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->''[[SlobsVersusSnobs "MI does the dying, Fleet just does the flying!"]]''
-->-- '''Johnny Rico''', Mobile Infantry, ''Film/StarshipTroopers''
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Added a little bit of context for 30K, since he's an Army guy taking a jab at the US Navy.


->'''30K:''' I love the Navy... I do! 'Cept for all the damn sailors.
-->-- ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier''

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->'''30K:''' I ->''"I love the Navy... I do! 'Cept for all the damn sailors.
sailors."''
-->-- '''SFC James "30K" Ellison''', Ghost (US Army), ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier''
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-->-- '''Skrain Dukat''', ''Literature/TerokNor''

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-->-- '''Skrain Dukat''', '''[[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineGulDukat Skrain Dukat]]''', ''Literature/TerokNor''
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->Note: DCI engineers and technicians insist that inertiics (In-ur-shiks) is an applied science. Those interested in "pure" research, elitist jerks that they are, demean inertiics, insisting that it's "only" an art. It has been described as the art of bribing Einstein to steal the shirt from Newton's back, and to then sell it back to him after emptying the pockets.\\
A good DCI technician will, over the course of his or her career, save thousands of lives by preventing DCI failures in the ships upon which he or she works, and will be rewarded with a comfortable salary, stock options, and free travel vouchers on participating starlines.\\
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A good pure researcher will, over the course of his/her/its career, get published a few times, see his/her/its work plagiarized, stolen, or otherwise borrowed by the commercial sector, and will be rewarded with an increasing sense of bitterness as he/she/it watches the Universe continue to spin down entropically in several senses of the word. We should not, therefore, blame the pure researcher for being an elitist jerk. It's some of the only pleasure he/she/it will derive from the quest for discoveries untainted by practical application.
-->--''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-09-24 9/24/2005]]
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->Ask any infantryman what they think about pilots and they will likely launch into a rant about the cushy life of the flyboy: the good food, the regular entertainment, the air conditioning, and perhaps most of all the warm dry beds. To the infantryman who is used to doing without any of these creature comforts, living in such relative luxury is at best suspect, at worst degenerate. Ask them about Vindicator pilots, however, and the tone will change to one of respect. Most Allied soldiers have a story about a Vindicator helping them out of a tight spot, and not a few owe their lives to these deadly ground attack aircraft.\\
[...] (In fact, Vindicator crews spend the vast majority of their time forward deployed, and few enjoy the amenities so often attributed to them by the infantry.) In addition, the tempo of the ground war dictates that crews fly missions almost non-stop, pausing only when days of continuous operations finally force the crews to take a brief rest lest they collapse from sheer exhaustion.
-->--''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' on the Vindicator bomber

->Harbinger gunship crews are hand-picked by FutureTech from its private flight schools, as men demonstrating the coolness under fire and whichever other rare personality traits and skills that FutureTech strictly demands of its teams. Initially, Allied officials were publicly miffed at the idea that their ace airmen might not be qualified to get behind the yoke of a Harbinger, though Pres. Thornley himself quickly smoothed the issue over, yielding to FutureTech on that particular requirement. Both the Allies and FutureTech Corporation have since denied or dismissed rumors of ongoing tensions between Harbinger crews and the Allies' own fighter jocks, even though the latter see the former as "a pack of vultures circling the skies sniffing for blood," according to one Allied pilot who wished to remain anonymous.
-->--''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' on the Harbinger gunship
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-->-- ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier''

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-->-- ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier''
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->'''Joe''': (Rolls up in police car) What's up nerds? You waiting for some guy to fall asleep with a cigarette?! Lazy fire turds!\\
'''Fire Captain''': Have another donut, pig!\\
'''Joe''': We got guns! You got hoses! See you on the softball field! (Shoots at the tires on a fire truck)

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->'''Joe''': (Rolls ->'''Joe:''' ''(Rolls up in police car) car)'' What's up nerds? You waiting for some guy to fall asleep with a cigarette?! Lazy fire turds!\\
'''Fire Captain''': Captain:''' Have another donut, pig!\\
'''Joe''': '''Joe:''' We got guns! You got hoses! See you on the softball field! (Shoots ''(shoots at the tires on a fire truck)truck)''
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->'''Joe''': (Rolls up in police car) What's up nerds? You waiting for some guy to fall asleep with a cigarette?! Lazy fire turds!\\
'''Fire Captain''': Have another donut, pig!\\
'''Joe''': We got guns! You got hoses! See you on the softball field! (Shoots at the tires on a fire truck)
-->--''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Ratings Guy"
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-> "In most countries the rivalry between the various Intelligence Services is legendary. In Russia the KGB hates the guts of the GRU; in America the FBI will not cooperate with the CIA; the British Security service regards Scotland Yard's Special Branch as a crowd of flat-footed coppers; and there are so many crooks in the French SDECE that experts wonder if the French secret service is part of the government or the underworld."

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-> "In most countries the rivalry between the various Intelligence Services is legendary. In Russia the KGB hates the guts of the GRU; in America the FBI will not cooperate with the CIA; the British Security service regards Scotland Yard's Special Branch as a crowd of flat-footed coppers; and there are so many crooks in the French SDECE that experts wonder if the French secret service is part of the government or the underworld.""\\
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-> "In most countries the rivalry between the various Intelligence Services is legendary. In Russia the KGB hates the guts of the GRU; in America the FBI will not cooperate with the CIA; the British Security service regards Scotland Yard's Special Branch as a crowd of flat-footed coppers; and there are so many crooks in the French SDECE that experts wonder if the French secret service is part of the government or the underworld."
"But Israel is fortunate. Once a week the chiefs of Israeli Intelligence meet for a friendly chat without interdepartmental friction. It is one of the dividends of being a nation surrounded by enemies."
-->-- ''Literature/TheOdessaFile''
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->''When they disbanded {{ComicBook/SHIELD}}, the powers that be did something real nasty. They took all of our assets, all our amazing little toys, and they just divided them up.\\
And my absolute favorite toy...?\\
This hurt me. I was an Army man, Frank, but as a former Marine, I'm sure you can appreciate the insult...\\
They gave it to the $%#& Air Force.''
-->-- '''ComicBook/NickFury''' on the fate of the ''ComicBook/WarMachine'' PowerArmor, ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''
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-> ... It is difficult to get all six Highland Regiments together at one time (there being an official tendency to keep the savages apart in case they start another [[HanoverStuartWars '45 rebellion]], or destroy each other, which is more likely).

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-> ... It is difficult to get all six Highland Regiments together at one time (there being an official tendency to keep the savages apart in case they start another [[HanoverStuartWars [[UsefulNotes/HanoverStuartWars '45 rebellion]], or destroy each other, which is more likely).
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->''"The Marines run towards bullets. We actually shoot back."''
-->-- '''US Army saying'''
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->'''30K:''' I love the Navy... I do! 'Cept for all the damn sailors.
-->-- ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier''

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-> '''CIA Operative:''' We'll interface with the FBI regarding the body.\\
'''CIA Superior:''' No, no. God no. We don't need those idiots fucking everything up. Burn the body. Get rid of it.
-->-- ''Film/BurnAfterReading''

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-> '''CIA Operative:''' We'll interface with the FBI regarding the body.\\
'''CIA Superior:''' No, no. God no. We don't need those idiots fucking everything up. Burn the body. Get rid of it.
-->-- ''Film/BurnAfterReading''

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->''"The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force, and as long as I am President, that is what it will remain"''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/HarryTruman''', US President and (perhaps more importantly) former Army officer
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-> If the Army and the Navy
-> Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
-> They will find the streets are guarded
-> By United States Marines

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-> If the Army and the Navy
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Navy\\
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
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scenes,\\
They will find the streets are guarded
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guarded\\
By United States Marines



-> The Obsidian Order represented everything that was cancerous about Cardassia; they were an institutionalized form of decay that preyed on the military and the people even as they pretended to serve the same ends as Central Command.
-->-- '''Skrain Dukat''', TerokNor.

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-> The ''"The Obsidian Order represented everything that was cancerous about Cardassia; they were an institutionalized form of decay that preyed on the military and the people even as they pretended to serve the same ends as Central Command.
Command."''
-->-- '''Skrain Dukat''', TerokNor.
''Literature/TerokNor''
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-> If the Army and the Navy
-> Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
-> They will find the streets are guarded
-> By United States Marines
-->-- '''United States Marine Corps Hymn'''

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-->--''BurnAfterReading''

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-->--''BurnAfterReading''
-->-- ''Film/BurnAfterReading''



-->--'''GeorgeMacDonaldFraser''', McAuslan

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-->--'''GeorgeMacDonaldFraser''', McAuslan-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser''', ''Literature/McAuslan''
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-> ... It is difficult to get all six Highland Regiments together at one time (there being an official tendency to keep the savages apart in case they start another '45 rebellion, or destroy each other, which is more likely).

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-> ... It is difficult to get all six Highland Regiments together at one time (there being an official tendency to keep the savages apart in case they start another [[HanoverStuartWars '45 rebellion, rebellion]], or destroy each other, which is more likely).
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-->--''BurnAfterReading''

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-->--''BurnAfterReading''-->--''BurnAfterReading''

-> ... It is difficult to get all six Highland Regiments together at one time (there being an official tendency to keep the savages apart in case they start another '45 rebellion, or destroy each other, which is more likely).
-->--'''GeorgeMacDonaldFraser''', McAuslan
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-> The Soviets are our adversary. Our enemy is the Navy.
-->-- '''Curtis [=LeMay=], USAF 4 Star General, 1964'''

-> Sir -- dere iz a time to twit nancy-boy feetsmen und a time to crush bogs.
-->-- '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040503 General Zog]]''', ''GirlGenius''

-> The Obsidian Order represented everything that was cancerous about Cardassia; they were an institutionalized form of decay that preyed on the military and the people even as they pretended to serve the same ends as Central Command.

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-> The Soviets are our adversary. Our enemy is the Navy.
Navy.
-->-- '''Curtis [=LeMay=], USAF 4 Star General, 1964'''

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-> Sir -- dere iz a time to twit nancy-boy feetsmen und a time to crush bogs.
bogs.
-->-- '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040503 General Zog]]''', ''GirlGenius''

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-> The Obsidian Order represented everything that was cancerous about Cardassia; they were an institutionalized form of decay that preyed on the military and the people even as they pretended to serve the same ends as Central Command.



-->--''BurnAfterReading''

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-->--''BurnAfterReading''
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Dude, if you don\'t want to say it, don\'t say it. We don\'t need fulfillments on most quote pages anyway, except troper pages



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Go back to {{Interservice Rivalry}}, and f*ck the Air Force!
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-> '''CIA Operative:''' We'll interface with the FBI regarding the body.\\
'''CIA Superior:''' No, no. God no. We don't need those idiots fucking everything up. Burn the body. Get rid of it.
-->--''BurnAfterReading''
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Go back to {{Interservice Rivalry}}, and f*ck the Air Force!
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-->-- '''Curtis LeMay, USAF 4 Star General, 1964'''

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-->-- '''Curtis LeMay, [=LeMay=], USAF 4 Star General, 1964'''
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-> The Obsidian Order represented everything that was cancerous about Cardassia; they were an institutionalized form of decay that preyed on the military and the people even as they pretended to serve the same ends as Central Command.
-->-- '''Skrain Dukat''', TerokNor.
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-> Sir -- dere iz a time to twit nancy-boy feetsmen und a time to crush bogs.
-->-- '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040503 General Zog]]''', ''GirlGenius''

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