Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history. -Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.

 

Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history.


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We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?

Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.

[My job is] to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it.

Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.

"Resource-constrained environment" [are] fancy Pentagon words that mean there isn't enough money to go around.

Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.

You have to set your "shove-it" tolerance someplace. But you also have to recognize that you, too, may be wrong, and that in two weeks' time you'll be "old what's-his-name" and won't be able to influence the situation at all.

Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.