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)
“I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)