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  • The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.

    "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
  • I was surprised by the level of sophistication of the Special Operation forces. Among them were anthropologists and PhD candidates. I felt because I understand the patterns of nineteenth-century jihad in West Africa that I was definitely going to be more advanced than they were in comprehending what the militant rallying cry was.

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  • A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

    Freedom   War   Military  
  • It is not the critic who counts

    Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5
  • War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

    "The Contest in America", Fraser's Magazine, February 1862.
  • As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as we continue to fight and, more importantly, win the war on terror.

    War   Fighting   Winning  
  • After 20 years in special operations trust me, I know my body.

  • I wanted to do something that dealt with more of paranormal techniques that wasn't a horror movie. It is an action movie that deals with a special operations group. But if a Tier One team went in to take out Bin Laden today, if you had those kind of abilities, of course you would use that kind of group. And it was more going into that arena. And I wanted to make it feel more like, grounded, as if we had this ability.

    Team   Special   Use  
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  • So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

    Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5
  • In times of uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation’s call; a common man with uncommon desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he stands alongside America’s finest special operations forces to serve his country and the American people, and to protect their way of life. I am that man.

    Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson (2010). “Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege”, p.8, Hachette UK
  • All front-line combat jobs in the infantry, special operations units and elsewhere are now open to women.

    Jobs   Special   Lines  
    "Combat Jobs Are Open To Women But Filling Slots Will Take A While". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. January 6, 2016.
  • The authorization I propose would provide the flexibility to conduct ground combat operations in other more limited circumstances, such as rescue operations involving U.S. or coalition personnel or the use of special operations forces to take military action against ISIL leadership, it would also authorize the use of U.S. forces in situations where ground combat operations are not expected or intended, such as intelligence collection and sharing, missions to enable kinetic strikes or the provision of operational planning and other forms of advice and assistance to partner forces.

    "Obama opens door to 'limited' ground combat operations against ISIS", www.foxnews.com. February 11, 2015.
  • I am encouraged by the news today that United States special operations personnel found, identified and killed the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the operational commander of the al-Qaeda led insurgency in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was the public face of the insurgency.

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