Adolf Galland Quotes

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone.

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.

They are pretty good officers now, and after a while they will make excellent soldiers too. They only need reducing to the ranks.

When I served on active duty in the United States Air Force, one of my duties was to teach the Law of War.

My dad was a fighter pilot with the 210th Combat Aviation in Vietnam.

I was sent to Korea, which was excellent training for what came later. I was assigned to remain on duty until I completed one hundred combat missions - or got knocked out - whichever came first.

I had volunteered for the Air Force and was an enthusiastic bombardier. While dropping bombs on Europe, I generally didn't understand what I was doing.

I joined the Marines, passed Special Forces selection, and became a young leader in the military.

The right rules of engagement means giving our forward commanders the authority and flexibility to take the initiative and win. Trust our forward deployed warriors to do their job. Political appointees running the war from Washington is just wrong.

When the first armies were formed, combat took courage, which women share equally with men, and strength, which we do not. But though I am only 4 feet 7 inches tall, with a gun in my hand I am the equal of a soldier who's 6 feet 7 - perhaps even at a slight advantage, as I make a smaller target.

I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants.

No trooper, no special forces operative wants to sit behind a desk. We joined up to kick some doors down.

Our military sons and daughters that are placed in harm's way deserve the right equipment, the right training, and the right rules of engagement to win decisively on any field of battle.

As members of the military, Coast Guardsmen are prohibited from wading into politics.

For Dad, service took him many unexpected places. It summoned him and his crew mates to the skies over the Pacific Ocean in World War II. It took him to Capitol Hill, Beijing and eventually the Oval Office.

If you put our guys in harm's way, you better support them with the right equipment, the right rules of engagement, the right Medevac, the right quick-reaction force.

As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.

I built Blackwater to stay connected to the SEAL teams and to serve that whole community.

In the Army, I was very good at avoiding my job!

Peacetime Special Forces are different than wartime Special Forces. And I'm just not sure I was born to be in peace time.

One thing every Army pilot knows is that there is no such thing as a routine mission.

I met lot of fighter pilots and heard their breathtaking experiences. They risk their lives for our well being. Not many understand the risks involved.

I flew helicopters, and I loved flying helicopters on the East Coast when I did a couple of deployments out to the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.

Troops fighting for their lives should not have to ask a lawyer sitting in air conditioning 500 miles away for permission to drop a bomb.

In the Army, I learned how to use and respect my rifle.