Differences disappear when faced with death.

Not today.

I’m done doing this!’ Obama said, finally erupting. ‘We’ve all agreed on a plan. And we’re all going to stick to that plan. I haven’t agreed to anything beyond that.’The 30,000 was a ‘hard cap,’...

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

They kill hundreds of people, those pilots. I would have loved to have flown the plane that dropped the bomb on Japan. A couple of dudes killed hundreds of thousands. That f****** rules! Yeah!

I’ve learned, Agent Sanders, most warriors feel the same way after they’ve come back from the battles where men in expensive suits and leather chairs send them. We keep asking and asking you to do...

The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state.

Maxim 36: When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Leaders devoid of crucible experiences are likely to be overly confident about their ideas, and surprisingly more susceptible to fears; this is also true of children who are overly sheltered from facing challenges and experiences...

The thing about a marine is that they can be the nicest men and women you will ever meet, but when it comes to their duty there are none fiercer.

If you have to fight old enemies, you should do it with your own old soldiers.

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction – particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking to rescue leading U.S. personnel from the tops of buildings as Vietnamese guerrillas...

We could never go back to how things were on the day before 9/11, but maybe I could go back to who I was.

Where are your free and compulsory schools? Does every one know how to read in the land of Dante and of Michael Angelo? Have you made public schools of your barracks? Have you not, like...

The 9/11 Commission warned that Al Qaeda “could… scheme to wield weapons of unprecedented destructive power in the largest cities of the United States.” Future attacks could impose enormous costs on the entire economy. Having...

After the ‘war to end war’ they seem to have been pretty successful in Paris at making a ‘Peace to end Peace.

I will always hate war, but will be forever proud of mine.

The reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

You see a lot of jargon junkies in the navy. Usually means they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground. The rallying cry is If you can’t dazzle ‘em with genius, baffle...

the Government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where injuries arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service” (U.S. Supreme Court 1950). Federal...

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,

Man with a crossbow in the proper position at the proper time’s worth a corps of heavy artillery half an hour late and ten miles down the road from where it should be.

I am duty bound to make this plea, but I want to say, with all due respect to the governor here, that I doubt seriously that he will do — cannot do — anything. And...

You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn’t of much importance. Most of your orders will be unpleasant, but that’s not your business.They...

Being an American is more than a birthright. It is something we must prove worthy everyday, failure to do so insults those who have sacrificed all on our behalf.

The reason the founders chafed at the idea of an American standing army and vested the power of war making in the cumbersome legislature was not to disadvantage us against future enemies, but to disincline...

No man can be a Christian and a soldier at the same time, for the two ideas are wholly incompatible.

I felt like I should salute. If only I knew how.

It’s best to watch out for men, like me.

When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.

In recent years, academics, policy-makers, and experts have raised the question of the applicability of peacetime environmental law in times of armed conflict.

Two guys jumped us on the way to get food,” Cameron answered. “Ty is like… a ninja on crack. He beat them up pretty spectacularly. Then we stole with their car.

We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns.

I guess I was always looking for something. What it was, I didn’t know. I wanted help from the VA, but didn’t want to go back, didn’t want to be subjected to that second-rate treatment...

Obwohl diese afrikanischen Militärbanden oft nicht größer oder mächtiger sind als die organisierten kriminellen Banden in Asien oder Osteuropa, wird über ihre Aktivitäten in den Medien – sogar in den westlichen Medien – unter der...

Negotiations with Iran, especially, will not be easy under any circumstances, but I suspect that they might be somewhat less difficult if the nuclear-weapon states could show that their requests are part of a broader...

They bright whiten all this sepulchre with powdered chloride of lime. It’s a perfectly sanitary war.

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

Good teams are committed to the team mission and to each other personally. Good leaders inspire and build this commitment and trust.

A military leader thinks about casualties and losses, but a strategic one only aims the win.

During Basic, sometimes you’re so tired you can’t even get up to piss. You’re pushed beyond whatever limits you had set for yourself. You realize that your body can do things that you never imagined....

All over the world, the barriers between what is inside an organisation and outside an organisation are being smoothed out. In the military, the use of contractors means that what is the military and what...

O it’s Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy ‘ow’s your soul/But it’s thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll.

The night skyline was stunning. I could see the Monas and Istiqlal Mosque bathed in brilliant white lights and a dozen other places of cultural and historical significance. It’s an amazing, beautiful world we live...

In my life I’ve been very lucky to travel around the world and see students and teachers in nearly two dozen countries—but the most awe-inspiring experience I’ve ever had was two years after 9/11 when...

I don’t really remember making a decision. I don’t remember thinking to myself, “Yes, I will do this,” or, “No, I will not do that.” They tell you what to do, and you do it....

During the war some of the country’s sharpest minds had looked as if they had been dragged through a hedge backwards.

I miss it: the smell of sand, sweat, and gunpowder, rings of salt from dried sweat on my pants’ legs, and around my waist just under where my armor sits.

…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division.