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Re: U.S. Navy Declares Gps Obsolete, Celestial The Future
From: Doug Faunt
Date: 2021 Apr 2, 12:13 -0700
From: Doug Faunt
Date: 2021 Apr 2, 12:13 -0700
And I'm wrong. The grog ration was stopped 50 years earlier, but the US Navy didn't go totally dry until 1914.I knew CPO's who claimed to be around when the Navy went dry. They were stretching the truth.
I got out of the Navy more than 50 years ago.
Best, doug
On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 10:40 Doug Faunt <NoReply_DougFaunt@fer3.com> wrote:
Err,106 years isn't always. The US Navy had a grog ration until 1914.On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, 07:46 Fred Hebard <NoReply_Hebard@fer3.com> wrote:The US Navy was always dry. The mention of reinstituting grog was a giveaway that it was an April fools joke.On Apr 1, 2021, at 19:45, Alan S <NoReply_AlanS@fer3.com> wrote: