Military
- John James Abert, explorer and soldier
- Earl E. Anderson, United States Marine Corps general
- John Ashby, frontiersman and soldier
- Woodrow Wilson Barr, United States Marine
- Frank Buckles, last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I
- French Ensor Chadwick, naval officer and educator
- Lynndie England, U.S. Army reservist involved in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal
- Stonewall Jackson, soldier and teacher
- Albert G. Jenkins, general and politician
- Jonah Edward Kelley, US Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
- Edwin Gray Lee, Confederate general
- Carwood Lipton, US Army soldier
- John P. Lucas, American general, commander at Anzio
- Jessica Lynch, prisoner of war
- William E. Shuck, Jr., U.S. Marine, Medal of Honor recipient
- Hershel W. Williams, U.S. Marine, Medal of Honor recipient
- John Yarnall, U.S. Navy officer
- Chuck Yeager, aviation legend
- Ruby Bradley, most decorated woman in United States military history
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“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)
“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)
“[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)