Bases Quote by Lynn Montross

At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the…

— James F. Cooper

Marines are expeditionary - we are meant to take on unfamiliar missions. But we are not police.

— Jake Auchincloss

We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

— James L. Jones

We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a…

— J. D. Vance

Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs.

— Louis Gossett, Jr

“None of them were equipped, trained, or mentally prepared for combat. For the first time in recent history, American ground units had been committed…

— T.R. Fehrenbach

An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.

— James Mattis

“November 1775, when our Founding Fathers “. . .resolved, that two Battalions of Marines be raised. . .[and]. . .that particular care be taken that no person be appointed or…

— Tom Clancy

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

— R. Lee Ermey

In 'Colonial Marines' you come into the game as a marine, and how you play depends on your equipment and by the choices you're…

— Randy Pitchford

“The most convincing proof of the Americans’ successful rite of passage came from across the lines. The Germans had previously regarded the Americans as…

— Joseph E. Persico

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