#troops

I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#air #air force #almost #american #amount

But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#being #bound #cannot #deployed #follow

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#dec #military #troops #were #withdrawn

A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence. ↗

— James Wolfe

#chief #dependence #few #france #fresh

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#dental #free #giving #hospital #i

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war. ↗

— George McGovern

#how #matter #mistaken #rally #round

I said that America's role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners. ↗

— Barack Obama

#america #capabilities #end #focus #front

The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#could #direction #discover #down #grass

Well, if the NATO countries don't make more of their troops usable and don't get the equipment to get them fast where the action is, then the organisation will suffer and will increasingly become irrelevant. ↗

— Lord Robertson

#become #countries #equipment #fast #get

The Iraq War. No one took to the streets over it. It certainly would have been appropriate. If anybody even hinted we should... you were called un-American and not supporting the troops. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#appropriate #been #called #certainly #even