Military
- Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., 1932 – World War II Medal of Honor recipient killed in the Battle of Tarawa
- James Caldwell, A.B. 1759 American Revolutionary soldier and chaplain
- James Robb Church, 1888 – Medal of Honor recipient, Spanish-American War
- Glen Edwards, M.S. 1947 – U.S. Air Force test pilot
- Andrew Goodpaster, A.M. 1949, M.S.E. 1949, Ph.D. 1950 – Supreme Allied Commander, Europe for NATO
- Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee A.B. 1773 – American Revolutionary cavalry officer, father of Robert E. Lee
- Gordon Johnston, A.B. 1896 – Medal of Honor recipient, Philippine–American War
- David Petraeus, M.P.A. 1985 Ph.D. 1987 – Former commander of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and United States Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), USCENTCOM, and Multi-National Force - Iraq; former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- Elliott White Springs, A.B. 1917 – World War I flying ace and memoirist.
- Tamon Yamaguchi, 1921–1923, Japanese Admiral killed at the Battle of Midway.
- Nathaniel Scudder an American physician and patriot leader during the Revolutionary War.
- James Millikin Bevans – U.S. Air Force Major General
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“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)
“Who are we? And for what are we going to fight? Are we the titled slaves of George the Third? The military conscripts of Napoleon the Great? Or the frozen peasants of the Russian Czar? No—we are the free born sons of America; the citizens of the only republic now existing in the world; and the only people on earth who possess rights, liberties, and property which they dare call their own.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,
Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”
—Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)