Combat Role Quotes

I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation-building. I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war.

The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.

I knew that I wanted to apply for a job in the Air Force, that I couldn't because it was a direct-combat, ground-combat role.

I am a soldier. That is who I am. That is what I do.

I was point man, which meant I was the first through the door, hunting down Taliban commanders, knocking down forts every night.

I'm a combat soldier.

I've been very active all my life. I was a combat instructor in the Israeli Army.

No trooper, no special forces operative wants to sit behind a desk. We joined up to kick some doors down.

What do you want to have me shot for, Semyon Mikhailovich? If you don't find me suitable as chief of the operations department, then give me a combat division. I am a commander; I can command a division. But what would be the advantage of having me shot?

I landed the role of Bravo 5, the only female fighter pilot in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.' I did my bit and fired my guns, but I haven't a notion of which side I was on or who I was firing the guns at.

I am an armor officer.

In 2001, I was an Air Force lieutenant colonel and A-10 fighter pilot stationed in Saudi Arabia, in charge of rescue operations for no-fly enforcement in Iraq and then in Afghanistan.