How Many Miles to Babylon? How Many Miles to Babylon? "How Many Miles to Babylon" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 8148. The accepted modern lyrics are: <poem>How many miles to Babylon? Three score miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again.. If your heels are nimble and your toes are light, You may get there by candle-light.</poem> A longer Scottish version has the lyrics: <poem>King and Queen of Cantelon, How many miles to Babylon? Eight and eight, and other eight. Will I get there by candle-light? If your horse be
Beach Jumpers the Beach Jumper mission was assigned to Fleet Composite Operational Readiness Group One (). In 1986, Fleet Tactical Deception Group Pacific () and Fleet Tactical Deception Group Atlantic () were formed, with the mission of "Assisting Commanders in the planning and conduct of tactical military deception operations." Former Beach Jumpers are eligible to join the U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers Association and to be Associate Members of the UDT-SEAL Association. Many Beach Jumpers went to their graves without ever revealing, even to their wives and children, what they had done in the Navy. Beach Jumpers Beach Jumpers were U.S. Navy special