In God we trust; all others bring data

摘要

I vividly recall the first time I read the quote above as I raced through the Pentagon in search of the Navy hallway that housed the United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) annual budget review. Having spent most of 2012 as the USNTPS Executive Officer in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, I had gotten used to being comfortable as the only Army officer in rooms filled with Navy and Marine Corps aviators. On that uncomfortable day, I am thankful I was able to pause, albeit for a moment and notice that unfamiliar sign hanging outside an E ring office.