“Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish extraordinary purposes for our country without having to put our military forces into conflict.” CountryAblePurposeForceMilitaryConflictExtraordinaryAccomplishOur CountryMilitary Force Author:Mitt Romney
“Normally, what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention, he tells the Pentagon, put together some options to accomplish goal.” WantHappensTogetherGoalTermLeaderMilitaryAccomplishInterventionPentagonMilitary Intervention Author:Jack Keane
“The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.” IfsWayDoneHandsLife IsDiesLosesAbilityPayAttentionMilitaryTaughtTasksImportanceAccomplishMissionsPay AttentionTimelyCompletingLieutenantsTimelinesTask At Hand Author:Don Young
“The most important decisions in organizations are people decisions, and yet only the military, and only recently, has begun to ask, "If we assign this general to lead this base, what do we expect him to accomplish?"” PeopleIfsImportantAsksDecisionMilitaryOrganizationAccomplishImportant Decisions Author:Peter Drucker
“The United States military is undoubtedly the world's finest. It's also far and away the most generously funded, with policymakers offering U.S. troops no shortage of opportunities to practice their craft. So why doesn't this great military ever win anything? Or put another way, why in recent decades have those forces been unable to accomplish Washington's stated wartime objectives? Why has the now 15-year-old war on terror failed to result in even a single real success anywhere in the Greater Middle East?” WarRealOpportunityWinningMilitaryTerrorAccomplishFinestWar On Terror Author:Andrew Bacevich