone on the list have connections
that
can corroborate this?

Ken Gebhart

   

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