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28 Cards in this Set
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"War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises."
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German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
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-Sec of Defense -Sec of the Air Force -USAF Chief of Staff -AETC/CC -Holm Center/CC -AFROTC/CC |
-Barack Obama
-Robert M. Gates -Michael B. Donley -Gen Norton Schwartz -Gen Edward Rice -Brig Gen Theresa Djuric -Col John McCain |
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Air Mobility Command
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Scott AFB, IL
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Air Combat Command
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Langley AFB, VA
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Air Education and Training Command
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Randolph AFB, TX
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Air Force Space Command
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Peterson AFB, CO
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Air Force Special Operations Command
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Hurlburt Field, FL
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United States Air Forces in Europe
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Ramstein AB, Germany
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Pacific Air Forces
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Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hickam, HI
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Air Force Material Command
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Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
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Air Force Reserve Command
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Robins AFB, GA
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Air Force Global Strike Command
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Barksdale AFB, LA
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"Duty is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more. You should never wish to do less."
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Gen Robert E. Lee
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"The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be no only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity."
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Gen Joseph L. Collins
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"Leadership is intangible; therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it."
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Gen Omar Bradley
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"If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal."
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Gen Nathan Twining
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"If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here."
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Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower
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"In every battle, there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten; then he who continues the attack wins."
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Gen Ulysses S. Grant
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"Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur."
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Italian Air Marshall Giulio Douhet
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Core Values
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Integrity First
Service Before Self Excellence In All We Do |
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Cadet Honor Code
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"We will not lie, steal, cheat, not tolerate among us anyone who does."
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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-John Stuart Mill
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Seven Basic Responses
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1. "Yes, Sir (Ma'am)."
2. "No, Sir (Ma'am)." 3. "No excuse, Sir (Ma'am)." 4. "Sir (Ma'am), I do not know." 5. "Sir (Ma'am), I do not understand." 6. "Sir, (Ma'am), may I make a statement?" 7. "Sir (Ma'am), may I ask a question?" |
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"Integrity is the fundamental premise for military service in a free society. Without integrity, the mroal pillars of our military strengthm public trustm and self-respect are lost."
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-Gen Charles A. Gabriel
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"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." |
-Father Denis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC
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"War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggresively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain, but 'til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly."
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-Alfred Thayer Mahan
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"There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline."
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-Gen George S. Patton, Jr., USA
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"The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color."
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-Gen Daniel. S. "Chappie" James, USAF
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