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 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)
“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)
“In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious. For that we care for them; from that have issued endless consequences.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)