Military and War
- Buffalo Bill Cody (1845–1917)Lived in Nebraska (born in Iowa Territory) While working as a scout for the Fifth Army, on July 17, 1876 at War Bonnet Creek, while dressed in his Wild West stage clothing, he killed and scalped Chief Yellow Hair Cheyenne, claiming it a revenge for Custer. William F. Cody later took up residence in Scout's Rest Ranch in 1886.
- Alfred Gruenther (1899–1983), youngest four-star general in United States history, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Galen B. Jackman (1951–), United States Army major general (retired), Nancy Reagan's escort throughout the death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan, first commanding general of the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region
- Bob Kerrey (1943–), United States Navy, LT(JG), commanded a Navy SEAL team in Vietnam, Medal of Honor recipient
- Francis P. Matthews (1887–1952), served as 49th United States Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Harry Truman
- Butler B. Miltonberger (1897–1977), commanded the 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division during World War II
- Jarvis Offutt (1894–1918), World War I aviator, namesake of Offutt Air Force Base
- John J. Pershing (1860–1948), General of the Armies, led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
- Forrest S. Petersen (1922–1990), Navy and NASA test pilot, head of Naval Air Systems Command
- James G. Roudebush (c. 1949–), United States Air Force lieutenant general and doctor of medicine, current Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897–1989), noted military planner and strategist
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Famous quotes containing the words military and, military and/or war:
“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
““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 is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a Democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the “money touch,” but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)