Overseas Service Quotes

We all know that Washington families are making a tremendous commitment to winning the War on Terror. Tonight, more than 22,000 Washington state soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are risking their lives under hostile fire in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the globe.

I think the most rewarding thing is going over and being deployed and having done meaningful things.

There are guys over in Iraq that have been there for up to 14 months. It has been really tough on them. So any support that I can give; I'll give as much as I can.

In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans.

It ended up taking eight years to finish college because I got deployed and went overseas.

I'm proud to have served there for 12 months with Alpha Company of the 39th Infantry.

I've spent 7 Christmases in Iraq and Afghanistan with WWE.

While I disagree with our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, I have nothing but respect and admiration for the men and women deployed in these places.

I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed.

Let us also reflect on the honorable service of our men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces currently serving our country overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world.

I don't think anybody accepts the idea that somehow I should be punished because I actually served our country during a very difficult time post-9/11. That required me to actually be out of Arkansas for a few years.

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

It's weird as actors because I mean we're fortunate in the group of people who have to spend time away from their families. There are men and women serving overseas who certainly have it a lot harder than we do, and there are jobs that take people away from the families, and that's a reality with some jobs that you have. One thing that's really difficult I find is the transition, because not only do you have to learn how to transition to living on your own again, there's a transition that happens learning how to live with somebody again.

I was in the Pacific. The Pacific Theater, as they say.