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"The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply."

"The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply."

Kelly Miller, American Sociologist

Military, Army, Communication, Question

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"The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?"

"The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?"

Frank Chodorov, American Writer

Military, Americans, Fight, Want

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"When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as my club band. They were still only in the middle school - but I'd take them on the road with me on the weekends, sometimes."

"When I came out of the military, I had a club in Memphis and I started using the The Bar Kays as my club band. They were still only in the middle school - but I'd take them on the road with me on the weekends, sometimes."

William Bell, American Musician

Military, Road, School

3

"Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip."

"Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

3

"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."

"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."

Will Adams, English Explorer

Military, Clothes

3

"The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale."

"The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale."

Jack Adams, Canadian Athlete

Military, Effect, Islands, News

3

"My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness."

"My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness."

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

Military, Usefulness, Value

3

"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."

"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."

Will Adams, English Explorer

Military, Years

3

"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."

"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Military, Assassination, Trust, Leadership, Fear

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"The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June."

"The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Military, End, First, July, June

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"I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago."

"I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago."

Jack Adams, Canadian Athlete

Military, Chicago

2

"It is considered a major sin to break a contract, if you agreed, especially with military situations."

"It is considered a major sin to break a contract, if you agreed, especially with military situations."

John Walker Lindh, American Criminal

2

"I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941."

"I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941."

Jack Adams, Canadian Athlete

Military, June, Navy, Parents

2

"And the program was developed in large part by behavioral scientists who were working with the military, who do everything they possibly can to measure a soldier's stress levels to see how they're doing physically and emotionally, as they go through this program."

"And the program was developed in large part by behavioral scientists who were working with the military, who do everything they possibly can to measure a soldier's stress levels to see how they're doing physically and emotionally, as they go through this program."

Jane Mayer, American Journalist

Military, Measure, Scientists, Stress

2

"I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores."

"I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

2

"Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS."

"Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Military, African, Children, Old

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"The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever."

"The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Military, Majority, Value

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"We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers."

"We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers."

Rob Simmons, American Politician

Military, Nation, Soldiers, Support

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"I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border."

"I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border."

Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist

Military, State, Weapons

1

"The Roswell incident, for instance, had over three hundred witnesses - some describing the bodies, some the craft, some the military procedures. Were they all perpetuating their own lives in a myth?"

"The Roswell incident, for instance, had over three hundred witnesses - some describing the bodies, some the craft, some the military procedures. Were they all perpetuating their own lives in a myth?"

Dwight Schultz, American Actor

1

"We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby."

"We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby."

Jack Adams, Canadian Athlete

Military, American, Fact

1

"You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation."

"You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

1

"When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it."

"When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it."

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

1

"We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have."

"We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have."

Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer

1

"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."

"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Military, Problems, Solution, Today

"A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room."

"A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Military, Training, Battle, War

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