Mikie Sherrill Quotes

I went to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and then I went right into the Navy after that.

My father-in-law was a nuclear-submarine captain. My father was in the military.

I am a West Point graduate and an Army veteran.

Joining the service is a great thing. I think everybody should join the service. It is a great life and we do exciting things.

And then, when I went into the Navy, there was no choice. You took about half of the hours during your naval training as naval courses and the other half were engineering.

I wanted to leave 'Eight Is Enough' for the Navy.

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

For me personally, as I said, I want to serve my country. I've done it once, and I'm still in the army, I feel as though I should get the opportunity to do it again.

I have dedicated half my life to military service.

I was born military. I made up my mind right away, 'Im gong to do this for the rest of my life.'

From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.

After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning to be a naval officer.

I was born in a family with a strong military background, so I chose to be a soldier.

I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines.

I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.

My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life.

My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to Army patch wherever that was. The Army also contributed to sending me off to boarding school.

The thing about the Air Force or any branch of the military is that all of us were plucked away from our homes and our comfort zones and our families. So there was a solidarity in the military, a brotherhood.

When I was 17, I was told I had the choice of enlisting in the Navy or going to jail, so I spent the next three years in the Navy.

A military life has ever comported with my inclination.

My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

My father served 26 years in the Air Force as a pilot and a pioneer in our missile programs. I learned early about the sacrifices a family makes when a member is repeatedly deployed, and also the fulfillment that comes from serving our country. My brother, my son and I all became Marines.

Shall This Continue? Join the Navy.

One of my most rewarding congressional duties is nominating future military leaders to study at America's service academies. The exceptional young men and women who receive these coveted nominations earn a top-of-the-line education and the opportunity to serve their country as a military officer.