The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years. — James Forrestal Copy Share Image
A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops. — John A. Lejeune Copy Share Image
Success in battle is not a function of how many show up, but who they are. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only things those people have that you don't is guts. Do you wanna live forever? — Merritt A. Edson Copy Share Image
In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks. — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
If the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eaton, the Japanese bases in the Pacific were captured on… — Holland Smith Copy Share Image
The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the… — William Halsey Copy Share Image
The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity… — Keith B. McCutcheon Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going… — R. Lee Ermey Copy Share Image
You know, I think the main purpose of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps is to get poor Americans into clean, pressed,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines...imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the "Old Corps." — Joshua R. Sands Copy Share Image
The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can… — Mark W. Clark Copy Share Image
We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down… — John W. Vessey, Jr Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, what the Marine Corps becomes is what we make of it during our respective watches. And that watch… — Louis H. Wilson Jr Copy Share Image
My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
When I was sworn in the Marine Corps in 1964, when I was sworn into Congress, I swore to uphold the Constitution… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
I was a model Marine.. My rifle was always clean, uniform always starched, and the shoes always shined. I guess that's how… — Jay Johnstone Copy Share Image
And all of these together, as much as any campaign the Marine Corps has ever pursued, have brought an unrelenting, never-ceasing pride… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as… — John J. Pershing Copy Share Image
It was a ludicrous, insane situation in which modern fighting men, possessed all of the highly destructive engines of war, were ordered… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
What shall I say of the gallantry with which these Marines have fought! Of the slopes of Hill 142; of the Mares… — James Harbord Copy Share Image
“Every time the drill instructor screamed at me and I stood proudly; every time I thought I’d fall behind during a run… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“Frank Fiorini, better known as Frank Sturgis, had an interesting career that started when he quit high school during his senior year… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore?… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The president called upon the Marine emergency evacuation helicopter that the White House Military Office had stationed nearby in the event of… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
Just in time for the renewal of the war debate in Congress, the University of Chicago Press has released The U.S. Army… — David L. Ulin Copy Share Image
“Shouldering the duffel bag with the Marine Corps bulldog, Old Man knocked Jan's photo off the bed table. He turned to stone… — Ed Lynskey Copy Share Image
“Luna was remote and ladylike. The only time anyone had ever seen Luna angry was when someone referred to her as 'African-American'.… — Linda Howard Copy Share Image
The military and the Marine Corps prepared me to be numb to the stress. — Lacey Evans Copy Share Image
In the Marine Corps there is no individual effort, we're all a big team. — Kyle Carpenter Copy Share Image
The Marines don't have any race problems. They treat everybody like they're black. — Daniel James, Jr Copy Share Image
Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning. — David M. Shoup Copy Share Image
You, you, and you...panic. The rest of you, come with me. — US Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt Copy Share Image