“We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background.” ProblemSoundVoiceAbilityEnvironmentMilitaryCommunicationTestsBackgroundsSuperiorsCodeSelectionNoisyPersonnel Author:M. H. Abrams
“The Germans gathered together ethnic divisions from all over Europe in which men of the same linguistic and cultural background could serve together. The Georgian SS division conducted itself with distinction in normal military action, but a good many people seem to think that anybody who was ever a member of the SS was automatically a war criminal.” PeopleThinkingMenWarSeemsActionTogetherMilitaryMembersNormalEuropeCriminalsBackgroundsDistinctionGood ManDivisionMilitary ActionGeorgians Author:Jeff Cooper
“Astronauts working for the government will always need to be either pilots or mission specialists. Those who want to be pilots should have military experience - ideally, a test pilot background.” WantNeedsShouldGovernmentMilitaryShould HaveTestsMissionsBackgroundsPilotsAstronautSpecialistsMilitary Experience Author:Buzz Aldrin
“My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.” My OwnMilitaryBackgroundsDistinguishedSergeants Author:W. E. B. Griffin
“I was brought up in a very naval, military, and conservative background. My father and his friends had very typical opinions of the British middle class - lower-middle class actually - after the war. My father broke into the middle class by joining the navy. I was the first member of my family ever to go to private school or even to university. So, the armed forces had been upward mobility for him.” FirstsWarSchoolFatherForceOpinionClassMiddleMilitaryMembersMy FamilyUniversityConservativeBritishBackgroundsBrokeMiddle ClassTypicalNavyJoiningArmed ForcesMobilityNavalPrivate SchoolUpward Mobility Author:Christopher Hitchens
“I did more research into the police procedure. I worked out with SWAT guys and ex- and active military guys, and consulted with them and read books. As far as the character itself, I don't know how you can research being a focused guy, aside from just being a focused person and knowing what that's like. Outside of the character background and all that, there wasn't a whole lot of other stuff to really delve into. You just do what you do.” KnowsPersonsBookWholeCharacterGuyStuffKnow HowKnowingMilitaryResearchPoliceActiveFocusedBackgroundsJust BeingExesProcedures Author:Tim Kang
“Right now - and this is something Donald [Trump] has supported, along with the gun lobby - right now, we've got too many military- style weapons on the streets. In a lot of places, our police are outgunned. We need comprehensive background checks, and we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who will do harm.” NeedsHandsStreetsMilitaryStyleTrumpRight NowWeaponsGunPoliceHarmBackgroundsChecksComprehensiveBackground Checks Author:Hillary Clinton