"Admiral Peter Mikhailovich issued a public statement of support for the batarian fighters: “As we fight for survival, we must give all due respect to our new allies,” said the veteran of the Skyllian Blitz. “These warriors are fighting alongside races they had once declared undying hatred for, and doing so without the slaves to treat their injuries, as they were accustomed to. They wish to prove that they can shoulder any burden and fight any opposing force, no matter how horrific the casualties they will incur doing so. We owe them that chance.”"

"Interplanetary Combatives Training (ICT)
is the Systems Alliance’s premier leadership and combat expertise
course, dedicated to battling the threats of the 22nd century. The
Interplanetary Combatives Academy, informally called “the villa,”
recruits officers from all branches of Earth’s major military powers;
the finest candidates may attend the school’s primary location at Vila
Militar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The trainees undergo brutal courses,
content varied depending on how many times they have trained at the
school."

"The Alliance’s prominent role in the Reaper War means that many N7
soldiers have been called upon to train alien species in asymmetric,
anti-Reaper warfare, taking advantage of their expertise in fighting on
alien worlds. From a command perspective, these are designated “N7
forces” because of the status of their commanding officer; it does not
mean that all the soldiers under that CO are N7s themselves. These
mixed-species teams have given the galaxy some of their most valuable
victories. Conventional wisdom holds that small, elite ground troops,
such as the N7s, cannot possibly win a war against foes with space
superiority, such as the Reapers, but long odds do nothing to diminish
the spirits of the Milky Way’s finest combatants.”"