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> [When you are serving volunteer professional military, you take an oath to the Constitution, not to a policy or a president and you swear to obey the lawful orders of the democratically elected government. And so at the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/when-you-are-serving-volunteer-professional-military-you-take-an-oath/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

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## More by Nathaniel Fick

> [“VJ had gone to the Naval Academy, where he competed as a powerlifter and developed a distaste for military customs such as short hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/vj-had-gone-to-the-naval-academy-where-he-competed-as-a-powerlifter/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [I hurt for my Marines, goodhearted American guys who'd bear these burdens for the rest of their lives. And I mourned for myself. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/i-hurt-for-my-marines-goodhearted-american-guys-who-d-bear-these/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [“You’re quoted as saying, ‘The bad news is, we won’t get much sleep tonight; the good news is, we get to kill people.’” She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/you-re-quoted-as-saying-the-bad-news-is-we-won-t-get-much-sleep/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [When you are serving volunteer professional military, you take an oath to the Constitution, not to a policy or a president and you swear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/when-you-are-serving-volunteer-professional-military-you-take-an-oath/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [“Safety is paramount.” “If safety were paramount,” Whitmer declared, “we’d stay in the barracks and play pickup basketball. Good training is paramount.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/safety-is-paramount-if-safety-were-paramount-whitmer-declared-we-d/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [People build continuity into their life: Places, friends and goals. We go to work on Monday with plans for Friday night, enroll as freshmen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/people-build-continuity-into-their-life-places-friends-and-goals-we/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [My team is the best, the platoon is good, the company is awful, and the battalion is actively trying to kill us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/my-team-is-the-best-the-platoon-is-good-the-company-is-awful-and-the/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [“We learned that indecision is a decision, that inaction has a cost all its own. Good commanders act and create opportunities. Great commanders ruthlessly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/we-learned-that-indecision-is-a-decision-that-inaction-has-a-cost-all/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [I was in Afghanistan and then obviously in Iraq. And I realized that you can't control life. You can do a lot to prepare.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/i-was-in-afghanistan-and-then-obviously-in-iraq-and-i-realized-that/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [“Great Marine commanders, like all great warriors, are able to kill that which they love most -- their men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/great-marine-commanders-like-all-great-warriors-are-able-to-kill-that/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [“You can’t volunteer to go to war and then bitch about getting shot at.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/you-can-t-volunteer-to-go-to-war-and-then-bitch-about-getting-shot-at/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [“Your job is to be the hardest motherfucker in your platoon," he said while pointing at me across the desk. "Do that, and everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/your-job-is-to-be-the-hardest-motherfucker-in-your-platoon-he-said/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [Do nothing but be prepared to do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/do-nothing-but-be-prepared-to-do-anything/)

[Nathaniel Fick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-fick/)

> [“Hardness," I was learning, was the supreme virtue among recon Marines. The greatest compliment one could pay to another was to say he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-fick/hardness-i-was-learning-was-the-supreme-virtue-among-recon-marines/)

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