Alfred Thayer Mahan Quotes

We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.

Before they deploy, they train for the specific operations, but there is a danger that the Army is not retaining the core of its full capabilities.

Our military plans for everything.

Unless more efforts based upon long-range planning are put into military preparations and operations, it will be very hard to win the final victory.

All of the military services - land, sea, and air - spend a great deal of time awake. This is a direct result of the high tempo of operations we conduct while forward deployed well outside our national borders.

Picatinny Arsenal is essential to the safety of our women and men in the field and to delivering a qualitative edge for our military.

We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?

America has the strongest, best-trained, best-led military force in the world, and we have failed them. Our military today is struggling in virtually every category that measures preparedness.

It would be better for the country if the Pentagon and the military do not shut down at any point because the threats to the country do not shut down.

One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail.

History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the battlefield.

I'm from a generation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Our battleground was where we learned. It's not like the old generation where they used to train and train and train, and then suddenly an operation would come up, and they'd go on it.

The exploration for oil and gas off our shores can play a role in making energy more affordable and accessible... However, effective safety measures must be in place, and exploration must be done in an environmentally sensitive manner that in no way interferes with our military.

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

Instead of measuring military readiness in terms of overall size and numbers, we must focus on metrics of capability, particularly in technology, and positioning.

Our military sons and daughters that are placed in harm's way deserve the right equipment, the right training, and the right rules of engagement to win decisively on any field of battle.

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

In the military, we can only do so much. The reality of it is if someone... really wants to make an impact on national security and the military as a whole... the person that has the ability to do that most is a knowledgeable civilian leader.

[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this in progress just to give you a flavor for how Trump is sounding.

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.

The People's Liberation Army is always a fighting force. Even after countrywide victory, our army will remain a fighting force during the historical period in which classes have not been abolished in our country and the imperialist system still exists in the world. On this point, there should be no misunderstanding or wavering.

Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed.

Those who don't learn to fight worry, die young.

There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. But once this inertia has been overcome and underway they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate.

The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.