Military
- General John Galvin (Retired), US Army. Former Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Graduate of the United States Military Academy.
- George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy and founder of the US Naval Academy
- William Francis Buckley, US Army officer and CIA operative. Died in 1985 while being tortured by the Islamist group, Hezbollah.
- George W. Casey, Jr., US Army general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- John Wesley Emerson, Civil War commander
- Adolphus Greely, Polar explorer, a United States Army officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
- Clarence Lionel Adcock, US Army, Deputy to General Lucius D. Clay in 1946
- Cyprian Howe (1726–1806), Colonel in the American Revolutionary War
- Elmer J. Rogers, Jr. (1903–2002), United States Air Force lieutenant general
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“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)
““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)