“Before you leave here, Sir, youre going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.”

“Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.”

“We ended up our talk by my asking Dennis his feelings now about the Marines. Any regrets for all those wounds? Or about having been sent to and having to fight an unpopular war?"No. The Marine Corp...”

“The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.”

“The Japanese fought to win - it was a savage, brutal, inhumane, exhausting and dirty business. Our commanders knew that if we were to win and survive, we must be trained realistically for it whethe...”

“It was pretty amazing. I wasnt thinking about anything but how good it felt to be kissed and touched by you. You totally ruined boring sex for me.”

“Alyssa couldnt tear her gaze from him as the firelight played over the hard edges of him. Once hed been the poster boy for clean-cut military, now hed gone all tatted up sexy danger.”

“If you can't experience the humanity of people who don't look like you, you're not civilized enough to be an officer of the peace.”

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”

“My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.”