Combat Readiness Quotes

Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.

An army marches on its stomach.

… you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

I’ve fired my last shot. I think I should have another round in my belt.

Armament is an important factor in war but not the decisive factor .... Man, not material, forms the decisive factor.

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns, ammunition.

He is a butcher, and is not fit to be at the head of an army.

One thing is certain: wherever the enemy lands, if once we can get to grips with him on the Continent, where we are not dependent on supplies from overseas, that ought to be, and will be, all right with us.

Upon the fields of friendly strife Are sown the seeds, That, upon other fields, on other days, Will bear the fruits of victory.

Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment.

I have some muscle on me where I can take those hits.

The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

I believe that one can't command sitting on one's ass in the rear. One has to up among the forward brigade commanders, even as far as battalion commanders, especially if one is fighting a defensive action. One simply has to know what is going on.

The cost of deploying one U. S. soldier is the equivalent to the cost of deploying 70 Afghan soldiers.

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

Hard training - easy combat; easy training - hard combat.

To expect ... the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and perhaps never will happen. Men, who are familiarized to danger, meet it without shrinking; whereas troops unused to service often apprehend danger where no danger is.

The Principle aim of physical education is military heroism

The Spartans do not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they are.

Combat duty is strenuous and physically demanding, and I'm not the first person to notice that men and women are built differently. And while many will argue that women will only be allowed into combat arms units under the same requirements as their male counterparts, count me as skeptical.

Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.

Come and get them.

You ought to be made to fight. We need regiments of such men as you.