Quotes January 31, 2020

People want to hear what I do with Special Forces, as a ranger, as a sniper. And I’m like ‘What does that have to do with fighting?’ Let’s talk about fighting. They couldn’t be more different; there’s nothing similar about them.
Tim Kennedy
 
 
 
 
Let’s just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.
Christopher Lee
 
 
 
 
Russian strategy seems to center on maintaining Putin’s popularity at home; building a strong military capacity in special forces, nuclear weapons, and advanced submarines; pressuring nearby nations to join various defense and customs pacts dominated by Russia; and pushing back on the U.S. wherever convenient.
James G. Stavridis
 
 
 
 
My father was a soldier. He was a frogman in the special forces in Denmark before I was born, and always the reality of that inspired me. My mom is very left-wing, classic socialist, and she always talked about the solders as almost crazy, violent, sick people, and I want to confront that because its very judgmental, and I’m not sure it’s true.
Tobias Lindholm
 
 
 
 
While my mother tried to stem my truancy, it would be a complete stranger – an Army Officer in the Special Forces home on leave – who would be the mentor to drive home my mother’s goal of getting me educated. His name was Saul Hassan.
Richard Carmona
 
 
 
 
The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don’t want anybody to know about them.
Taylor Hackford
 
 
 
 
‘Horse Soldiers’ is the untold story of how a small band of U.S. Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan in 2001, just five weeks after September 11, saddled up on horses, and rode to an improbable victory against a vastly larger Taliban and Al Qaeda army.
Doug Stanton
 
 
 
 
I have many friends in Special Forces, and the amazing thing about these guys is how quickly they can read someone.
Mike Vogel