America Quote by John M. McHugh

In a time when our nation is engaged in multiple, long-term wars, it's critical that "the military" not become an abstraction to the vast…

— James M Strock

Our country regularly uses military force, but only a fraction of Americans serve in the military. This means fewer and fewer people have a…

— Phil Klay

I think I'm probably more typical of the average American who doesn't have a connection to a military community.

— Michelle Obama

A lot of people in America tend to take the military for granted.

— Carole King

Yes. The all-volunteer force is comprised of a very small percentage of the population. Therefore, fewer citizens have a personal interest in military matters…

— Sanford Bishop

America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with…

— James Madison

Because conscription appeals to essentially no one, the United States has lived with the All-Volunteer Force since the end of the Vietnam War.

— Jacob Weisberg

I've spent most of my life like most Americans - without any immediate connection to active duty military.

— Brianna Keilar

I am extremely proud of our remarkable men and women who serve in our military, but the reality is that this is a shrinking…

— Don Young

With the all-volunteer military, we, as a society, have become disconnected from our armed forces. And our military, like almost everything else in our…

— James Carville

There is an undeniable economic and cultural disconnect between many of those who volunteer to serve and those who choose to remain civilians. But…

— Ruben Gallego

There is no much greater cause of service than people in the military.

— Darren Waller