A career military man, who had retired as a corporal, was telling the younger men how he handled officers during his years of service.

一名职业军人退休时只不过是个下士，他对年轻的士兵们讲他当年服役期间是怎样对付军官们的。

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He was destined for a military career, like his father before him.

他命中注定要步父亲的后尘，过戎马生涯。

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Sixty-year-old Will Fendley, who had a successful career in the military and never earned a college degree, thinks "personal drive" is far more important than just going to college.

60岁的威尔·芬德利曾在军队中有过辉煌的职业生涯，但从未获得过大学学位。他认为，“个人驱动力”远比仅仅上个大学重要得多。

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I do not want to have a person's death on my conscience.'" The rising visibility of Asian-Americans already in the service may make a military career more acceptable to Asian-Americans.

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My younger brother (career military) followed suit a few years later, making us officially a submariner family.

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Hashemi argues that Hashim, a 65-year-old career military officer, had little choice but to follow orders from his brutal boss.

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Having been a career military officer, Peters quickly saw the real situation.

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