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A Mobile Infantry Soldier, Carrying Out The Drop
“Bridge! Rico’s Roughnecks . . . ready for drop!”
“Thirty-one seconds, Lieutenant.” She added, “Good luck, boys! This time we take ’em!”
“Right, Captain.”
“Check. Now some music while you wait?” She switched it on:
“To the everlasting glory of the infantry—”
- From Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction novel, Starship Troopers.