Michael Hayden Quotes

A small country like Israel has compulsory military training. But countries like India, that are so much bigger, have no compulsory military training, so people don't understand how the military functions. They have no knowledge of how it works, no respect for it.

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.

One of my favorite courses to teach is when we go to the Air Force. We've done a few at Air Force bases. What's great about that is that it's a one-week course. It's five days and we work with them for about eight hours a day. We're not only teaching them self-defense, but we're also teaching them how to teach it on base to others.

I went to college in the Air Force, and I went to college at the University of Maryland, who had college campuses on Air Force bases.

I'm still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy.

I was an intelligence officer for what was then 8th Air Force, B-52 Air Force.

The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our nation and win wars.

I served four years in the Air Force in South Korea, and my brother, Aaron, served in the Army there, too, on the DMZ.

When I served on active duty in the United States Air Force, one of my duties was to teach the Law of War.

The challenges facing our Armed Forces are increasingly complex.

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

I did graduate early and even received my master's degree in political science before I turned 22.

In some ways I've gone to Cash and Carter graduate school.

As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, my first priority is to ensure the readiness of our military.

I tried to join the RAF cadets at school so I could fly a plane but then I realised you had to do all the other cadet stuff like training before they let you in a plane. Then you're roped in for life.

My son's a West Point cadet.

Our servicemen and woman need to know that Congress has their back by making resources available to modernize, train, and equip them so they can continue to protect vital U.S. security interests.

When we are growing up, we all have our dreams - and for me, I idolised the men of the Indian army, navy, air force.

To get my master's, obviously that would be something special.

I'm a combat soldier.

American servicemembers receive the best training in the world. They deserve to get credit for that when they leave the military, continue their education, and start careers.

At 19, I joined the Air Force during the Vietnam War.

Obviously, defence is very sensitive and very challenging ministry.

I joined the Rhodesian army in 1975, having trained for six weeks outside Bulawayo.

The dedication it must take to be part of R.O.T.C. was always interesting to me.