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"You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation."
John Abizaid
"You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation."
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"Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return."
Bob Taft
"Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return."
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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."
Jack Adams
"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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"Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign."
Robyn Hitchcock
"Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign."
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"The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply."
Kelly Miller
"The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply."
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"Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip."
Barbara Tuchman
"Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip."
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"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."
Will Adams
"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."
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"I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border."
Harrison Salisbury
"I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border."
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"I have always had a particular antagonism for the military."
Donna Leon
"I have always had a particular antagonism for the military."
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"I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago."
Jack Adams
"I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago."
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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?"
Dwight Schultz
"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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"Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries."
Geoff Hoon
"Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries."
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"The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4."
Jack Adams
"The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4."
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"It is considered a major sin to break a contract, if you agreed, especially with military situations."
John Walker Lindh
"It is considered a major sin to break a contract, if you agreed, especially with military situations."
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"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."
Will Adams
"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."
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"We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have."
Jerry Bruckheimer
"We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have."
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"The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale."
Jack Adams
"The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale."
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"I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941."
Jack Adams
"I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941."
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"And the program was developed in large part by behavioral scientists who were working with the military, who do everything they possibly can to measure a soldier's stress levels to see how they're doing physically and emotionally, as they go through this program."
Jane Mayer
"And the program was developed in large part by behavioral scientists who were working with the military, who do everything they possibly can to measure a soldier's stress levels to see how they're doing physically and emotionally, as they go through this program."
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"When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it."
Jack Schwartz
"When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it."
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"Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her."
Jack Adams
"Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her."
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"We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers."
Rob Simmons
"We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers."
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"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."
Christina Engela
"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."
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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."
Orson Scott Card
"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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"We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby."
Jack Adams
"We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby."
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"It is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them."
Sun Tzu
"It is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them."
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"One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all."
Sun Tzu
"One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all."
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"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."
John F. Kennedy
"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."
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"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."
Sun Tzu
"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."
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