John M. McHugh Quotes
We also very importantly recommend continued growth in the Army and the Marine Corps end strength.
United States, Congress, House. Congressional Record. Government Printing Office, 25 May 2005, p. H3912.
Saddam claimed to his people that Iraq had essentially won the Gulf War as they were stronger afterwards than ever before and they had been able to suppress the Kurds and the Shiites with the helicopters and arms with which the emerged from the war and had been allowed to keep.
There is a , romantic American myth about the Militiamen in Colonial and Revolutionary America—the citizen soldiers who would leave their farms and rise to the military necessity of the day. However, not only were the militia very hard to muster to duty, but most actually didn’t own or have experience with firearms, and the prevailing opinion of knowledgeable military leaders from George Washington on down was that the militia were not very good soldiers. See {613015}, {613016}, {613022}, {613027}, {621987}, {621988}, {613030}, {613033}, & {613056}
He had wanted more troops for the Afghan War than President Obama would approve. The Republican members of the Congress tried to make the difference a major issue of a President not supporting his commanders. The General made this brilliant response.
The Marine Corps has not always been the respected service that they have become. On several occasions they were almost disbanded. The compromise was to make them a part of the Navy.
John Michael McHugh is an American politician from the U.S. state of New York who served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Army, and represented the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
