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...that the effects of increased patriotism have renewed an interest in American youth to enter the military,” said Bob Holland, Professor of Naval Science for the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC...
...number of Harvard first-years participating in NROTC has increased markedly, from two midshipmen in fall 2000 to 10 this fall. Harvard participation in Air Force and Army ROTC detachments has decreased slightly over this period, but because of the naval program’s gains, numbers are still up overall...
...author Ian Fleming and was reputed to be the model for James Bond; in Plockton, Scotland. In an interview, he revealed that Fleming told him after the books had achieved some success that he was 007's inspiration. Even as other officers claimed credit for the character, the daring naval commander downplayed his contributions and stressed that unlike Bond, he loved one woman, his wife, his whole life...
...recruits, containing Iraqis and Lebanese, was flown from Washington to a secluded facility of temporary buildings hours away, al-Jaburi recalls. They were told they were in Texas. For two months they trained with some 20 instructors in physical fitness, intelligence gathering, report writing and surveillance. At a separate naval facility, recruits learned about explosives--how to sabotage armored vehicles, tanks, oil pipelines, electricity pylons and railways...
Unlike their heavyweight counterparts, the lights were bested by several of their collegiate rivals, including Yale, which took second in 14:47.594, Princeton and the U.S. Naval Academy, which placed fourth in 14:52.135 and fifth in 14:52.402, respectively...