The private should have a side arm of the following description: A short sword, about 20 inches long and 2½ inches wide at the grip; the blade to be ground sharp on one side and provided with saw teeth on the other; have a brass guard and buckhorn grip, and to be carried in a leather scabbard on a frog and common black belt. This is called in Europe a fascine knife, and a very useful implement it is in camp and on the field.

It's a classic moment to see one of these deer on top of an ammunition bunker, he said. You go back to that old saying about beating your swords into plowshares. You put a military base to bed and turn it into a conservation park.

Yaros followed up with regular staffwide meetings and offsite staff sessions that promote team-building and develop leaders.

If an interstellar flight belongs in the category of very slow flight, the corresponding starship is converted into a planetship for rapid flights within the solar system.