Naval forces are able, without resorting to diplomatic channels, to establish offshore anywhere in the world, air fields completely equipped with machine shops, ammunition dumps, tank farms, warehouses, together with quarters and all types of accommodations for personnel.

— Chester W. Nimitz Employment of Naval Forces (1948)

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Appended to a variant of the Serenity Prayer in The Armed Forces Prayer Book (1951)

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