Quotes About Military

The only real thing I took away from the military is that it just reinforced all the things I already thought about the underbelly of America, like how racist it is. So, it didn't really affect my music literally, but it affected the way I work on it.

The real women who decide to enlist to work their way up in the ranks to become a Major in the United States Army are some freakin' tough broads.

When I married into the military a few years ago, I was failing at navigating the realities of deployment alone. When I turned to the military family community, their tried and true coping skills changed my life.

With 'Durable Goods,' I meant only to write about being an army brat. What emerged was a story about compassion - the need for it, the expression of it.

If you were to Google 'SWAT' right now, or Google 'Military,' you would see guys covered in pouches. That's a sign of gear! We've got stuff in here. We carry stuff. And it's an aesthetic.

The most heart-wrenching responsibility I have as Governor is to meet a family at the airport as they stand silently waiting for the military casket of their loved one to come home.

Throughout my career, I have advocated for our service men and women, and I will continue to do all I can as governor to offer my support to those who have given us so much.

I knew early I wanted to follow my father into the military. He did a full 30-year career and retired as a full colonel in the Marines after graduating from Allentown H.S. and later from Cornell University.

My own father and grandfather served in the Army.

I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.

I think everyone in the band has had someone that's served in their family. I wouldn't say that anybody has a military family, but both of my grandfathers were in the military.

My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country.

No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.'

Special ops isn't the answer to everything. Special ops is not the main guard.

Franco will bring the army from Castille. The ambassador will complain, causing a schism. Rivera's men will be part of the force. The great man will be denied entry to the gulf.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

If we are attacked we can only defend ourselves with guns not with butter.

I come from an army background, and everyone at my home has a habit of getting up early. I continue this habit even today.

I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.

Well, I once recall an old master sergeant once telling me that NCOs look after the men so that officers can figure out how to get them killed. That's the difference between maintenance and command.

Among these were the legendary families whose basis of power had stemmed from Italy's past military campaigns: the Orsini, Conti, Frangipani and Colonna dynasties

He decided to stop every hour for ten minutes. Derek had told him once that that was what the military did on long marches—a ten-minute break every hour

The literature favoured by the military aristocracy of the fifteenth century was not that of the traditional chivalric background but, rather, one based upon a growing appreciation of the military values of Rome (in particular) and of what these had to offer.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.