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Astronomy. Air force or navy?
- Thread starter Jamaal
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Air Force is about air and space power. It's in their motto, I definitely think that's what you want to look at first.
The Navy. Ship's Quartermasters are responsible for navigation. As a Quartermaster you'll learn to use a sextant and take astronomical fixes and resolve them into your latitude and longitude.... just like sailors have been doing for hundreds of years.
Even with satellite navigation and all the other navigational aids available they are still trained in this art and still practice almost every evening. I used to love to hang out on the Signal Bridge with the Quartermasters at sunset and watch them take fixes. The senior Quartermasters seemed to know the names of hundreds of stars and could pick every planet out in the sky.
Even with satellite navigation and all the other navigational aids available they are still trained in this art and still practice almost every evening. I used to love to hang out on the Signal Bridge with the Quartermasters at sunset and watch them take fixes. The senior Quartermasters seemed to know the names of hundreds of stars and could pick every planet out in the sky.
The Navy. Ship's Quartermasters are responsible for navigation. As a Quartermaster you'll learn to use a sextant and take astronomical fixes and resolve them into your latitude and longitude.... just like sailors have been doing for hundreds of years.
Even with satellite navigation and all the other navigational aids available they are still trained in this art and still practice almost every evening. I used to love to hang out on the Signal Bridge with the Quartermasters at sunset and watch them take fixes. The senior Quartermasters seemed to know the names of hundreds of stars and could pick every planet out in the sky.
Even with satellite navigation and all the other navigational aids available they are still trained in this art and still practice almost every evening. I used to love to hang out on the Signal Bridge with the Quartermasters at sunset and watch them take fixes. The senior Quartermasters seemed to know the names of hundreds of stars and could pick every planet out in the sky.