In Full Swing

The semester is in full swing now as we have reached the mid way point of the third full week. Classes are going well. I had my first set of quizzes today in Radar and Cel. Nav. They went pretty well for the most part. Radar is a very exciting class as we continue to learn new things each class. One of the things we are learning is rapid radar plotting. This is the ability to look at a radar screen and be able to transfer targets that we see on the radar onto radar plotting sheets. Using these plotting sheet we are able to determine many things such as relative speed and direction, and how close the target will pass us. These rapid radar plots we make will also help us determine whether or not or ship will need to maneuver according to the "Rules of the Road". Tomorrow will also be our first radar assessments in lab. We will need to show competency in several areas to prove that we will be able to perform these tasks as an Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch (OICNW). We will have OICNW assessments all semester as we progress through the radar course.

Looking forward to this weekend, Buccaneer Track and Field will travel to Northeastern for the first meet of the season.

Signing off,

3/c Joshua Lamm

Cadet Blogger

joshua.lamm@maritime.edu