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“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

“Now, there's this about cynicism, Sergeant. It's the universe's most supine moral position. Real comfortable. If nothing can be done, then you're not some…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“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

“Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where…

— Robertson Davies

“The infantryman's way of life has a knack for distilling a man's character down to its most essential elements. If he measures up, nothing…

— Sean Parnell

“As a civilian, I know nothing about combat, the Marine Corps experience or modern man's struggle adjusting to peace after war. I only know…

— Tiffany Madison

“former sergeant in the U.S.”

— Gilbert King

“In his experience, anything really important never got written down, because by then people were too busy shouting.”

— Terry Pratchett

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“You must be the only officer in the whole army who involves his regiment in his personal relationships.”

— K.M. Shea

“The interesting thing, to the Sergeant, was how these stories were at least in one way quite true to life: you didn’t know whether…

— Nick Harkaway