Figures Quote by Eric Shinseki

To maintain order after Assad's fall would require at least 500,000 troops in a never-ending occupation.

— Tulsi Gabbard

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished.

— Janis Karpinski

By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry,…

— James Monroe

And then fourth, we have that essential group of people who track programs and budgets to ensure that they align with the needs of…

— Stephen Cambone

An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When I became secretary of state, we had 200,000 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I'm very grateful that we have brought home…

— Hillary Clinton

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military…

— Eamon de Valera

We don't need mass armies anymore. We replace it with more effective equipment.

— George W. Bush

A "just war" - if there could be such a thing - would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful.

— Ben Salmon

We will build an active army of around 540,000, as the Army's chief of staff has said he needs desperately and really must have…

— Donald Trump

I think any time you construct, you know, plan an operation, you have to account for civilians that are part of that landscape.

— Lloyd Austin

It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand.

— Steven Erikson