Kris Kristofferson Quotes

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

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

I came from a family of Marines into the family of Marines.

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.

My own father and grandfather served in the Army.

My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline.

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.

Helping veterans isn't just a part of my job. For me, it's personal. It's in my blood.

To serve in the modern military - or to be the uncle, parent or sibling of one who does - is to treat the necessary service and sacrifice of war with a sacred honor. In my community, we pile into cars and drive hundreds of miles to watch our children's graduation from basic training.

I grew up in a military family. My father spent 26 years in the Air Force.

Our collective military service is a special part of our family's story in America.

I come from a military family, where service is seen as a badge of honor.

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

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.

Both my grandparents were officers in World War Two, and I would be personally offended if somebody distorted their achievements.

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.

My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.

My husband was an Air Force pilot man years ago and recently an Air Force wife thanked me for my service! I laughed and said, 'No, I wasn't in the Air Force, my husband was!' And she smiled and said, 'If he served, you served. And thank you.'

My grandfather was in World War II and fought in Europe in Army Infantry, so I have such a huge respect for him, and he's shared some personal experiences with me.

It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war.

I want to be a soldier as my father was.

As a son of an airman who was stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, it is my honor to nominate young people to our military academies.

Nothing makes a career like a war.