Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Yes sir, sir!

The U. S. Navy was established on this day in 1794.

"Military men are the scourges of the world." -- Guy de Maupassant.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Today is Armed Forces Day -- Sa--lute!!

"The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men." -- Alfred de Vigny.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Yes, sir, sir!

The U. S. Navy was established on this day in 1794.

"Military men are the scourges of the world." -- Guy de Maupassant.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

No West-Pointy heads here

West Point, the military academy, was established on this day in 1802.

"The professional military mind is by necessity an inferior and unimaginative mind; no man of high intellectual quality would willingly imprison his gifts in such a calling." -- H. G. Wells