(October 19, 2017 at 9:21 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(October 19, 2017 at 8:56 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: The Navy has strict standards for advancement. The course was required for officers to advance and it wasn't a gimme. Seems they like keeping their ships afloat. (Or at least sinking on demand rather than accidentally.)Presumably that means the navy has developed an innovative way to use foreign merchant ships in busy sea lanes as tools to adjust the exact displacements of its Arleigh Burke class destroyers,
Just reminding civies that warships have the right-of-way.