--- title: "3 Troy Black Quotes" description: "Troy E. Black is a retired staff non-commissioned officer of the United States Marine Corps and served as the 5th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairma..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/troy-black-86086_love_deep-down-his-programming-told-him-that_1055020.jpg" --- # Troy Black **3** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Troy E. Black is a retired staff non-commissioned officer of the United States Marine Corps and served as the 5th Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) from November 3, 2023, to June 20, 2025. In his role as SEAC, Black was the most senior enlisted member of the United States military. He p ## Quotes by Troy Black > [“Deep down, his programming told him that he was meant to destroy, but love told him something different. As humans, we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-black/deep-down-his-programming-told-him-that-he-was-meant-to-destroy-but/) Troy Black [Destruction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destruction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/troy-black-86086_love_deep-down-his-programming-told-him-that_1055020.jpg) > [“Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-black/jesus-said-in-john-14-6-i-am-the-way-and-the-truth-and-the-life-no/) Troy Black [Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/troy-black-86086_parenting_jesus-said-in-john-14-6-i-am-the-way-and_1775130.jpg) > [“God never gets stuck. When you have tried to free yourself and you are out of energy, give the outcome to God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-black/god-never-gets-stuck-when-you-have-tried-to-free-yourself-and-you-are/) Troy Black [Free yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/free-yourself/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/troy-black-86086_free-yourself_god-never-gets-stuck-when-you-have-tried_2776439.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-black/#itemlist", "name": "Troy Black Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Deep down, his programming told him that he was meant to destroy, but love told him something different. 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