Navy MEPS Circa 1940
 

"Son, I've placed two pencils here on my desk. Can you tell me which of the two would be considered 'nearest' to you?"

"No, Sir. I can't."

"You have no concept of near and far?"

"No, Sir."

"Fine, fine. We'll make you a sonar man on a submarine."

... "Failing that, we'll put you on the Deck Watch Crew"... :D

...I dunno....

My deck watch crew seems to pick up targets on the blackest night that make me want to say "...yer just making this up right?"

You got a good crew then. Don't let them leave your boat. don't let depth charges hurt them either...