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:
“His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it. The antique arm whined as he reached for another mug. It was a Russian military prosthesis, a seven-function force-feedback manipulator, cased in grubby pink plastic.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“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 schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.”
—Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)