"Joe" wrote.

Sadly the Navy is about to announce that we will officially be
eliminated the Quarter Master's rating.

The title will only be a paragraph in the history books. As it stands
now, QMs will merge with, and share in the duties of Operation
Specialists in 2006.

Does that mean they'll have to learn to pour well-sugared coffee into
trackball wells?

I guess progress means that the Navy no longer needs dedicated Master
Mariners .....

They said the same thing when navys began using charts, compasses and
accurate clocks.