American military Quote by Ambrose Bierce

The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“In all armies, soldiers serving with forward combat units shared a contempt for the much larger number of men in the rear areas who…

— Max Hastings

One of the parodoxes of war is that those in the rear want to get up into the fight, while those in the lines…

— Ernie Pyle

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.

— Jefferson Davis

The House Armed Services Committee is critically important not only to America's security and future, but also to the people of Texas' 13th Congressional…

— Ronny Jackson

“an officer and a gentleman by an act of Congress, but an asshole by choice.” The military also discourages”

— Nelson DeMille

What I feel most strongly here being in Congress is kind of the burden - the good burden - of representing all of our…

— Duncan D. Hunter

“the military has become a substitute welfare state for a large swath of small-town America. In a sense, the military—despite its reputation for political…

— Rosa Brooks

I believe that one can't command sitting on one's ass in the rear. One has to up among the forward brigade commanders, even as…

— Christopher Vokes

The military is a meritocracy. It's an up or out. It's shaped like a pyramid.

— Tanya Biank

“These reconnoissances were made under the supervision of Captain Robert E. Lee, assisted by Lieutenants P. G. T. Beauregard, Isaac I. Stevens, Z. B.…

— Ulysses S. Grant

As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a retired Flag Officer, I understand how critical it is to keep the military…

— Ronny Jackson