“I expect to lose half of you before I'm finished. I will use every...” – GySgt. Emil Foley, An Officer and a Gentleman ... Movie Quotes Database

[to the newly arrived recruits]

I expect to lose half of you before I'm finished. I will use every means necessary - fair and unfair - to trip you up, to expose your weaknesses as a potential aviator.

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