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Originally Posted by shipkiller1
The reason it was changed, I **** you not, was because the newer crop of Officers could not remember the 'old and antiqated' terms. Terms that have been around for 60 years and us 'dumb ass' enlisted men could figure out pretty quickly.
BYG-1 TI04 (APB-05) was the big change.
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I was close than. I figured some Admiral somewhere was trying to justify his paycheck. Close enough. They made PERFECT sense... you just had to not be a moron or too proud to ASK the professionals... by which I mean the Enlisted. 
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