“One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail.”

– John Glenn

“Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered.”

– The Charge of the Light Brigade

“For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.”

– Winston Churchill, 1949

“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.”

-David Hackworth

“It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.”

-George Washington

“A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.”

— Herbert Hoover