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0°, and directly overhead is 90°. Position angles are reported in
one or two digits and spoken as a whole – not digit-by-digit. The
words position angle are always spoken before the numerals.
The following are examples of initial lookout reports that
include bearings, ranges, and position angles:
“Bridge – Forward Lookout. Surface contact bearing tree
fife zero, ate thousand yards, moving left to right
slowly.”
“Bridge – Aft Lookout. F-18 jet fighter bearing wun six
zero, position angle ten, moving right to left very
rapidly.”
Chapter 21 of Basic Military Requirements, NAVEDTRA
12043, and Lookout Training Handbook, NAVEDTRA 12968,
1-11
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