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"A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room."
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"Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip."
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"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."
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"If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation."
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"On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor."
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"The Roswell incident, for instance, had over three hundred witnesses - some describing the bodies, some the craft, some the military procedures. Were they all perpetuating their own lives in a myth?"
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"I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941."
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"It is considered a major sin to break a contract, if you agreed, especially with military situations."
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"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."
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"I felt a little uncomfortable because, when I went in to the military, I was the main male vocalist they had and when I came out they had like two or three vocalists. Otis came in when I was in the military, too."
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"It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously."
Challenge

"Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue."
Space

"In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle."
Science

"We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible."
Science

"I like adventure."
Adventure

"I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people."
Travel

"I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer."
Education

"After the Shuttle checks out on its two upcoming flights, it will be ready to take larger components up to the International Space Station later this fall."
Space

"I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer."
Military

"I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA."
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