Force Size Quotes

It is not believed that a force of more than 400,000 can be secured or maintained by voluntary enlistments. An increase beyond that number would necessitate the simultaneous enactment of a selective service act.

We also very importantly recommend continued growth in the Army and the Marine Corps end strength.

If there were 10,000 U.S. forces ashore [in Lebanon], authorized to move about, there would be less risk to American lives than there is with an immobile force of 1,300.

It's hard for me to sympathize with a young person who chooses to go into the military because they know where they're going. I think we need to start depopulating the military.

For far too long we have continued to mark our military prowess by the size of our forces: believing that numbers of ships, planes, and brigades is what most matters - just like during the Cold War.

I would say that what's been mobilized to this point - something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably, you know, a figure that would be required.

God is on the side of the big battalions.

The size of the army, absolutely. It's getting too small.

Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.

Only 350,000 Serve in the Military, While the Internal Security Police Recently Hit the One-Million Mark