"I flew fighters for the Navy in San……" — Alan G. Poindexter
"I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was a test pilot in Patuxent River, Maryland, for a few years. I was back in the fleet in the Navy when I was selected to come back here to NASA to become an astronaut."
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7 Quotes by Alan G. Poindexter
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I grew up in a Navy family, and like most service families, we traveled a lot and moved a lot.…
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Moving around a lot allows you to experience many different cultures and learn about the ways that different people in…
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I was a typical American boy. I did a lot of outdoor activities, played a lot outside with my friends,…
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