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* [[All Asians Know Martial Arts]]: Japanese recruit Shujumi is a black belt, and able to fight [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant Zim]] to a draw on his first day of training.
** Possibly subverted in that Shujumi is a black belt because his father is a famous martial arts instructor, not just because he's Japanese.
*** The elder Shujumi was in fact ''Zim's'' first martial arts instructor; Shujumi Jr. and Zim are shown fighting on even terms because they are both students of the same [[Old Master]].
* [[All Planets Are Earthlike]]: Averted. Many planets are inhospitable to humans, who must wear protective armor while on them. Some have different gravity as well.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: Most of the Navy's pilots are women. The book explicitly states that women (in-universe if not IRL) have faster reflexes, and are better able to withstand "g" forces, which is downright ''crucial'' to the job. Pilots now and (in Heinlein's opinion) [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] need a strong kinesthetic sense to aviate. This is a characteristic they share with dancers and gymnasts, hence the implication that Carmencita's competitive diving skill is a manifestation of latent pilot awesomeness.
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