resulting from them, military superiority would beunachievable. To be survivable, today’s Navy musthave the latest and most modern platforms andsystems available to deliver weapons whereverneeded.To meet any challenge, the Navy is constantlyin a state of readiness training. Forces mustconstantly be trained during peacetime so thatthey will be prepared for war. Training is a majorfactor in the ability of a ship to carry out assignedoperations. Personnel must be able to operate andmaintain equipment and function continuously asa team. The best weapons and systems are uselesswithout skilled hands and well-trained minds tooperate them.REFERENCESBasic Military Requirements, NAVEDTRA,12043, Naval Education and Training Program Management Support Activity, Pensacola, Fla., 1992.SHOW A LEGMany of our Navy’s colorful expressionsoriginated as practical means of communicatingvital information. One such expression is “show aleg.”In the British Navy of King George III andearlier, many sailors’ wives accompanied them onlong voyages. This practice caused a multitude ofproblems, but some ingenious bosun solved oneproblem that tended to make reveille a hazardousevent: that of distinguishing which bunks heldmales and which held females.To avoid dragging the wrong “mates” out ofthe rack, the bosun asked all to “show a leg,” If theleg shown was adorned with silk, the owner wasallowed to continue sleeping. If the leg was hairyand tattooed, the owner was forced to “turn-to.”In today’s Navy, showing a leg is a signal tothe reveille petty officer that you have heard thecall and are awake.Show a leg.1-22
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