European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A group of cadets in the distance during Early morning Drill at Britannia Royal naval College at Dartmouth England. S8.s photo by Gus Schuettler Yankee sea dogs in Devon Byj. Kin Cruger . Bureaus a photo by Gus Schuettler civilian Bill Lee is a visiting professor of Engi Neering from Annapolis at the British school. Navy it. Jep Jonson has fallen into step Asan instructor at Britannia Royal naval College except on the Parade  Don t try to imitate the exaggerated Arm swing the British use when i m responsible for marching rehearsal sessions. Instead i generally March in a smart . Style said Jonson. The 27-year-old native of Gary n.c., arrived at the College Britain s sole establishment for training Navy officers and its closest counterpart to the . Naval Academy at Annapolis in december on a two year tour. The Billet he holds Down at the College is provided by an arrangement Between the . Navy and the Royal Navy through their personnel Exchange program. The Royal naval College sits on a Hillside dominating the picturesque Devon town of Dartmouth. Jonson who is single puts in Long hours on duty at the College but does t live there. He rents a Small House in the historic town. Dartmouth known As the Cradle of the sea dogs was formerly a prosperous port. Today it is a resort Center and Yachtsman s Paradise. The town has Strong american connections. The pilgrims stopped there on their on again off again voyage to the new world. A cemetery at Dartmouth contains the remains of american prisoners from the War of 1812 who died while in Captivity there. During world War ii when Dartmouth became the Center of a huge training area for american troops the College served As a . Military Headquarters. On june 4, 1944, some 485 Allied vessels gathered in the Harbor in preparation for the a Day landings. Cadets have been trained at the College since 1905. Prior to that they were trained aboard hulks moored in the River Dart which flows past the College. Jonson is a naval Reserve officer training corps graduate of the University of North Carolina where he majored in English. His immediate assignment before Britannia was As a combat systems officer on the patrol hydrofoil missile ship pm Taurus Home ported at key West Fla. Jonson is teaching coastal navigation to midshipmen and soon will Start teaching another course in celestial navigation. He also serves As one of the College s division officers. The College is divided into four divisions of midshipmen. In appearance and tradition Britannia is closest to the Navy s College at Annapolis yet in certain ways it is closer to the . Military s various accelerated officer training programs. Britannia turns out officers much faster than Annapolis full four year College program. Midshipmen at the All male College Are selected through interview boards that May interview a candidate for As Long As two Days. Based on their background qualifications and interests they then come to the College on specialized tracks for training such As for future pilots or navigators. The College runs three 14-week-Long terms or semesters each year. A midshipman might stay for anywhere from two to four terms before graduating. Additionally the College runs Short two to four week courses in naval indoctrination for various personnel such As doctors. Jonson said that basically All midshipmen take the same instruction for the first two terms. Specialized training then follows. No student stays for More than four terms. The qualifications of entering midshipmen vary enormously he explained. We get everyone from High school graduates to  and they Range in age from 18 to around 35." the number of midshipmen in attendance will vary greatly from term to term. About 400 Are in attendance now. The College s staff consists of some 50 naval officers and nearly 40 civilian lecturers. One of the civilian lecturers is Bill Lee a visiting professor of engineering from Annapolis who is at Britannia As part of an on going Exchange program Between the two institutions. An important part of Jonson s duties is to supervise and conduct leadership training at Britannia or at training areas the College uses at nearby dartmoor a Bleak Moor. The exercises according to Jonson involve adventure training and May Call for the men to get themselves across a River or Down a Cliff face. They Are run to see How the men measure up in a stressful situation he said. Both staff and students have considerable Pride that among the College s students have been King George a King George i the Duke of Edinburgh and both Prince Charles and Prince Andrew. Wednesday april 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13