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I've written several times of this experience in terms of that Star Trek:TNG episode where Capt. Picard is assimilated by the Borg. While I do not consider myself a "Trekkie", I like the Star Trek series because I am a fan in general of science fiction, and because I like any good story that captures my imagination. There was a follow-on episode to those episodes of where Picard is captured and it was titled "Family." While I typically like the episodes with more action, I always get a kick out this episode because Picard's brother reminded me so much of my sister, in terms of obvious sibling rivalry. I also found myself envying Picard's character for being able to go back to a home like that, where he has roots. I was watching a movie a few months ago based on John McCain's POW experiences and I was thinking of how a lot of it seemed similar. I was most interested in what it was like for him to come back home after his 6 years in captivity but the movie seemed kind of light there. I also found myself envying McCain for his family, especially not only being third-generation Navy but a family of notable service to the Navy.
The original air date of this episode was October 1990, and my formal discharge from the Navy was May 1990. I'm not sure when I actually watched this episode though; probably around the 1994 time-frame. It reminds me of a pivotal point back in 1990. I was leaving the Navy and I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do. I had spent the last 6 months overseas so there had been no way to even do any interviews until I was actually out of the service. As luck would have it, a buddy of mine, who I had worked with on the USS Wainwright, recommended me to a company he was interviewing with and I got that job. I got out of the Navy on a Friday and I was working there that next Monday. Coincidentally, the same thing had happened six years earlier where I graduated high school on Friday and was in Navy boot camp the next Monday.
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From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) To 10/9/1971 ( I am United States of America board-certified surgeon as Dr. Thomas Reagan MD ) is 4602 days
From 10/9/1971 ( I am United States of America board-certified surgeon as Dr. Thomas Reagan MD ) To 5/15/1984 ( Kerry Wayne Burgess begins active service as a United States Navy enlisted sailor following almost 12 months in the seniority compensating United States Navy Delayed Entry Program ) is 4602 days
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Memorable quotes for
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
[Kirk finds McCoy in Spock's quarters]
McCoy: Jim... help me. You left me... on Genesis... why did you do that? Help me...
Kirk: Bones? What the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind?
McCoy: Help me, Jim. Take me home.
Kirk: Home is where we are. We are home.
McCoy: Then perhaps it's not too late. Climb the steps, Jim. Climb the steps of Mt. Seleyah.
Kirk: Mt. Seleyah? Bones, Mt. Seleyah's on Vulcan. We're home. On Earth.
McCoy: Remember...
From 7/20/1969 ( I was United States Apollo 11 Eagle spacecraft United States Navy astronaut landing and walking on the planet Earth's moon as United States Navy Commander Thomas Reagan ) To 6/1/1984 ( premiere US film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" ) is 5430 days
5430 = 2715 + 2715
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) To 12/21/1970 ( I was the primary United States Navy test pilot for the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flight and for the United States Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jet program ) is 2715 days
From 4/4/1983 ( I was the commander aboard the United States STS-6 Challenger spacecraft as United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan ) To 6/1/1984 ( premiere US film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" ) is 424 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) To 9/12/1964 ( I am active duty United States Navy officer ) is 424 days
From 3/14/1965 ( I am active duty United States of America Central Intelligence Agency officer and executive ) to 6/1/1984 ( premiere US film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" )(Friday) is 7019 days
7019 = 1 + 3509 + 3509
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 10/11/1968 ( I was United States Apollo 7 spacecraft United States Navy astronaut entering orbit of the planet Earth ) is 3509 days
From 5/22/1969 ( I was United States Apollo 10 spacecraft United States Navy astronaut in orbit of the planet Earth's moon ) To 6/1/1984 ( premiere US film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" )(Friday) is 5489 days
5489 = 1 + 2744 + 2744
From 11/26/1976 ( my first landing the Jupiter moon Callisto ) To 6/1/1984 ( premiere US film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" ) is 2744 days
From 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to the Mount Everest summit ) To 8/20/1977 ( as the first human to explore by my physical presence the outer solar system I scheduled the Voyager 2 spacecraft to launch from the planet Earth for deep space exploration of the solar system and then interstellar space ) is 2477 days
From 8/20/1977 ( as the first human to explore by my physical presence the outer solar system I scheduled the Voyager 2 spacecraft to launch from the planet Earth for deep space exploration of the solar system and then interstellar space ) To 6/1/1984 ( premiere US film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" ) is 2477 days
From 3/18/1959 ( United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaii Statehood Bill authorizing Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state of the United States of America ) To 6/1/1984 ( premiere US film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" )(Friday) is 9207 days
9207 = 1 + 4603 + 4603
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon as Dr. Thomas Reagan MD ) is 4603 days
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Release Date: 1 June 1984 (USA)
Plot Outline: Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body.
William Shatner ... Admiral James T. Kirk
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Memorable quotes for
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
"Mr. Adventure": Look at you. You're a twenty-year space veteran, yet you pick the worst duty station in town. I mean, look at this place. This is the hind end of space.
Commander Nyota Uhura: Peace and quiet appeals to me, Lieutenant.
"Mr. Adventure": Well, maybe that's OK for someone like you, whose career is winding down. But me, I need some excitement, some adventure... maybe even just a surprise or two.
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Memorable quotes for
Gremlins (1984)
Kate: Now I have another reason to hate Christmas.
Billy Peltzer: What are you talking about?
Kate: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no
Santa Claus.
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Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program, in which Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to orbit around the Moon. It was also the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
NASA prepared for the mission in only four months. The hardware involved had only been used a few times—the Saturn V had launched only twice before, and the Apollo spacecraft had only just finished its first manned mission, Apollo 7. However, the success of the mission paved the way for the successful completion of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing on the Moon before the end of the decade.
After launching on December 21, 1968, the crew took three days to travel to the Moon, which they orbited for 20 hours. While in lunar orbit the crew made a Christmas Eve television broadcast in which they read from the book of Genesis. It was the most watched broadcast to date.
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From 9/25/1968 to 12/24/1968 is: 90 days
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Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (September 25, 1968) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, and a multiple Grammy-winning hip hop artist. He is one of a small group of people who have enjoyed success in three major entertainment media in the United States: film, television, and the music industry. Newsweek has named him the most powerful actor on the planet
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
:34:18
Sir, I'm sorry. You don't want to be
discussing this subject in public.
:34:23
I'll discuss what I like!
And who in the hell are you?!
:34:26
Would you like
a ride home, Dr McCoy?.
:34:28
If I wanted a ride home, would I
be trying to charter a space flight?
:34:37
How in the hell
do you know who I am?
:34:40
Federation Security, sir.
:34:49
You're gonna get
a nice long rest, Doctor.
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Memorable quotes for
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Data: I seem to be missing several memory engrams.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
:22:26
Sarek..!
:22:32
Ambassador, I had no idea you were
here. I believe you know my crew.
:22:36
I will speak with you alone, Kirk.
:22:41
Please excuse us.
:22:46
Ambassador, I would have come to
Vulcan to express my deep sympathy.
:22:51
Spare me your human platitudes, Kirk.
I have been to your Government.
:22:54
I have seen the Genesis information,
and your own report.
:22:58
Then you know how bravely
your son met his death.
:23:01
Why did you leave him on Genesis?
:23:03
Spock trusted you.
And you denied him his future.
:23:09
- I saw no future.
- Only his body was in death, Kirk.
:23:13
And you were the last one
to be with him.
:23:17
Then you must knowthat you should
have come with him to Vulcan.
:23:20
- But why?.
- Because he asked you to!
:23:24
He entrusted you...
:23:27
..with his very essence, with
everything that was not of the body!
:23:31
He asked you to bring him to us.
:23:35
And to bring that which he gave you:
his Katra. His living spirit.
1994 film "Star Trek Generations" DVD video:
Starfleet Captain James T. Kirk: I must have jumped that 50 times. Scared the hell out of me each time. Except this time. Because it isn't real.
Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Antonia.
Starfleet Captain James T. Kirk: She isn't real either, is she? Nothing here is. Nothing here matters. Maybe this is more about that empty chair on the bridge of the Enterprise. Ever since I left Starfleet I haven't made a difference.
1984 film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" DVD video:
James T. Kirk: What about Spock?
Sarek - Vulcan Ambassador: Only time will answer. Kirk... I thank you. What you have done is...
James T. Kirk: What I have done... I had to do.
Sarek - Vulcan Ambassador: But at what cost? Your ship. Your son.
