There has been no confrontation so far between our units and Nigerian soldiers.

In battle, in a war, a soldier sees only a tiny fragment of what is available to be seen. The soldier is not a photographic machine. He is not a camera. He registers, so to...

Forget bringing the troops home from Iraq. We need to get the troops home from World War II. Can anybody tell me why, in 2009, we still have more than sixty thousand troops in Germany...

When the wounded were screaming, you dreamed of sharing a little house somewhere, of an ordinary life, of a family line, connection. All around him, men were walking silently with their thoughts, reforming their lives,...

I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

But, new soldier that I was, I understood at last what Cadus had been trying to tell me all along: that life and love and rank were not enough. To be whole in myself, I...

My mother used to say that rain here pours like a blessing, like a thick veil that parts to reveal the bride’s face. But nearly every day, when this rain parted, it revealed a long...

Strength lies not in defence but in attack.

If you’d saved the girl, you’d be a hero. Next time.

It is not the dead rather the ones who lives through war have seen the dreadful end of the war, you might have been victorious, unwounded but deep within you, you carry the mark of...

Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you’ve destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches about them. If you’ve done your job, then there aren’t any...

As long as there are soldiers that need it, we plan to continue.

Are you okay, man?””Yeah, I’m good.”It’s a lie. I wonder if I will ever be good again.

There are two types of memory frequently experienced by individuals who have had overwhelming trauma that has been suppressed psychologically or chemically. The first is general memory, experienced as an adult, in which there is...

All right, he thought, okay; if thats the way it is; a savagery of anger in him now at the picture. They call them “pin-up girls” and think its cute how “our boys,” now that...

Unfortunately for Mr. McClellan, the evidence that Mr. Bush’s chat with the soldiers was rehearsed and rehearsed within an inch of its life was all on tape.

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that’s just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It’s just crazy.

We are born. We die. Somewhere in between we live. And how we live is up to us. That’s it.

For an instant I saw before me the young girl this used to be.

Soldiers die not in hatred but in love.

We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded.

God works through people by stirring their hearts and sometimes people never know how they are helping others.

Casey’s flesh and blood sends the war machine’s children to exclusive private schools.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

You must be a light unto yourself.

I love soldiers. They are my kids, they are my children.

There’s nothing worse than delivering bad news to women. I hoped I wouldn’t get good at it.

Firing on Israeli soldiers continues,

A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.

A soldier’s life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I’ve been able to follow my kid’s progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little,...

Generals were early to bed, early to rise, always brushing their teeth after every meal, never skipping a morning shave. All they had to do was sit back in Nagano drawing up their battle plans....

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country

The enemy came towards us thick as mercury poured into a channel; a simmering tide oozing from the furnace of the risen sun into the pass below us. I felt Syrion tighten his grip on...

Our cadres fled the camp to safer areas and we have sent in reinforcements to fight the soldiers.

Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire.

But I was still determined to protect her. It might be the one good thing I would ever do in my life. I wondered if God would even notice.

Every solider believes in war till the time he actually fights it.

Richard rubbed his temples. He had a headache from lack of sleep. “Don’t you understand? This isn’t about conquering lands and taking things from others; this is about fighting oppression.”The general rested a boot on...

The Zionists should prepare … bags to collect the remains of their soldiers and settlers because we are going to hit in the depths of the entity.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty...

Old soldiers never die, they write novels.

I doubt I would use the word ‘casualty’. There is nothing casual about killing.

Five German soldiers and a police dog on a leash were looking down into the bed of the creek. The soldiers’ blue eyes were filled with a bleary civilian curiosity as to why one American...

This place is Hell’s waiting room.

‘Eighth one this week,’ he said.

Our best analyst thinks it’s not a tactical design. Something for mall ninjas….Young men who dress to feel they’ll be mistaken for having special capability. A species of cosplay, really. Endemic. Lots of boys are...

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

When you are a soldier you do not always realize there is anything beyond the will of your commander, the will of your king. But when you’re on the field of battle, when the swords...

I was a soldier. It is like a dream. When even the bones is gone in the desert the dreams is talk to you, you don’t wake up forever.

Running to join them, he felt overwhelming joy. It was as if he were coming home from a lashing winter storm to the warmth of his living room. The sky seemed brilliantly blue and clear,...