The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies.
Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in much for revolution or terrorism, either.
I certainly don't like a label that suggests I believe that the military is the solution to most of the world's problems.
I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.
North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces.
The American military generally counts on a kill ratio of 10 to 1 when fighting lightly armed insurgents: for every dead American, there are probably 10 dead enemy.
Pakistan is not about to crack down on terror groups or cut its military budget in order to build roads, schools and hospitals.
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and was fond of the Army.
When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual, then it became optional, and now it's legal. I'm getting out before the Democrats make it mandatory.
Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country?
It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans.
No central planning, no autocratic rule and no military regime can produce what free man can do.
The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.
Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.
I realized that both the military and religious orders depend on discipline to shape people - which routine does, in a lot of ways.
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.
In the light of the actual fighting that is now in progress, we have reached the point where the military considerations clearly outweigh the fiscal considerations.
The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.
I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes.
My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.
