03/31/2009
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"I would argue, if history is any lesson to us, that the support element of the Navy is as critical as the warship component."
"Gentlemen, damn the torpedoes; full speed ahead."
"What we do to train Navy corpsmen and Army medics, so on the battlefield they get the best, survivability rates have gone sky high."
"Having the conduit, so once we get them out of that battle space and make sure we support them on that hospital ship I argue is equally as important."