- Nov 07, 2020
Enlisted Quotes
Who gets enlisted, and for what
Several quotes here describe being enlisted into a cause, from Cold War-era military support enlisted against Israel to tech companies enlisted as internet police. Read Army quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secretary Perry became the 19th secretary of defense and the first enlisted man to serve in that role. He had time in the highest ranks of the Pentagon and was instrumental in the dismantlement of the nuclear warheads in the United States and Russia. Throughout his career, he has devoted himself to protecting the interests of the nation.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I turned 15, I left school having failed to make the minimum grade. With little direction I enlisted at the local culinary school. Here the academic demands were less rigorous.
- Navy
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer.
- Food Stamps
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being exposed to the enlisted Army was an eye-opener. I thought everyone was like me, but the enlisted Army is a constituency of the dispossessed.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clay Hunt was the kind of individual that has made America a great country. In 2005, when his country needed him, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. Shot in Iraq, he earned a Purple Heart, and after he recuperated, he graduated from Marine Corps Scout Sniper School and was deployed to Afghanistan.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our enlisted are the backbone of our service, are exceptionally a bright group of men women.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
At my school, when kids went into the army at 16, they didn't do it in a gung-ho, Tom Cruise, 'Born on the Fourth of July' way. They were generally - and I hope this doesn't offend them - the more vulnerable members of the class. They enlisted seeking family, and they didn't always find it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But my officers were Scottish and they loved me. The Scots are good, you know.
- Army
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father enlisted at the age of 17. He lied about his age because he wanted to ride the fastest motorbikes, which were with the British army.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020
But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know from personal experience the issues veterans are facing, issues around PTSD, making sure our military officers and enlisted can transition to new careers.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020