“In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.” KnowsWellsCountryStatesTogetherAmericaForceNationsDecisionAnswersUnitedUnited StatesCourageAliveAirLove YouReadyDutyDependsDeterminationAppreciateArmyCrisisActiveCourageousReservesNavyMarineComradeAir ForceIdahoAppreciate YouTimes Of CrisisCourage And DeterminationArmy NavyCourageous Decisions Author:George H. W. Bush
“I have left the obvious, essential fact to this point, namely, that it is the Russian Armies who have done the main work in tearing the guts out of the German army. In the air and on the oceans we could maintain our place, but there was no force in the world which could have been called into being, except after several more years, that would have been able to maul and break the German army unless it had been subjected to the terrible slaughter and manhandling that has fallen to it through the strength of the Russian Soviet Armies.” WorldYearsHas BeensDoneFactsAbleLeftForceBreakAirTerribleEssentialsOceanArmyObviousFallenGutsSovietCould Have BeenSlaughter Author:Winston Churchill
“Fools, art is a heavy task, more heavy than gold crowns; it's far more difficult to match firm words than armies, they're disciplined troops, unconquered, to be placed in rhythm, the mind's most mighty foe, and not disperse in air. I'd give, believe me, a whole land for one good song, for I know well that only words, that words alone, like the high mountains, have no fear of age or death.” KnowsGivingMindBelieveWellsArtWholeAgeSongDifficultAirLandFoolMountainArt IsTasksGoldArmyHeavyRhythmFirmTroopsBelieve In MeCrownsNo FearFoeHave No Fear Book:the Odyssey a Modern Sequel Source: the Odyssey a Modern Sequel
“ISIS is a formidable foe, but the counter forces to it have only just begun and if these forces, the Iraqi army, the Kurdish Peshmerga, American air power, the Syrian Free Army, work in a coordinated fashion, it will start losing ground. Also, please keep in mind that ISIS does not actually hold as much ground as the many maps flashed on television keep showing. Large parts of those territories that ISIS supposedly controls are vacant desert.” IfsMindDoeForceAirFashionTelevisionPleaseLosingArmyDesertMapsTerritoryFoeIsisFormidableVacantAir PowerKurdish Author:Fareed Zakaria
“I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.” PeopleThinkingWarCountryFatherForceFeltSupportAirBrotherDutyGrewHonorGrew UpArmySoldierWarriorMy BrotherOfficersGrandfatherMy GrandfatherAir ForceKinship Author:Kris Kristofferson
“I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii.” AirFieldsArmyHawaiiPacific Author:Louis Zamperini
“Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.” ForceNationsForgetEnemyAirProtectCommitmentImportanceConstitutionArmyNever ForgetCoastNavyMarineOathAir ForceArmy NavyCoast Guard Author:Robin Hayes
“Our Red Army now needs IL-2 aircraft like the air it breathes, like the bread it eats.” NeedsAirRedArmyBreatheBreadAircraftRed Army Author:Joseph Stalin
“The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a plane, the Army were plain not interested.” SaidForceAirArmyFlightBoatPlanesAviationNot InterestedRoyalAir Force Author:Christopher Cockerell
“We are a people with no army, no navy, no air force, no arms. It's people, thousands of people, who are feeling, sensing the sense of urgency, fearing for the president of their life - the life of their president, trying to protect their democratic choice, because Arafat is the elected leader of the Palestinian people.” PeopleTryingFeelingsChoicesForcePresidentLeaderAirArmsProtectArmyDemocraticPalestinianNavyUrgencyAir ForceSensingSense Of UrgencyArafatElected Leaders Author:Saeb Erekat
“I write, and I feel how the correct and precise use of words is sometimes like a remedy to an illness. Like a contraption for purifying the air, I breathe in and exhale the murkiness and manipulations of linguistic scoundrels and language rapists of all shades and colors. I write and I feel how the tenderness and intimacy I maintain with language, with its different layers, its eroticism and humor and soul, give me back the person I used to be, me, before my self became nationalized and confiscated by the conflict, by governments and armies, by despair and tragedy.” GivingFeelsWritingPersonsDifferentSoulSelfSometimesUseGovernmentUsedLanguageAirColorConflictDespairGive MeTragedyArmyIllnessBreatheUsed To BeIntimacyManipulationShadeLayersTendernessRemedyPreciseScoundrelsPurifying Author:David Grossman
“Since Eve negotiated Adam, I am the most disadvantaged negotiator in history of mankind. I have no army, no navy, no air force, no economy.” ForceEconomyAirMankindArmyAdamNavyAir ForceDisadvantaged Author:Saeb Erekat
“I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to the Soviets. They had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day - night about third-world countries that have no army, navy or air force.” WorldBelieveMeanCountryNightForceI BelieveAirMilitaryWeaponsThirdsArmyDefenseNuclearNuclear WeaponsNavyDay And NightThird WorldStood UpAir ForceNational DefenseAggressivenessFrettingThird World CountriesArmy Navy Author:Ron Paul
“Using overwhelming air power to utterly and completely destroy ISIS. To put things in perspective, in the first Persian Gulf War, we launched roughly 1,100 air attacks a day. We carpet bombed them for 36 days, saturation bombing, after which our troops went in and in a day and a half mopped up what was left of the Iraqi army.” FirstsWarLeftHalfAirPerspectiveArmyOverwhelmingTroopsCarpetIsisBombingPersianOur TroopsAir PowerGulf WarSaturationPersian Gulf Author:Ted Cruz
“The air strikes are important [to fight ISIS], but we need to have an air force capable of it. And because of the budget cuts we are facing in this country, we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force we have ever had. We have to reverse those cuts, in addition to the cuts to our Navy and in addition to the cuts to our Army, as well.” NeedsWellsImportantCountryFightingLeftForceCuttingAirCapableArmyStrikesBudgetsSmallestReverseNavyIsisAir ForceBudget Cuts Author:Marco Rubio
“I was in the New Zealand army for like four years, the exact period of when it was on the air, so I never saw it.” YearsSawsFourAirPeriodsArmyFour YearsNew Zealand Author:Rhys Darby
“I can assure our countrymen that India is safe in the hands of the brave warriors of our Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.” I CanHandsForceAirSafeIndiaArmyBraveWarriorCoastNavyAir ForceCountrymenArmy NavyCoast Guard Author:Narendra Modi
“There are lots of grounds for hope in Israeli society. We are seeing Israelis getting fed up with war, looking for solutions. The youngest soldiers are refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. Some are volunteering for army combat units but are refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. We have the elite of the Israeli army, the air force pilots, some of them refusing orders which they consider illegal.” WarOrderForceSeeingAirSolutionsArmySoldierIllegalFedsTerritoryCombatPilotsElitesUnitsVolunteerIsraeliAir ForceFed UpIsraeli Army Author:Uri Avnery