The Basic Training Honor Graduate Ribbon is a military award of the United States Air Force and Coast Guard which recognizes top recruits who graduate at the top of their training classes upon completion of basic training.
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“The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly—because if they don’t speak fast nobody will listen to them.”
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When, after death, man’s honor is his guard.
So I, when on the pyre consumed I lie,
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A Ribbon at a time--”
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