“We are not garrison troops. We are in the business of killing people and breaking their shit.” — Marko Kloos Business Copy Share Image
“but this is the military, and making sense is against service tradition.” — Marko Kloos Making sense Copy Share Image
“He’ll get his in the end,” she says. “One way or another. Karma is a metric bitch.” — Marko Kloos Bitch Copy Share Image
“The ribbons and badges on a Class A uniform are a soldier’s business card, and this major’s card says “pencil pusher.” — Marko Kloos Business Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind that without the law, we’re not a military, just an armed gang that dresses alike.” — Marko Kloos Armed Copy Share Image
“There’s no perfect place, you know. You always end up trading one kind of shit for another.” — Marko Kloos Shit Copy Share Image
“I no longer feel like a hood rat who has managed to sneak into a place where he doesn’t belong.” — Marko Kloos Feel Copy Share Image
“I’m Briana Fallon. Do you have a conventional first name, too, or did your parents anticipate your future academic achievements when they… — Marko Kloos Academic achievement Copy Share Image
“I don’t feel guilty for making it,” I reply. “But a lot of people died so I could make it back to… — Marko Kloos Feel Copy Share Image
“When I was young and impressionable, I thought of war as a sort of romantic crucible, a test of one’s manhood and… — Marko Kloos Impressionable Copy Share Image
“Never waste an opportunity for taking a leak, grabbing chow, or taking a nap while in the military—you never know when you’ll… — Marko Kloos Military Copy Share Image
“We are so incredibly skilled at adapting to even the most hostile of environments, and so often we use those skills to… — Marko Kloos Skilled Adapting Copy Share Image
“When a drop ship pilot tells you that the flight is going to be a little bumpy, strap in firmly and prepare… — Marko Kloos Flight Copy Share Image
“But right now, most of all I love knowing that she’ll be next to me when I fall asleep, and she’ll be… — Marko Kloos Asleep Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what exactly it is about this moment that suddenly makes my heart hurt, and the pain I feel is… — Marko Kloos Cried Copy Share Image
“The universal motivator,” she says. “That has always been what makes a squad function under fire. Not honor or medals or promotions.… — Marko Kloos Squad Copy Share Image
“In truth, warfare has changed very little since our great-great-grandfathers killed each other at places like Gettysburg, the Somme, Normandy, or Baghdad.… — Marko Kloos Truth Copy Share Image
“And as an attack-bird jock, let me add just one more thing. If this is the day you get to claim that… — Marko Kloos Valhalla Copy Share Image
“Back in NCO school, I had to read a ton of papers by mostly clueless theoreticians, prattling on about the “changing nature… — Marko Kloos Modern warfare Copy Share Image
“The Commonwealth—humanity—is in deep shit, and we’re the people with the shovels.” — Marko Kloos Humanity Copy Share Image
“Nobody’s immune to physics. I don’t care how big and tough they are.” I” — Marko Kloos Physics Copy Share Image
“Well, it was nice being all introspective, Andrew. Now let’s get back to shooting people.” — Marko Kloos Introspective Copy Share Image
“When he says “jump,” the entire battalion is usually in midair before asking for an altitude parameter.” — Marko Kloos Says Jump Copy Share Image
“Decaf is an abomination, and serving it to someone should be considered a human rights violation,” — Marko Kloos Coffee Copy Share Image
“We are like a formation of rabbits trying to stop a herd of charging bulls down here. “On” — Marko Kloos Animal Copy Share Image
“Nobody’s ever the bad guy in their own mind, Lieutenant. Sometimes you just have to pick between two bad choices and decide… — Marko Kloos Bad choices Copy Share Image
“I feel like a cog in a machine, but that’s one part of the military I don’t mind. When you do exactly… — Marko Kloos Computers Copy Share Image
“If our time is up, at least we’ll be dying in fresh air,” I say. “With rifles in our hands and a… — Marko Kloos Dying Copy Share Image
“But whatever else they are, and whatever thoughts swirl around in those heads right now, they volunteered to be here, to join… — Marko Kloos Extermination Copy Share Image
“I’m Briana Fallon. Do you have a conventional first name, too, or did your parents anticipate your future academic achievements when they… — Marko Kloos Academic achievement Copy Share Image
“We’re not religious, but we’ve discussed the idea of an afterlife before, and Halley and I concluded that Valhalla is the best… — Marko Kloos Afterlife Copy Share Image
“And, Garcia?” “Go ahead, sir,” Garcia replies from the TacOps station hundreds of kilometers overhead. “Next time I tell you to let… — Marko Kloos Next time Copy Share Image
“Why do I have the feeling that every time you say ‘with all due respect,’ you don’t really mean it?” I hesitate… — Marko Kloos Respect Copy Share Image
