Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.
Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.
If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh.
Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.