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“He had believed the life of an officer was easy, full of undeserved privilege and comfort. He had not seen the responsibility that the…

— Paul Fraser Collard

“And he simply would not tolerate any other high-ranking officer, commissioned or noncommissioned, reaming out one of his guys. He”

— Marcus Luttrell

“The role of the officer, in my experience, is nothing grander than to stand sentinel over himself and his men, towards the end of…

— Steven Pressfield

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the…

— Larry Niven

“He had discovered early in his military career that if one has an effective and experienced officer above, coupled with effective and experienced soldiers…

— Joe Abercrombie

“first requisite of a really good officer is to temper justice with mercy’. As”

— Kate Williams

“A general may succeed for some time in persuading his superiors that he is a good commander: he will never”

— Field Marshal Archibald wavell

“I hate to tell you this, but you are just stupid and eager and sincere enough to make the kind of officer that men…

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most…

— Frank Herbert

“Indeed, good leaders were often good actors, able to convince their men if not themselves that they would somehow prevail.”

— Alex Kershaw

“The friendship between officers is tarnished by the need for one or another to be promoted. The kindness of a captain is predicated on…

— Sara Sheridan

“It was good for troops to know their officers were reliable, and that we didn’t hate each other—at least not to a degree that…

— B.V. Larson