In my 39 years in the military, I have learned that you are not a profession just because you say you are. You have to earn it and re-earn it and re-evaluate it from time to time.
タグ: i-have-learned, say, time, you

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My mother cried when I told her I really didn't want to go to West Point. So I went.
タグ: her, want, go, mother
Relieving the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran diplomatically is superior than trying to do that militarily.
タグ: superior, than, trying, conflict
If someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform, for partisan politics, I am disappointed because I think it does erode that bond of trust we have with the American people.
タグ: i-am, people, trust, politics
What will eventually cause the defeat of ISIL is that it will collapse under its own contradictions, frankly. When the populations in which it tries to maneuver realize that that ideology is not to their future benefit.
タグ: defeat, own, will, future
My belief is that when the military is used as the sole instrument of power, that never has a good outcome. If there's no one to take ownership and develop that failed state, human suffering can be even worse than that created by the conflict itself.
タグ: never, suffering, power, good
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