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"Space: Above And Beyond"
"Stardust"
April 19, 1996
Episode 20 DVD:
00:06:42
1LT Nathan West: Where is everybody?
1LT Cooper Hawkes: What's the deal here?
1LT Vanessa Damphousse: Mission briefing said wheels up in ten mikes. I don't even see a flight crew.
1LT Nathan West: Flight deck 16, right?
1LT Paul Wang: Maybe the war's over, and they forgot to tell us.
Captain Shane Vansen: No such luck. I hear people working in there.
1LT Cooper Hawkes: Let's check what's going on through the O-room.
1LT Nathan West: Doesn't look like that's going to happen.
Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen: What are you people doing standing around? I want you out there bombing Chigs before they've had their morning coffee and doughnuts.
1LT Cooper Hawkes: Don't tell it to us - Sir.
1LT Nathan West: Someone's locked us out.
Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen: [typing on keycode panel]
Keycode panel: Access denied
Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen: Security lockdown?
1LT Paul Wang: You don't know what's going on, sir?
Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen: No, Wang, I don't. Must have slipped the commander-in-chief's mind when we tee'd off this morning.
"Space: Above And Beyond"
"Sugar Dirt"
April 20, 1996
Episode 21 DVD:
00:19:00
Captain Shane Vansen: Where the hell are they?
00:19:01
Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen: Commodore Ross. Sir. The right thing to do is rarely the easiest.
Commodore Ross: McQueen, right now our people on planet don't have the luxury of time to consider right or wrong. Hell, they don't have time to think. They can only react, dead or alive. You and I have been there and we know that amidst all the hellfire an fear and the seconds between firing and being fired upon there is a whisper in their hearts that feels like a scream at the top of their lungs saying, "We'll be there to back them up." And now we won't be.
Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen: Yes, sir, I've been there. I know that Hell. And I would give my life if it meant that one other human being would not have to go through what those kids are going through down there. And I know my kids feel the same way. Taking Ixion now would save a million kids from that Hell.
Commodore Ross: I just can't bring myself to leave them.
Lt. Colonel T.C. McQueen: Me neither. I wanna join them, sir. Request permission to stay with the supply ship with the intent of going on the planet.
Commodore Ross: Permission denied. I'm not going to reduce the Corp's finest pilot to a supply sergeant.
Lt. Colonel T.C.: Commodore Ross - Glen - I'm asking as a friend.
Commodore Ross: And I'm responding as one. No. All of us are going to lose too many friends in this war.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=38671
Address at the United States Naval Academy Commencement Exercises in Annapolis, Maryland
May 22nd, 1985
Congresswoman Holt, Secretary Lehman, Admiral Watkins, General Davis, Admiral Larson, distinguished guests, members of the class of 1985, ladies and gentlemen: I am so proud and honored to be here and to have a 22-gun salute. [Laughter]
But it's an honor for any President to commemorate the graduation of new officers from our service academies, but today is a special privilege for me. I was reminded on the way up here that we have a lot in common. You were the first class to enter the Naval Academy during my term in office, and you might say we've finished a 4-year course together. Now we're both about ready for the real stuff. [Laughter] One thing bothers me, though. I still seem to be climbing that greased monument and you only had to do it once, 3 years ago. 1 [Laughter]
1 The President was referring to the Herndon Monument, an obelisk which freshmen must scale on the first afternoon of Commissioning Week.
Well, looking out over your faces in this inspiring and historic setting gives reason for confidence in our nation's future. These last 4 years have been spent preparing you to assume responsibility for the protection of our country and all that we stand for. You're part of a noble tradition.
America's independence and freedom, since we were but 13 Colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast, have relied on the bravery, the good sense, and leadership of her officer corps. We've leaned heavily on men of the sea, on our Navy and Marine Corps. Your careers will be no less significant to future generations of Americans than those of past naval heroes.
You will hear during your career, as I've heard during times in my life, that maintaining the military at peak readiness-keeping our forces trained and supplied with the best weapons and equipment—is too costly. Well, I say it is too costly for America not to be prepared. As Presidents since Washington have noted: The way to prevent war is to be prepared for it.
And as obvious as that is, it's not always appreciated. There's a story about John Paul Jones' chief gunners mate. It was during the gore and thunder of that most historic battle. He was loading and firing cannon and carrying the wounded to the medical officer, cutting away the tangled rigging. And apparently in the midst of that first fight, John Paul Jones went below momentarily and changed into a new uniform. And as he emerged on deck a voice rang out through the smoke and fire—it was the British captain asking, "Have you struck your colors?" And the gunners mate, sweat and blood dripping from his body, turned and saw Jones now in his fresh uniform reply: "I have not yet begun to fight." And the gunners mate said, "There's always somebody who didn't get the word."
