Additionally, commanders should note that a LOD proceeding is neither a substitute for, nor a bar to, such disciplinary action as may be warrented.

From what I remember, periods of PSE – personal and social education – were mostly spent catching up on work for other subjects or shooting the breeze with the teacher.

Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects.

Everything about the Eagle [a hot-air balloon] spoke of professionalism. For extra power it had three sails, comprising 818 square feet of silk, which hung like aprons from its midriff. Its steering was provided by three drag-lines, measuring 3,300 feet in total but of unequal lengths to prevent them tangling. […] Ingeniously, the drag-lines were also to act as ballast, Andrée's theory being that if the balloon lost height a greater length of rope would rest on the ground, thus increasing its buoyancy.