Landlubber saying "ahoy!"

Hi! I've moved up from SH3 to DW. Though admitedly I never got past the Type IIA in SH3. I just love that boat to bits...so cosy.

Anyway...DW is very hard. The thing that sets it out from SH3 is that you can't really train on it's various platforms or get to know them much as your thrown in the thick of things from the beginning. I've pretty much got to know how to use the MH60. But the TMA is proving a tough propsition on other platforms.

Could someone answer me what "bearing" is exactly? In SH3 the bearing given would be relative to your course, I believe? So if I was on a heading of 180 and the contact was at 180, it would be deirectly behind me (north), yes? In Dw if I have a heading of 180 and the contact is at 180, it would be in front of me (south)? Is that correct? The bearing in DW is relative to magnetic north?

Damn hard learning navy stuff....