Ant Middleton Quotes

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.

The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.

I don't run a democracy. I train troops to defend democracy.

When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.

Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

Having grown up in a military family, I know that politics should have no role in determining who is best qualified to lead our armed forces.

When I went through Marine boot camp in Paris Island, South Carolina, we actually did have bayonets that we trained with.

In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.

After I graduated from school, I enrolled in the military college, a cadet school. This is the first stage of military training; it instills discipline and various qualities required for military life.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

In reference to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction on active service, care shall be taken to insure the highest condition of efficiency; and in furtherance of that object, the Military and Naval Schools, sustained by the liberality of Congress, shall receive the special attention of the Executive.

The military does very well taking average people and making them very good leaders.

As a former Captain in the Army National Guard, I trained hundreds of soldiers to lead troops into combat.

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.

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

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.

The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.

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.

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

A military career offers the stability many South Korean women crave.

Just being in the military, you're so violent. We got into fights about just random things all the time. I don't think as aggressively as I did when I was in the Marine Corps.

I was in the Marine Corps in 1971. The idea 'Where does authority come from?' is fascinating to me. And also, the idea of a chaplain is fascinating to me because it's a man of the cloth in uniform, and it's the uniform of a killing machine. Back when I was in the Corps, when I saw that, I was amazed by it.