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		nradov on Nov 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a ... At age 23 Horatio Nelson was the captain of a warship leading hundreds of men in combat, and did a pretty fair job of it too.

thrower123 on Nov 15, 2018 [–]

Nelson also had 10 years of experience in command at that point, starting as a midshipman at 13.

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