Tyrese Gibson Quotes

I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My knowledge is probably no more or no less than the average person's. 'A Brief Encounter with the Enemy' was created by taking bits and pieces from here and there, and then putting my own spin on them.

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

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

Most people know nobody 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.

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

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.

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

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.

My stepfather was a military man: he was in the Air Force. Reserve. You thought he'd seen front-line action, but he was stationed in Cleveland.

I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.

I've spent most of my life like most Americans - without any immediate connection to active duty military.

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.

Thirty days after high-school graduation, I went straight into the Marines.

I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don't blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth.

Rank and file Democrats are very patriotic. They love this country and support the military.

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.

With no draft, the only people who went to war were those who wanted to, or at least those who wanted to join the military.

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.

I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.

I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?

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

From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.