Liberty time reduced, study time going up at U.S. Naval Academy

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“You may fire when you are ready Gridley.”

Commodore George Dewey, 1 May 1898</p>

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“Sighted Sub, Sank Same.”

AMM 1/c Donald Francis Mason, 28 January 1942.</p>

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“For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.”

Admiral Arleigh Burke, CNO, 1 August 1961</p>

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“The Navy has both a tradition and a future–and we look with pride and confidence in both directions.”

Admiral George Anderson, CNO, 1 August 1961

“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: ‘I served in the United States Navy.’”

President John F. Kennedy, 1 August 1963, in Bancroft Hall at the U. S. Naval Academy.</p>

<p>(and my all time favorite…)</p>

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This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on Oct. 10, 1995.</p>

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<p>US Ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.</p>

<p>CND reply: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.</p>

<p>US Ship: This is the Captain of a US Navy Ship. I say again, divert your course.</p>

<p>CND reply: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course!</p>

<p>US Ship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CORAL SEA*, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!!</p>

<p>CND reply: This is a lighthouse. Your call. </p>

<p>US Ship: (pregnant pause) ah- Right. </p>

<p>:eek:</p>

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<p>( urban legend)</p>