Said Sayrafiezadeh Quotes

I've never boxed in my life, never been in a military base in my life, never grew up with anyone in the military.

My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.

I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.

While shooting 'The Unit', I went to the Middle East twice to see the troops. I met some great men and women.

I have members of my family who are in the military. I have friends who are in the military. Classmates who served in the military.

I was deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq with British Special Forces Units. I have great respect for the British military and the country as a whole, so I don't have anything negative to say about that.

You know, I had gone to war.

I think it's really important for people to hear what our men and women in the military have to say.

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.

Certainly, when I'd left Iraq back in 2008, I'd been proud of my service, but whether we'd been successful or not was still an open question.

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

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.

I joined the Marines the week I turned 17, and that led to a few experiences that might qualify as adventure - eye of the beholder.

The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.

Obviously, I come out of the military - I know the amazing work of the men and women in uniform and the work that they can do.

A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them.

As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.

Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.

You don't have to be in Nam to be in Nam.

If British troops are committed to action, then the nation will, of course, support them. Their courage and skill is not in doubt.

Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan.

No one hates war like a soldier hates war.

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

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.