127 quotes found
“Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.”
“Only a foolish woman would allow her man to earn his living as a moving target.”
“Excited. In a good way. I've been training my whole life for this.”
“My father says there are more than twenty thousand turned out for the king. It seems that most men think that we will win, that York will be captured and killed, though the king in his tender heart...”
“...the church lives in a regime of ecclesial authoritarian security and the military elites live in a regime of national authoritarian security. These structures produce the same kind of authoritar...”
“Then there is the group that many people dont hear about. This group is the men and women of the various contractors that have decided to help support the military efforts. Many contractors have al...”
“Splash or crash? Do you want special ops messing about in boats? Or special ops messing in aeroplanes?”
“Where military service begins, logic ends.”
“Maintenance and resupply are the backbone of any military.”
“Never say "I thought,so", after doing a blunder, always think, ask and do.”
“Like I said earlier, it sounds like Ill need a plan B, said Porter. Because I cant see them going for any of that bollocks. Theyve had more peace plans than Ive had bottles of vodka, and if they wa...”
“The lessons learned, then, in Robinson's case: "Additional training is required to inform soldiers of the dangers of self-medicating along with the associated risk of overdosing" is the first. "Enc...”
“The young girl giggled again and Jake shook his head in amazement. Not only was the U.S. dark operative cooking pancakes, but it seemed he'd won over the timid teenager in no time flat."I've been e...”
“One difficulty that someone who has been in military/government service during war has, is reconciling his/her pride with their horror.”
“We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf"--Opening to "My Father's Son," attributed to George Orwell”
“Man with a crossbow in the proper position at the proper times worth a corps of heavy artillery half an hour late and ten miles down the road from where it should be.”
“Congratulations for conquering PTSD. And now you're fucked.”
“War is a need by a country that wants power, but the USA is already great”
“Nothing could be more important than that the work of a soldier is well done. No tools will make a man a skilled workmen, or master of defense, or be of any use to him who has not learned how to ha...”
“A soldier is not always just a soldier.”
