- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Military Quotes
Words on command, service, and the realities behind the uniform.
These quotes move between the strategic and the personal — reflections on command experience, the military balance between nations under strain, and the day-to-day culture inside the ranks. For related reading see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out to be quick, effective, controlled and short lived.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
- George W. Bush
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001.
- Nov 07, 2020
Russia isn't likely to have any more military success in Syria and Iraq than has the United States.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father-in-law was a nuclear-submarine captain. My father was in the military.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's clear that the United States has more to give the world than military bases.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Able Danger was a top-secret military planning operation, established in '99 by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to identify cells of al-Qaida worldwide and to take out al Qaida terrorists. They identified five cells worldwide, one of them in Brooklyn.
- Cyber
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- Nov 07, 2020
Besides the conventional military threats, North Korean cyber capabilities are growing.
- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.
- Nov 07, 2020
If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the military, I socked away $100 every month. When I was discharged in 1954, I got home at 5 A.M. By 10 A.M., I was pulling out of a foreign car dealership in Pasadena in a new Jaguar XK120.
- Strategist
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- Nov 07, 2020