Thanks for sharing this information Virginia. Here is a longer article about it: http://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u-s-navy-brings-back-navigation-by-the-stars-for-officers [http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/02/18/celestial-navigation_custom-e5e2a009789ccdc1f0a9cf2f997f8382b1086843-s1100-c15.jpg]<http://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u-s-navy-brings-back-navigation-by-the-stars-for-officers> U.S. Navy Brings Back Navigation By The Stars For Officers ...<http://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467210492/u-s-navy-brings-back-navigation-by-the-stars-for-officers> www.npr.org A decade after phasing out celestial navigation from its academy courses, the U.S. Navy has restarted that formal training. The shift comes at a time of ... Angie ________________________________ From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Virginia R Hetrick PhD <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2016 12:02 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MAPS-L] US Navy bringing back celestial navigation! Well, the other shoe has dropped, and the consequence is an addition to my signature block. The US Navy is bringing back celestial navigation which they dropped from the curriculum for Academy and ROTC midshipmen years ago when GPS became the major method of navigating naval equipment. It turns out there's a teeny problem with GPS systems and that is that enemy forces could conceivably interfere in the usual "computational" ways and completely mess up where the Navy's trying go. There's no such problem with a sextant! Just a bit of geographic trivia in today's news. virginia ------------------------------------------------ Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> "There is always hope." My fave: http://www.washington.edu/cambots/camera1_l.jpg There's no place like: 34N 8' 25.40", 117W 58' 5.36" if you can't be at: 48N 7' 4.54" 122W 45' 50.95" ------------------------------------------------