Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence.

Death can be more exciting than life.

Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.

Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?

Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound of gunshot or in sight of battle in my whole life that I wasn't so scared that I had sweat in the palms of my hands.

If everybody's thinking the same thing, then nobody's thinking.

Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it.