Jim Webb Quotes

The best time of being a Marine was Afghanistan. There will never be a time when I'm sleeping in the dirt and I haven't showered in four months and I'm with 50 of the people that I'll be the closest with ever.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

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

I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.

Anyone who says they don't enjoy the Army is mad - you can spend a week hating it and the next week it could be the best thing in the world and the best job you could ever, ever wish for. It has got so much to offer.

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.

In 1967, I signed up for the Army, where I earned an equivalency diploma, then went on to join the Special Forces. That was really was the turning point in my life. I became more disciplined and focused. I went overseas and was in combat, got wounded a couple of times, lost a lot of good friends but matured a great deal.

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

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

I never thought anyone would pity me because of my time in the Marine Corps.

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

I did 22 years in the military. I went through Paris Island. I'm a Marine. I will never not be one.

One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll never not be a Marine.

The Marine Corps was the first father figure I had ever known.

I always give much attention to military character and to psychological and morale conditions.

I'm proud to have served there for 12 months with Alpha Company of the 39th Infantry.

As a former Airman First Class in the United States Air Force, like many veterans in America, my military experience played an important part in instilling in me a sense of character and discipline that has served me throughout my life.

My experience in uniform has shaped my life and informed who I am like no other, and it's difficult for me to wrap my mind around the idea that I will no longer be a soldier.

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

For over 20 years, I was in the Army, and it's given me a real love of history.

Join the military, there is nothing better. You get to travel a lot.

I try and relate my writing to something I know about, and I had a primary experience of being in a competitive, military environment and being part of a squadron.