Quotes February 08, 2019

Since I first joined the Marines, I have advocated aggressiveness in the field and constant offensive action. Hit quickly, hit hard and keep right on hitting. Give the enemy no rest, no opportunity to consolidate his forces and hit back at you.
LtGen H. M. “Howlin’ Mad” Smith 1949
 
 
 
 
The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men may be assigned; second, promptly bringing this efficiency to the attention of the proper officials of the government, and the American people.
MajGen John A. Lejeune, 13th CMC
 
 
 
 
Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?
Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly 1918 France.
 
 
 
 
“For the first time in a long time, I felt like I had a purpose being in the Navy. It wasn’t about money and rank or prestige. It was about raising the flag. We do what we do because no one else can or will do it. We fight so others can sleep at night. And I had forgotten that.”
Timothy Ciciora
 
 
 
 
“The reason we call ships ‘she’ is that it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”
Chester W. Nimitz
 
 
 
 
“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”
Winston S. Churchill