Military
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Abizaid (born 1951) | A.M. 1981 | U.S. Army general, Commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) | |
| Douglas Campbell (aviator) {1896–1990} | A.B. 1917 | Soldier-World War I ace | |
| Erle Cocke, Jr. (1921–2000) | M.B.A. 1947 | U.S. National Guard general | |
| Harry F. Cruver {1916–2000} | B.A. | U.S. Army Air Forces aviator in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal | |
| George Downing (c. 1624–1684) | College 1640s | English soldier, diplomat | |
| Peter Fanta | M.P.A. | U.S. Navy admiral | |
| Manning Force (1824–1899) | College 1845; Law 1848 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, judge, author | |
| Pierpont M. Hamilton (1898–1982) | College 1920; A.M. 1946 | U.S. Army Air Forces general in World War II, Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Walter Newell Hill (1881–1955) | College 1904 | U.S. Marine Corps general, Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Henry S. Huidekoper (1839–1918) | College 1862; A.M. 1872 | Union Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Claud Ashton Jones (1885–1948) | M.S. 1915 | U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Henry Ware Lawton (1843–1899) | Law 1866 | U.S. Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in the Philippine–American War | |
| John N. Lotz | Business 1971 | Air National Guard general | |
| George G. McMurtry (1876–1958) | College 1899 | U.S. Army officer in World War I with the "Lost Battalion", Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Hal Moore (born 1922) | U.S. Army general, author of We Were Soldiers Once… And Young | ||
| Robert C. Murray (1946–1970) | Business 1970 | U.S. Army soldier killed in the Vietnam War, Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu (1946–1970) | attended 1967-68 | commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal; killed in action during Operation Entebbe in Uganda; awarded the Medal of Distinguished Service for his conduct in the Yom Kippur War | |
| Norris W. Overton (born 1926) | Business 1972 | U.S. Air Force general | |
| Charles E. Phelps (1833–1908) | Law 1853 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Representative from Maryland, lawyer, judge | |
| Horace Porter (1837–1921) | Lawrence Scientific School 1857 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, businessman, ambassador to France | |
| Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887–1944) | College 1909 | Son of President Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, businessman, Governor of Puerto Rico, Governor-General of the Philippines | |
| Sherrod E. Skinner, Jr. (1929–1952) | 1951 | U.S. Marine Corps officer killed in the Korean War, Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Phillips Waller Smith (1906–1963) | M.B.A. 1940 | U.S. Air Force general | |
| Hazard Stevens (1842–1918) | College 1865 | Union Army general, Medal of Honor recipient, Massachusetts state legislator, mountaineer | |
| Charles White Whittlesey (1884–1921) | Law 1908 | U.S. Army officer in World War I, commander of the "Lost Battalion", Medal of Honor recipient | |
| Arthur Harold Webber {1893–1918} | Harvard 1915 | Volunteer with RAF Squadron 84, Killed in Flying Accident Texas April 10, 1918 | |
| Leonard Wood (1860–1927) | Medical 1884 | U.S. Army general, military surgeon, commander of the Rough Riders, 5th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines, Medal of Honor recipient |
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valour, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no matter how generated, will give them a military advantage, and make them more likely to stay in the race of nations.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)