#marines

But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#air #air force #already #army #been

Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants. ↗

— Peter Pace

#fighting #franks #gen #good #ground

I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#been #bunch #chance #doing #dose

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#lives #made #marines #people #problem

Look, many of us here are regular marines... I will die as a marine because that is my dream. ↗

— Jerry Jones

#die #dream #here #i #look

The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This isn't just an issue for the U.S. and Japan. It has regional implications. ↗

— Ed Royce

#implications #issue #japan #just #marines

When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile. ↗

— Charles Frohman

#i #make #managed #me #mere

I catch myself judging myself as that 13-year-old boy, who, of course, rightfully points out that he is only a child. And my membership - well, I was drafted into the Waffen-SS and didn't exactly volunteer, which was just as idiotic. I wanted to be on the submarines and then ended up with the Waffen-SS. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#catch #child #course #drafted #ended

Combat is fast, unfair, cruel, and dirty. It is meant to be that way so that the terrible experience is branded into the memory of those who are fortunate enough to survive. It is up to those survivors to ensure that the experience is recorded and passed along to those who just might want to try it. ↗

— Bruce H. Norton

#foce-recon #marines #military-history #vietnam #vietnam-war

Your job is to be the hardest motherfucker in your platoon," he said while pointing at me across the desk. "Do that, and everything else will fall into place." He added that I was assigned to Bravo Company, call sign Hitman, and wished me luck. ↗

— Nathaniel Fick

#marines #officer #inspirational