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"I decided all that tedious saluting and protocol was a waste of time for this army. Fortunately, the Taboo Index doesn't have a rule that says 'Normal folks must ensure that a knight is properly mollified before they speak to them.'"
— Bercouli Synthesis One, Sword Art Online
Literature
"We do not prop ourselves up on ceremony in the [Aerial] Corps, whatever you may have been used to in the Navy."
— Lt. John Granby, His Majesty's Dragon
Live Action TV
Red: Well, I'm not gonna be calling the U.S. Air Force, Harold. What do I say? We've got a missile? They take that as a threat, we're in real trouble.
Harold: Well, then, contact the Canadian Air Force.
Red: Harold, it's after six. He's gone home.
Harold: Well, then, contact the Canadian Air Force.
Red: Harold, it's after six. He's gone home.
Christopher: Must have taken quite a lot to build a ship like this.
Kirk: There are only twelve like it in the fleet.
Christopher: I see. Did the Navy—
Kirk: We're a combined service, Captain.
Kirk: There are only twelve like it in the fleet.
Christopher: I see. Did the Navy—
Kirk: We're a combined service, Captain.
James Hacker: [On NATO nation performance in war] What about the other NATO armies?
Bernard Woolley: They're all right. On weekdays, anyway.
James Hacker: Weekdays?
Bernard Woolley: The Dutch, Danish and Belgian armies go home for the weekend.
James Hacker: So if the Russians are to invade, we'd prefer them to do it between Mondays and Fridays?
Video Games
Joker: Does it breach uniform regs if I get that on a crew shirt? Because this is my favorite "you have no choice!" choice ever.
Shepard: Technically, this is a civilian ship. I'm probably lucky you're still wearing pants.
Shepard: Technically, this is a civilian ship. I'm probably lucky you're still wearing pants.
Webcomics
Florence: Do you know the contact number for the army?
Mayor's Aide: Wouldn't do you any good. He took the weekend off to go fishing and isn't expected back until Wednesday.
Mayor's Aide: Wouldn't do you any good. He took the weekend off to go fishing and isn't expected back until Wednesday.
— Freefall
Web Animation
Sergeant: You have to follow orders. That's how this works, private.
Private: I'll consider your suggestion, sergeant.
Private: I'll consider your suggestion, sergeant.
— Terrible Writing Advice, "Military Science Fiction"
Western Animation
"Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars!"
— Beckett Mariner, Star Trek: Lower Decks, "The Inner Fight"
Real Life
"When God created discipline on Earth, the Air Force was in the air."
— unknown Soviet Air Force officer
"Every airfield should be a stronghold of fighting air-ground men, and not the abode of uniformed civilians in the prime of life protected by detachments of soldiers."
— Winston Churchill's order to the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, regarding
fully-staffed RAF airfields surrendering to much smaller Nazi detachments of paratroopers and ground forces, which led to the RAF training many of its airmen in ground combat.
fully-staffed RAF airfields surrendering to much smaller Nazi detachments of paratroopers and ground forces, which led to the RAF training many of its airmen in ground combat.