“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”
Well, if he’s the author of this quote, and it appears upon research that he is credited with it, then I’m all in. Molon Labe. How about Allen West and James Mattis.
Allen West is a field arty officer whose combat experience can be summarized with one enemy suspect who he made a name for himself by doing the right thing. However, that is not what combat is. It was more of what goes on in one’s base camp/ rear area with locals employed to cook, clean etc . We used to watch for Viets pacing off billets, chopper pads, and other targets.