Quotes About Military

We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops and their families before, during, and after deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Diffie was one of a legion of bright young men who, were it not for the Vietnam War, would probably not have considered the idea of military-funded basic research. But it seemed like a reasonable compromise when facing the equally dismal alternatives of being shipped to Indochina, fleeing to Canada, or going to jail.

God, he thought, what would I not give to be drinking a pint of beer in the mess in Aldershot now, or in the Lord Nelson bar in Dover, morning parades done with and nothing whatever to do or think about until inspection tomorrow.

McCain." "Yes, Sergeant." "Your dad won New Hampshire." "Did he?" "Yeah, keep digging." "Yes, Sergeant.

While serving as a pallbearer for one of his Naval Academy classmates on a cold, rainy day at Arlington National Cemetery, my grandfather listened to a young officer suggest that he button up his raincoat to protect himself from the elements. The old man, raincoat flapping in the wind, looked at his solicitous subordinate and said, "You don't think I got where I am by taking care of my health, do you?

Long tradition of ship's cats in the navy." "This is the air force, Captain." "I won't tell him if you won't.

Ah, hell. And this ship has kids onboard. Kids not much older than Leah. Kids the same age I was when I signed in on to this man's army.

Hitting people almost never solves anything, and you can trust me on that. I was in the military.

I grew up in a Navy family.

If a military life was long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of stark terror—as one of her instructors had said—then civilian life seemed to be long periods of boredom interrupted by moments of dismal reflection.

American technology was now driving military strategy, rather than the other way around.

Tauride Palace, where "the entire square of Tauride Palace was filled with artillery, machine guns, field kitchens . . . Machine gun cartridge belts were piled up pell-mell."5

Sedition Act," a rider to the Espionage Act. The Sedition Act, which Wilson signed on May 16, 1918, made it illegal to speak, print, write, or publish any "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, the Constitution, the military, or the flag—certainly the single most restrictive gag on free speech and freedom of the press in U.S. history.

Even though the army was desperate for men, the number of blacks being drafted was kept artificially low.

The military masters of Germany have filled our unsuspecting communities with vicious spies and conspirators and have sought to corrupt the opinion of our people . . . [These persons] seek to undermine the Government with false professions of loyalty to its principles."23

From the fourth-biggest military force in the world in 1918, the United States Army shrank to number eighteen, just ahead of tiny Holland.

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

Cheers for the sailors that fought on the wave for it, Cheers for the soldiers that always were brave for it, Tears for the men that went down to the grave for it, Here comes the flag!

Korporal Jääskeläinen ble enda mer perpleks da det ikke var søvnige rekrutter som kom krypende ut av teltet, men en illsint offiser i bakrus. Urho ble redd, det var faktisk en ekte oberst som fylte døråpningen, i full uniform med skulderklaffer og det hele, og med tre gylne roser på kragespeilet. Urho Jääskeläinen stilte seg instinktivt i stram givakt: – Oberst! Korporal Jääskeläinen, tolv kyr, tretten mann alle!

Tal es, en mi opinión —prosigue—, el patriotismo necesario en un joven militar... No el de esos matachines de salón que, creyendo que el amor a la patria es callar sus defectos y abrazar sus bajezas, sin haber visto más fuego que el de su cigarro

en contra de lo que suele contarse, una parte del Ejército y de la Guardia Civil permaneció fiel a la República).

Manuel Azaña, por ejemplo, resumió bastante bien el paisaje en sus memorias, cuando escribió aquello de Reducir aquellas masas a la disciplina, hacerlas entrar en una organización militar del Estado, con mandos dependientes del gobierno, para sostener la guerra conforme a los planes de un estado mayor, constituyó el problema capital de la República.

La artillería es el arma que bate habitualmente a la infantería propia y a veces a la enemiga

nunca fueron más disciplinados los tercios que cuando se amotinaban.