Ken Bacon Military Quotations

Secondly, ... the military is carrying out on a regular basis it's normal engagement policy, a policy with 100,000 -- nearly 100,000 troops forward-deployed in Europe and nearly 100,000 troops forward-deployed in the Asia-Pacific region.

I don't know quite what they mean by that, whether they'll build the military back up in size to 2.1 million people to a Cold War-force size or whether they'll leave it at the current size.

He has not been able to rebuild his military, in part because of our containment, but also in large part because of the United Nations' embargo on Iraq, which has prevented him from buying the military equipment he would like to buy.

I think it is fair to say that things were in their expected position -- which was moved, ... They have been moving their military assets, including tanks and artillery -- and other things. Dispersion is a standard defensive tactic, and the Serbs are very good at dispersion.

We are in favor of having NATO move to the next stage, which is the so-called activation warning, to come closer to the use of military force if necessary.

We have taken a lot of steps not only to arrest the decline in military spending, but in fact to reverse it.

we have increased military pay and benefits and increased money for arms procurement and training.

The Defense Department has sent out two advisories to military installations and commanders around the world,

We are making progress against military infrastructure, and we are reducing the Yugoslav ability to sustain operations.

They've done this with consummate skill and professionalism and success. I don't think there's a citizen who isn't proud of the way our military has performed in these operations and is performing every day

indicative of increased allied pressure on the very center, the central nerve system of the regime that controls military and security forces.

In the last four years, the (U.S.) military has fought one of the most successful air wars in history

The flying public, I believe, has nothing to worry about, ... The military is trained to stay well away from civilian airliners.

The flying public, I believe, has nothing to worry about. The military is trained to stay well away from civilian airliners.

The reports did not provide enough specificity to allow any skipper or military commander to make a decision to change behavior based on these reports.

There's a wide range of aircraft load masters, ... who ... aren't just combat people, but they're people who load the C-17s and other transport planes to carry humanitarian aid or military equipment into the theater.

It will be another substantive strike. It will be severe. We will continue to focus on a variety of targets, but principally on air defense targets and also on military targets in and around Kosovo.