Navy To Change Swastika-Shaped Barracks After Photos Reveal Gaffe

[The Straight Story]

Navy To Change Swastika-Shaped Barracks After Photos Reveal Gaffe



CORONADO, Calif. -- The Navy will spend as much as $600,000 to modify a 40-year-old barracks complex that resembles a swastika from the air, a gaffe that went largely unnoticed before satellite images became easily accessible on the Internet.

The Navy said officials noted the buildings' shape after the groundbreaking in 1967 but decided against changing it at the time because it wasn't obvious from the ground.

Aerial photos made available on Google Earth in recent years have since revealed the buildings' shape to a wide audience.

The Navy approved the money to change the walkways, landscaping and rooftop solar panels of the four L-shaped barracks, used by members of the Naval Construction Force at the Navy's amphibious base at Coronado, near San Diego.


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[uppityperson]

1. Just blow up the middle and it'll be fine.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Gosh. What a good use of our money.

:eyes:

[LiberalArkie]

3. BuLL SH*T

I don't guess anyone ever looked at the building plans, nobody ever looked at the base road map, plumbing layout, electrical plans for the base.. BUSHIT

[chaumont58]

8. That's what I was thinking! Would the Navy have us believe no plans were used

during construction?

[OzarkDem]

10. Not this again

Do a google earth search of Coronado, CA. You will see the entire picture of 3 buildings two in the shape of bombers, one in the shape of a swastika. Design was bombers attacking a swastika. Get it?

This is getting really embarrassing to see DU'er s getting caught up in these stupid stories.

[SoCalDem]

4. How weird.. I have posted this pic twice in the last 24 hrs.. hmmmm

and a few times before that :)

[Lars39]

5. Ya little instigator, you !

:toast:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Oh thank god.

Now all those hot air balloonists can rest easy knowing that the Nazis didn't win the war.

[BOSSHOG]

7. What a waste of money

its a 40 year old barracks complex. Tear it down and build new ones or leave it alone. Give that 600K to the base MWR fund.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Oh fer fuck's sake

What's the fucking difference.

[Jim Lane]

11. Modify the buildings to spell out "7UP" and get corporate sponsorship (n/t)