Quotes About Military

I served in the Israeli Navy, and it's not an easy thing.

But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess.

For me, if I wasn't going to get a full scholarship to go to school, I was going to go to the Army or Navy so I could avoid debt.

I have seen and heard a 21-gun salute as my father is in the Navy, but that doesn't mean I don't jump if a gun is fired in my face!

I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines.

I was in the Navy and saw, first-hand, the effects of front-line combat.

Al Qaeda attacked the U.S.S. Cole and bombed several U.S. embassies in East Africa in the late 1990s. We knew who did it, but we didn't go after them. Instead, we beefed up security at our embassies and changed the Navy's rules of engagement. It only served to embolden Al Qaeda.

I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular.

When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the next three years in the Navy.

I'm still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy.

When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.

I was a radioman first class in the Navy. I put in seven years. I was around a lot of admirals; I served on destroyers, cruisers, and a flat top for a little while.

I got out of the Navy in 1990.

I was born on Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento, but we moved around a lot.

My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

Second, the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security.

Military families are increasingly living away from military bases, embedded in civilian neighborhoods. It gives military families and civilians the opportunity for greater exposure to one another, yet many feel lonely and isolated.

I have no degree in biochemistry, neither do I have one in mechanical engineering, as the Army saw fit to terminate both courses before they were finished.

I was born in Nepal, I grew up in the Gurkhas, and I became a man in the SBS.

There's a certain safety net that you find in the military that, as dangerous as it is, you know they're going to provide you a meal and a home no matter what happens.

Military families are resilient through countless relocations, leaving friends, networks and transitioning to new schools and new jobs while fitting in to new communities.

My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution.

I went to, while I was in the military, Western New England College for my MBA and New England School of Law for my law degree.