Quotes About Military

while here and there the bright flashes of the guns or the occasional whistle of a random bullet accompanied our path, the conviction came into my mind with absolute assurance that the simple soldiers and their regimental officers, armed with their cause, would by their virtues in the end retrieve the mistakes and ignorances of Staffs and Cabinets, of Admirals, Generals and politicians—

Nothing was wasted that could contribute to the process of waste. The last dying kick was brought into military utility.

For every reason therefore we must develop the storm troop or Commando idea. I have asked for five thousand parachutists, and we must also have at least ten thousand of these small "bands of brothers" who will be capable of lightning action.

We often hear military experts inculcate the doctrine of giving priority to the decisive theatre. There is a lot in this. But in war this principle, like all others, is governed by facts and circumstances;

Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it.

What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I.

I think that some of our soldiers die in the battlefield and some come home to bad health and die prematurely, just by the nature of the kind of business they're in.

It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death.

The Maastricht Treaty. Superseding the Treaty of Rome, the pro-visions of the Maastricht Treaty openly aspired toward a centralized European Superstate: the European Union (EU)—with a common foreign policy, a common military, a common currency, and a common judiciary.

By force of arms. (Vi Et Armis)

The sergeant shrugged, not meeting Amon's eyes. '...You'll be shivering all right. Them Waterwalkers'll have you crying for your mommies.' 'I assume you're speaking from experience, sir?' Raisa asked.

She spotted Cam Staunton in his dress blues, scouting the dessert table. As she watched, he scooped up two biscuits and stuffed them into his mouth. When he turned and saw Lyss watching, his face went scarlet, which contrasted nicely with the powdered sugar around his mouth.

Any idiot knows that the first thing you do when seizing absolute power is bribe the Praetorian Guard. It's really the only tenured and tacitly understood method of making the cogs of accession mesh smoothly. First you hand out big fat bonuses to the military, then seize your power by force, then build your consensus via relentless intimidation and bondage attire. Authoritarian

Central to the idea of a democracy is the ruse that civilian control of the military prevents military dictatorships. But it's different when the civilians running the defense establishment are oil barons, arms manufacturers, spooks and spokesmen for General Electric.

I was drafted during the Korean War.

inspection of kit, dress and rifle

the NATO aircraft that are held to be the worst thing in the world by those who have no idea how bad the world can get.

I'll have you understand the United States has got the best navy in the world." "Well, . . . why, then, do we need a bigger navy?" "We've got to have a still bigger navy because we're the richest nation on earth.

Colonel Robert Sink, commanding officer of the 506th PIR, ordered me to prepare a written summary of the battle since no senior officer witnessed the engagement. I purposely avoided the use of the first personal pronoun 'I' because I wanted each soldier to receive credit for what he had done. Later Sink issued a citation to the 1st Platoon that shouldered the principal burden of the fight.

Once you perform once, twice, or even three times, soldiers develop confidence in your leadership. You can only hope that this confidence will be passed to other leaders within the company.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.

pikemen were too poor for mail. We went in boiled leather which we hardened by prayer. We wore other men's boots.