"Every soldier should learn survival on land, sea, and in the air." - Louis Zamperini

"Don't let the bastards grind you down." - Joseph 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell

"It is a proud privilege to be a soldier -- a good soldier with discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self-confidence born of demonstrated ability." - George S. Patton Jr.

Quote: "I am a retired military helicopter pilot. I find it astounding, that the Blackhawk pilot and co-pilot did not see the jets Navigation Lights! Or, request that ATC confirm the jets altitude and directional flight path."

TIL that former US Secretary of State, political scientist and Nobel prize winner Henry Kissinger quoted saying "Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." He never denied saying that.

Capt. Ike Fenton of the US Marine Corps upon hearing reports that his unit was almost out of ammunition during a battle in the Korean War in 1950

“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week” - George Patton

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." - Nathan Hale

"I have not yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones

"I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share." - R. Lee Ermey

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." - George Washington

Go Eagles !!! 🏈

Douglas MacArthur

"There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me." Jimmy Carter

249 years, motherfuckers!

Veterans Day 2024

I posted in my small city FB group asking if any jarheads wanted to meet up. Happy belated birthday, Devils.

Happy Veterans Day

With the changes big Air Force is rumored to make, the one change I hope they never make is getting rid of the alternative PT components.

James Earl Jones passed away today at the age of 93. Jones was an Army veteran who used the GI Bill to study acting before launching a career that included playing LT Zogg in Dr Strangelove , providing the voice for Darth Vader and portraying Admiral James Greer in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

😂😂 anyone else’s experience

#1author here

Have you served in the U.S. Military?

Rick Perry: From the US Air Force to Texas Governor