“I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.” YearsLooksStillsPiecesMilitaryChangedWallMembersPaperShotsMy FamilyGreenPocketsChemicalsGrandfatherFamily MembersColonelsConfederateCompositesGreat GrandfatherCavalry Author:Anson Mount
“Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.” MenFeelsDoeFacesLeaderMilitaryFrontsColdShotsInstinctSoldierWarmProtectionHolesCourageousShellsComradeTrenchesComradeship Author:Bernard Law Montgomery
“The military doesn't teach rifle marksmanship. It teaches equipment familiarity. Despite what the officer corps thinks, learning to shoot a rifle is not like learning to drive a car. Instead, it is like learning to play the violin.... The equipment familiarity learning curve comes up quick, but then the rifle marksmanship continuation of the curve rises very slowly....by shooting one careful shot at a time, carefully inspecting the result (and the cause).” ThinkingPlayCausesResultsTeachMilitaryCarGunShotsCome UpCarefulDespiteShootingOfficersEquipmentCurvesFamiliarityViolinRiflesContinuationLearning CurveMarksmanship Author:Daryl Davis
“Here the system is creating an industry around the drug issue when it does nothing to stop the corrupt military that moves the drugs, and the big banks that are all in cahoots with the President and the big shots in the Congress.” DoeBigsMovingPresidentIssuesMilitaryIndustryDrugCreatingShotsCongressBig Shots Author:Jerry Brown
“... war reporting is still essentially the same - someone has to go there and see what is happening. You can't get that information without going to places where people are being shot at, and others are shooting at you. The real difficulty is having enough faith in humanity to believe that enough people, be they government, military or the man on the street, will care when your file reaches the printed page, the website or the TV screen.” PeopleMenBelieveStillsWarRealEnoughGovernmentCareHumanityStreetsMilitaryInformationHe ManTvsPagesHappeningsShotsDifficultyScreensShootingFilesWebsitePrintedFaith In Humanity Author:Marie Colvin
“In South America euphemism appears to be the grisly preserve of violent power. 'Liberty' was the name of the biggest prison in Uruguay under the military dictatorship, while in Chile one of the concentration camps was called 'Dignity.' It was the self-styled 'Peace and Justice' paramilitary group in Chiapas [Mexico] that in 1997 shot 45 peasants in the back, nearly all of them women and children, as they prayed in a church. What have the souls of the south done over the past few decades to deserve quite so much liberty and dignity and peace and justice?” ChildrenSoulSelfDoneAmericaPastNamesLanguageChurchJusticeLibertyViolenceGroupsMilitaryShotsDeserveDignityPrisonSouthDecadesViolentOppressionPreservesConcentrationCampsMexicoDictatorshipPeasantsOver The PastPeace And JusticeChileSouth AmericaConcentration CampEuphemism Author:Isabel Fonseca
“We can't discount how scary and shaken not just the Turkish government is, but Turkish society is. Imagine if you had some rump group of military officials here in the United States who started flying off with F-16s or other artillery and were taking shots at government buildings, and people were killed and injured. People would be scared and rightfully so.” PeopleIfsStatesGovernmentWould BeUnitedUnited StatesImagineGroupsMilitaryBuildingShotsScaredScaryFlyingOfficialsInjuredTurkishDiscountsArtillery Author:Barack Obama
“We know about General John Kelly's military experience and his record there and being a decorated veteran of combat over in Iraq in particular. In fact, that's where I first met him was when Ramadi was shot to shambles during the surge era. We took a ride around there, even a minaret was shot in half and he pointed to that and said we were taking fire from that minaret. My son took that down with a 20 milimeter cannon. That's my first impression of John Kelly.” KnowsFirstsSaidFactsHalfRecordsFireMilitaryParticularSonMetsShotsIraqImpressionErasMy SonCombatVeteranCannonsFirst ImpressionShamblesMilitary Experience Author:Steve King
“Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.” IfsPoliticalPoliticsBusinessEmotionMilitaryPositionEgoShotsStrategic Management Author:Colin Powell