Jon Huertas Quotes

When you say 'never forget' to a veteran, you are implying that, as an American, you are in it with them.

The greatest brotherhood, sisterhood that I was ever a part of are veterans.

Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn't appreciate it then.

When I meet someone from the army background, there is an instant connection. We live in the best five-star hotels of the world, but outside my home I will be equally comfortable in any army cantonment or army guest house. Telling my friends that my father was in the army was like telling them that he is the second-richest man in the world.

I have drawn a very close bond to all the military people.

Military deployments have never been something to enjoy, but the consequence of the actions, the shared nature of the sacrifices, and the nobility of the cause are invigorating. To be clear, I'm not talking about the killing and the death; rather, the sense of purpose that pervades every action, reaction, and outcome.

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

My dad has been in the military for 35 years. My brother's in the Air Force. I'm familiar with what it's like being in a military family - the unusual traumas you carry around with you.

Any time I can spend time with my brothers and sisters who fight for this country and fight for freedom, it's a positive thing.

There's families all across the country that miss people, but there's nothing like military families.

I grew up in a military family. My father spent 26 years in the Air Force.

The military is a path of the unknown. I wasn't in denial about the risk.

As someone who grew up in a military family, I know what it's like to have those you care about serve overseas.

Our fighters would be nowhere if they didn't have the support coming from folks like those that served with me.

I never played sports or got into the whole guy camaraderie of, like, 'I love you, man! Seniors forever!' So suddenly being in the military with these guys who were under these very heightened circumstances, isolated from their families, living this very kind of Greek lifestyle, it changed my life in a really big way.

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.

I've always been fascinated by the military, the discipline they have and the sacrifices they make to defend the country. It's something I've always been interested in.

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

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.

I've done two USO Tours, one in the Middle East and one in Asia, and spent time with the troops.

Spending time with America's soldiers is always inspiring.

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