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The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.

People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community.

Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.

The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.

When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.

Military brats have this toughness: they're almost like orphans or foster children; they develop little mechanisms. It sets you up to look at things a little differently.

I've come to admire our military kids more than you all will know, because you guys are heroes. And the only way your parents are able to serve is because you guys hold it down, and you do it with maturity beyond your years.

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

We have the largest economy and the strongest military in the world. Our core values of freedom and opportunity are ascendant around the globe.