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Only general officers were entitled to know our true rank. To all others our standard reply to the inevitable question, "What is your rank?" was simply a firm, "My rank is confidential, but at this moment I am not outranked."39 -- Niall Ferguson
The trust, confidence, and support given to us by our chain of command, and the tenacity of the great noncommissioned officers of the past, have laid the foundation and developed our quality corporals and sergeants. -- Julius W. Gates
Go fuck yourself, Teague," Marshall said. "If you were a real infantryman, you'd have already commanded instead of hiding out on the staff."
"Maybe there are limits to how many hairy asses I'll kiss to make major. Feel free to continue for the both of us, though," Teague said. -- Jessica Scott
Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field. -- Winfield Scott Hancock
Your traveling companion, the soldier, is well trained. The two of you were planning something, weren't you?"
"Planning what? An evil scheme to steal all the Big Macs left in the McDonalds along 1-99? -- Summer Lane
Every day there were three shifts of police. When they changed shifts, the two troopers would salute the sergeant. Some saluted an army salute, but others saluted like the nazis did in Germany. They held their hands in front of them and clicked their heels. -- Assata Shakur
I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in the Second Infantry Division. -- Charles B. Rangel
A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty. -- Herman Melville
General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself." -- John Wayne
Took a vow to protect and serve,
All you do is disrespect and murder.
I ask that you not hurt my kids;
This is where you work ... this is where I live. -- Ka
I am a soldier in my father's army. -- Mary E. Pearson
I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army]. -- Scott Raab
Officer down. Officer down."
"I'm an officer now, am I? That's insult to injury. -- J.d. Robb
I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal. -- Thornton Wilder
young and impressive sergeant mentioned that he was hoping to go back north with us because he had earned -- Patrick Hennessey
I'm strictly an enlisted man's girl. -- Betty Grable
Military police is very timely for our army. -- Vladimir Zhirinovsky
soldier's first duty, his reason for being, is not to fight. Fighting is the final recourse for any civilized people. His duty is not even to preserve the peace; that is a police officer's job, -- Evan Currie
Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman. -- Horatio Nelson
You want to make me the best soldier possible. Go down and look at the standings. Look at the all-time standings. So far you're doing an excellent job with me. Congratulations. Now when are you going to put me up against a good army? -- Orson Scott Card
A soldier shoved him forward, said, "Stand right there and don't fucking move." "Why?" "We have to inspect you." "For what?" "Shut the fuck up. -- Blake Crouch
I'm in battle mode. Shut down. Hard. I'm not Hunter anymore. I'm Lance Corporal Lee, USMC. Semper Fi, bitches. -- Jasinda Wilder
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Any man who has been given the honor of being promoted to general and who says, "I will protect another general who protects Communists," is not fit to wear that uniform, general. -- Joseph Mccarthy
As the brother of a retired law enforcement officer, I know firsthand that our men and women in uniform perform their duties in the face of tremendous threats and significant personal risk. They put their lives on the line every day, and they often have to make split-second decisions. -- Eric Holder
PRIVATE, n. A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his knapsack and an impediment in his hope. -- Ambrose Bierce
there are times when a truly remarkable soldier must resort to unorthodox behavior, disobeying his superiors to gain the greater glory. -- William Manchester
Ass in the chair, Soldier. -- Jay Crownover
My generals are a parcel of post inspectors. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Inside that Colonel, there's a private that needs to be cuddled and held just like the rest of us." Hawkeye -- M*A*S*H Episode Guide Team
It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading. -- George S. Patton
Our profession is built on the bedrock of trust - the trust that must inherently exist among Soldiers, and between Soldiers and their leaders to accomplish their mission in the chaos of war. Recent incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment demonstrate that we have violated that trust. -- Raymond T. Odierno
But for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him. -- Ulysses S. Grant
Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I have to take him from the ranks! -- Stonewall Jackson
Hell, was no military man; was computer technician who had bumbled into wrong field. -- Robert A. Heinlein
I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace. -- Yitzhak Rabin
A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid. -- George Bernard Shaw
In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army. -- Zebulon Pike
It's strictly constables, sergeants, and lunatics. We'll keep the kettle on for you. -- Ben Aaronovitch
I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them. -- Vladimir Horowitz
Here's to the drunken Marine
With beer in his canteen!
You've heard of the Unknown Soldier
But, never an unknown Marine! -- John Ripley
Hey, is that you Elvis? I wanna speak to the Colonel. Jump to it, you mother. -- Ray Davies
Soldier don't act like we is crime and them is order, soldier act like we is enemy and this is war. -- Marlon James
He kissed me gently. 'Lieutenant Malachi Sokol, reporting for duty, Captain.'
'What?'
'I've been assigned to your field unit,' he whispered as he nuzzled my neck. Oh, man. Heaven. Help. Me. 'I'm afraid I'm already being shockingly insubordinate. -- Sarah Fine
He was, in military life, a sergeant. Casson had already guessed that by the time he got around to mentioning it. A sergeant: good at getting things done. By the book so long as it worked. By being crooked if that's what it took. -- Alan Furst
You get a promotion?"
"I got a polite, but firm suggestion to be a team player. [ ... ]"
"You got off easy. One of my commanding officers once threw a paperweight at me."
"We're a bit more subtle. -- Nelson Demille
Colonel. Can she read and write? Peter. Ay, that she can, sir. Colonel. Then she is a dangerous woman. -- Oscar Wilde
We salute the rank not the man -- Richard Winters
A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander. -- Omar N. Bradley
I am not a f**king pleasure girl, damn you! I'm an officer! -- Morgan Hawke
It's All Officers, sir.
They broke into a run. You always did for an All Officers. The people in trouble might well be you. -- Terry Pratchett
Did you pull rank?" "On a chief warrant officer?" They'd reached the link, and he slapped the call button. "Do I look suicidal? -- Tanya Huff
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. -- F. E. Adcock
Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are. -- Woodrow Wilson
Colonel L., in whose eyes I was a first-rate Riot Acter or, worse, an intellectual - in his phrase, "someone who reads books" - the most damning appraisal that could be made of a junior lieutenant. -- Steven Pressfield
I'm probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you've ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent. -- Bear Grylls
Sergeant Hicks seemed to be laid out in squares as though he were constructed out of cinder blocks. There was a hardness to his body that made his uniform appear to be little more than a paint job. He walked as if each step he took was driving a hated enemy toward a precipice. -- Pat Conroy
Once an Armyman, always an Armyman. -- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country. -- George Washington
Where there are policemen there's crime, sergeant, remember that. -- Terry Pratchett
You my door gunner?" Dempsey said. "Door gunner, aircrew, combat medic, and ass kicker, sir." "PJ? -- Jeffrey Wilson
The good sense of Colonel -- Jane Austen
As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me. -- Oliver North
To the everlasting glory of the Infantry - -- Robert A. Heinlein
Come on!
- Soldier boy!? -- Deyth Banger
Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?"
"Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir. -- Terry Pratchett
I recall this sergeant's informing me and my "room-mates" of this rather deplorable fact the army didn't have any official, excuse me, didn't have no official song and suggested that we work on this in our copious free time. -- Tom Lehrer
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class. -- Jack Adams
I'm trained in weapons, demolition, and unarmed combat. I'm a sniper, and I'm the platoon medic. But most of all, I'm an American. -- Marcus Luttrell
Officers have been trying for hundreds of years to outsmart soldiers and have still not learned that it cannot be done. We can always count on the native ingenuity of the American GI to save us from ourselves, and to win wars. -- Colin Powell
When you think about a drill sergeant, a drill sergeant expects you to perform your best, and if you don't, they're going to stay on you until you do. -- Jen Lancaster
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward. -- Douglas Macarthur
There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers. -- Bernard Law Montgomery
The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe ... -- Bill Murray
Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fiber to step aside when circumstances dictate. -- Michael Mullen
Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for. -- P. J. O'rourke
The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession. -- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. -- William Shakespeare
(sergeant thinking about an excellent detective who's threatening to quit)
For a squad sergeant, having Worden working for you was like having sex: When it was good it was great and even when it wasn't so hot, it was still pretty damn good. -- David Simon
It was not easy being a soldier, but we just had to do it. I have been rehabilitated now, so don't be afraid of me. I am not a soldier anymore; I am a child. -- Ishmael Beah
Boys used to call me Soda in school days. Soda means 'serving officers daughters association.' I miss those days when I had a very protected life: one could get close and bond with other army people that they gradually would become your extended family. -- Anushka Sharma
A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one. -- William Makepeace Thackeray
I served my country in uniform for 26 years. -- Martha Mcsally
Forget decorated generals, tell me about Private Ryan. -- Dejan Stojanovic
So off had gone John to the wars again. But he had not remained for long in the position of a humble volunteer. Colonel Clifton, commanding the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, no sooner heard that Crazy Jack was back then he enrolled him as an extra aide-de-camp. -- Georgette Heyer
I've had a lot of lieutenants over the years, and all the good ones were sick, sick individuals. You might be the best one yet. -- Henry V. O'neil
I have found a unique opportunity to distinguish myself and to learn my trade. I am a general officer in the army of the United States of America. My zeal in their cause and my frankness have won their trust. -- Marquis De Lafayette
The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making. -- Charles Dickens
A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering. -- Albert Kesselring
A soldier is the most-trusted profession in America. Americans have trust in you because you trust each other. No matter how difficult times are, those of us who love the Army must stick with it. -- Richard A. Kidd
Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines". -- Chesty Puller
The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange. -- Desi Arnaz
There's nobody bigger or better at the military than I am. -- Donald Trump
There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent. -- Daniel H. Hill
I always did like a man in uniform. And that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up sometime and see me? -- Mae West
For years, the feminists thought of me as an army sergeant. I was too macho for them. -- Lina Wertmuller
Why must I have the Piglet?' 'Because you are the best.' 'I do not understand.' 'Teach him.' 'And who teaches me?' ' As an officer, my lord, you will have many men under your command and not all will be gifted. You must learn to use each man to his best advantage ... -- David Gemmell
You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which ... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit. -- John Newcombe
favorite junior officers (Weston was a first lieutenant -- Nathan J. Allison
A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody. -- Aleksandr Vasilevsky
