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:
“[I]t is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.”
—Richard Steele (1672–1729)
““My ancestors were all famous for military genius.”
My Lady smiled graciously. “It often runs in families,” she remarked: “just as a love for pastry does.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“There was somewhat military in his nature, not to be subdued, always manly and able, but rarely tender, as if he did not feel himself except in opposition. He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)