Military
- John Gordon (admiral) (1792–1869), son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo
- John Rutherford Gordon (1895–1978), Australian fighter pilot in World War I
- John A. Gordon (born 1946), deputy director of the CIA, Homeland Security advisor to President Bush
- John E. Gordon, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy, 1990–1992
- John William Gordon (1805–1870), British Army officer and Inspector-General of Engineers
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it. The antique arm whined as he reached for another mug. It was a Russian military prosthesis, a seven-function force-feedback manipulator, cased in grubby pink plastic.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)