Quotes about barracks (15 Quotes)


    It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.

    When he finished packing, he walked out on to the third-floor porch of the barracks brushing the dust from his hands, a very neat and deceptively slim young man in the summer khakis that were still early morning fresh.

    The rest of the precinct -- the parade ground, the 1824 field officers' married quarters, the original 1820 barracks, the two-storied stone 1850 barracks and the 1833 soldiers' taproom and a complex of other structures would apparently all go out of military control,


    Eight years ago, I stayed in one of the barracks here with my son, ... He told me, 'For our great soldiers, you've got to make it so you can't see through the walls to the next dormitory.' (Summers Park) is a sterling representation of the commitment made through privatization.


    But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.

    This is analogous to what is colloquially known as being punch drunk, ... We believe the microscopic changes in the brain are consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy or a degeneration over time that set the stage for the final result. The meningitis was not bacterial or viral or the kind you see in college dorms or army barracks.

    And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food.

    It's a lot like a ship. Those who get to the showers first will usually get the hot water. Those who get there last can usually count on colder water. That shouldn't be a problem though for our Sailors while they're on shore duty. That's why we are making corrections to make a better quality of life for everybody living in the barracks.





    We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!




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