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 really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,
Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”
—Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)