Most senior officers preferred the convenience of electronic conferences, but Honor believed in personal contact.

"My first officer prefers to bunk with the crew."

Their senior officers prefer to move around in tracked vehicles.

Even now, there were times when an officer might prefer to have a message hand carried rather than put in the system.

But when the officer prefers you, the others hate you.

The officers preferred someone who would serve at least through 1996.

The squad leaders and junior officers might even prefer keeping their commander.

Soldiers are less ready to sit down together over a cup of coffee, and some Israeli officers prefer to stay in their vehicles.

"I understand that more than one officer prefers, shall we say, the comforts of home to those of the street."

"That is what every officer and man in the fleet would prefer, your lordship," said my father.