Drill sergeant Quote by Geraldine Brooks

“The central attitudes driving the Drill Sergeant are: I need to control your every move or you will do it wrong. I know the…

— Lundy Bancroft

“Sometimes the women much resent the men who call for war and have been known to rush upon them and beat them severely about…

— Peter Matthiessen

“Some of the soldiers made disparaging comments about the fact that he was a womanform when they thought he couldn’t hear them. But his…

— Yoon Ha Lee

“Women command ships in the Navy. Women serve on submarines. There’s women on my team, and I trust them with my life. As for…

— Zoe Chant

“Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those…

— Anne Frank

“She had an incredible amount of admiration for these talented men who dedicated themselves to training and practicing and honing their skills in order…

— Laura Griffin

“That was what I’d learned from the women in my life—pick your battles.”

— Louise Bay

“The men expressed their gratitude for the service I rendered, meeting my eyes with respect. I supposed if you were fighting alongside women in…

— C.J. Anaya

“Okay boy's and girls, let's learn how to fight." -Sergeant Til”

— C.D. Sutherland

I had medevacked so many women off the battlefield that I knew that it was a misnomer to say that women weren't in combat.…

— MJ Hegar

When I talk with women who have had wonderful experiences in the military it's because their commanders treated them with respect and dignity and…

— Amy Ziering

“that what matters is not the mind but the boot brush, not intelligence but the system, not freedom but drill. We became soldiers with…

— Erich Maria Remarque