Bruce Grobbelaar Quotes

After 21 years, six months and 10 days of active military service, I am now a civilian.

I got out of the Navy in 1990.

The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.

I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.

It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.

My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.

You come back from war, and you have a certain authority to talk about war.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

My very identity as a soldier came to an abrupt end. I'd been soldiering as long as I'd been shaving. Suddenly I'd been told I could no longer soldier, and it felt as though no one really cared if I ever shaved again.

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

When you join the army, you are asked to lay down your life for your country. That is a tremendous oath to take. In return, a good country should offer that soldier every possible means it can to allow that soldier to stay alive and, upon return, healthy - both mentally and physically.

I know from personal experience the issues veterans are facing, issues around PTSD, making sure our military officers and enlisted can transition to new careers.

When you get out of the military, all you are doing is a work-up for the longest deployment of your life.

My dad was career Army.

Growing up with a parent in the army, I saw firsthand the challenges our service members face when transitioning to new jobs after time in the military.

Veterans should not have to fight for the benefits that they have already earned.

Our veterans have been fighting abroad for our freedom; the last thing they should have to do is fight for a job at home.

When I came back from Vietnam in 1965, I just had the greatest brainwashing anybody could get…

All I would say is that I have been honored to serve my country for the past three decades and look forward to serving in other ways now that I am retired from the U.S. Army.

When I became a soldier, I was drafted in 1937, and instead of being released two years later, I had to stay on because the war had started in the meantime. I was a soldier for more than eight years, as long a time as I was Chancellor.

There's no better citizen than a veteran. There's so much waiting for you outside, and it's not something to be intimidated by or scared by; it is something to be embraced.

I've been a paratrooper all my life.

On Veterans Day, the country honors those in uniform and the sacrifices they have made across the globe. But as a military spouse who reports on the issues facing military families, I've learned that one of the biggest challenges is when a service member transitions out of the armed forces and into the civilian workforce.

One of the key issues all veterans face is making the transition to a civilian career, and for veterans who need extra medical attention, this can be even more difficult.

I am a retired United States Marine Corporal and I started out in 2nd Battalion Night Marines on my deployment and I finished my career in the Marine Corps at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as a patient.