Logistical Support Quotes

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

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

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.

Have you already in your mind a plan wholly or partially formed? If you have, prosecute it without interference from me. If you have not, please inform me, so that I, incompetent as I may be, can try and assist you in the formation of some plan for the army.

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.

Amateurs do tactics, experts do logistics, as we learn in the military.

The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.

Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support.

Military men predominated and gave no thought to the larger situation. They knew how to advance but not how to retreat.

The certain way to victory...lies in making everything on Imperial soil contribute to the war effort...combining the total material and spiritual strength of the nation...

As the Pentagon makes plans for the largest troop rotation since World War II, I will work with the Armed Services Committee to help make this proposal a reality.

I think the troops deserve the best equipment on the battlefield, the best training, and American armor if they get in trouble.

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina.

Back in the days of world wars, American companies didn't think twice about pitching in to help fight the enemy. Car companies helped bolster tanks, food companies created rations - sometimes they had to do it, but no one had to twist their arm.

Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem.

There has never been a military commander in history who didn’t want more men for a longer time …

I've never met a general yet who could milk a cow.

From a military point of view it was a complete success

The President does not expect impossibilities, but he is very anxious that all this good weather should not be wasted in inactivity. Telegraph when you will move, and on what lines you propose to march.

In a military operation, the command and control elements are a legitimate target.

One of the real core competencies of Blackwater, or companies like Blackwater, is we can operate in difficult places without any outside support.

Our military plans for everything.

It is not enough just to get your forces from A to B - you have to keep them fed and watered as they go. The art of movement, therefore, is one of the most complex and vital that any commander must master if he is going to win.

Throughout history, the organizational evolution of the military has been inextricably linked with that of the business world.

I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.