Happy Birthday Army!
Posted on 06/14/2008 7:38:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Today is not only Flag Day (231 years ago), it is also the 233rd birthday of the United States Army, arguably the oldest military service of our nation. (I say arguably since this celebration dates back to the beginning of the Continental Army. The United States Army wasn’t actually “founded” until 1784, but they consider themselves as descended from that older group.)
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read it in English, thank a veteran.
Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.—Gen. Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.—Gen. George S. Patton
What would be the difference if we retreated and let the French and Germans make decisions for the world? We tried that twice in the last century. Isolationism, refusing to accept our role in the world, and delaying our response to evildoers ultimately cost fifty-three million lives in World War 2 alone. The preemption policy of the Bush administration, taking the war to the enemy and exporting democracy and freedom, has liberated fifty million.—Tammy Bruce
Find the bastards and pile on.—unofficial motto of the 11th “Black Horse” Cavalry Regiment
It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.—Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, USMC
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.—George Orwell
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 person 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 so and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.—John Stuart Mill
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.—Theodore Roosevelt, Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.—George Orwell
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.—General William Tecumseh Sherman
We’re the Land Of The Free only because we’re also the Home Of The Brave.
Never tell an Army Ranger that he can’t do something, because it will only make him want to do it bigger, better and with an increasing sense of interest.
Far better it is to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know neither victory or defeat.—Theodore Roosevelt, 1899
Sheep have two speeds: Grazing and Stampede—LTC Dave Grossman
If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.— Gen. Curtis LeMay
No one should pass an American in uniform without saying “Thank you, we are grateful.” Always mindful that they are prepared to risk all their dreams so that all of us can reach ours.—William Cohen, former Secretary of Defense
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.—William Tecumseh Sherman
Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?—John Wayne
The United States Constitution 1791. All Rights reserved.
God Bless every one of these magnificent patriots....
Happy Returns of the Day, Brother!
The Army was only 199 when I was a Soldier. I’m old............
The Army was only 199 when I was a Soldier. I’m old............
*****
Don’t worry, Helen Thomas was Benedict Arnold’s concubine during the American Revolution so you;re not that old.
To the Armed Forces of the United States, I salute you for keeping me safe and having the discipline not to shoot liberal reporters who are against our country.
LOL!
To the US Army, cheers! (before Obama decimates our armed forces and brings it down to Clinton-era level)
Not as good a time for a birthday as, just for the sake of argument, say, November 10th?!
Like I always say, Go Army, Beat Navy!
Happy Birthday to my Army brothers!
Thank you Navy.
Thanks, my FRiend.
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