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> Mind is fogged this morning, probably advanced dissociated sensibility but > wasn't Leman or Lehman a Sec of Navy years ago. Lehman I think. I believe it was he and the Commandant of the Marine Corp who had a race along the Potomac. The Commandant running along the shore and the Secretary in a one-man racing shell. I forgot who won. > And of course Oscar is the man overboard dummy a much abused creature who > normally hides in the bosun locker but is brought out every now and then for > the amusement of Ensigns. He has drowned more times than not because of the > general incompetence of those children. Yep. When a man goes overboard the ship hauls up the letter "O" (Oscar) pennet when they look for him. Thus the name for the dummy. One Coast Guard officer of my acquantaince, a woman, was known in Officer Candidate School as Deadeye because of her sharpshooting ability (never having fired a gun before she listened to instructions.) When she was on a training cruise they threw over a barrel with a radar reflector for practice with the 3 inch gun. "Who'll go first?" the gunnery officer asked. "Deadeye!" every said. Forgeting exactly what to do she asked "What do I do?" "Get the gun pointed at it and give the order to fire." End of practice, there were no more barrels. She got a direct hit and sank the thing with the first shot. Of course someone like this gets the desk job at HQ. Regards, Rick Parker