Naval Quotations

I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.

I was sent to Naval School when I was young, and it didn't do me any good in any other form, but it made me get up in the morning.

My father was an interpreter for all the Latin American pilots at the naval base. He was very well educated. My mother was a hairdresser who sang every day.

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America.

I've lived on a military base and in a convent boarding school with dobermans at the bottom of front stairs to keep us in and intruders out, and in college I spent some time at the Naval Academy, where everything was run by the numbers.

On the one hand, Porto Monenegro is shape-shifting - it replaced a naval shipyard with a new marina - but it's also mind-shifting, opening up an array of other small business opportunities. And this shape-shifting and mind-shifting, it is exactly what we're trying to do in Montenegro.

I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on a hospital ship in World War II, and one on my father's side had served in the Women's Royal Naval Service.

France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.

There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.

I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.

The CIA teamed up with Army, Air Force and Naval Intelligence to run one of the most nefarious, classified, enhanced interrogation programs of the Cold War. The work took place inside a clandestine facility in the American zone of occupied Germany, called Camp King.

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they may have the advantage, but we will be found to have equally great in others.

Obviously, we regret the base closure commission's decision about Pascagoula, but it's no surprise. As we said when Pascagoula was first put on the list, all the naval vessels at Pascagoula either have been or are scheduled for decommissioning, and it's hard for the defense department to keep a naval base that doesn't have any ships.

We're excited to be able to partner with the Naval Academy and play host tithe Army-Navy doubleheader. We think it will be fun for fans of both the Midshipmen and the Black Knights, and it will be especially rewarding for players on both teams to experience playing at Camden Yards.

Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated - Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example.

There are these inexpert American seamen, never in a naval battle before, on their ships waiting for their first fight. It's morning. They look across Cumberland Head and they can see the tops of the British masts above the trees. They are thinking -- Oh my God, what are we facing,

France deserved to keep its own great naval yards.

From its inception, the Tomcat has been the icon of Naval Aviation with its striking appearance, speed, formidable lethality, and versatility. It is more capable today than at any other time during its existence because of the innovation, dedication, and tenacity of every maintainer and pilot who has ever been associated with it.

If anybody sees the work at the Defense Language Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School, they come away just overwhelmed with pride and excitement at how good these schools are and how diverse they are, and that's what the commissioners did,

CEOs normally don't take a month off at a time, but Scott doesn't really run Wal-Mart. Thousands of people run Wal-Mart. The captain of a naval carrier can sleep a bit while the crew works.

He was not involved in the negotiations with P&O to purchase terminal facilities in the United States. He has over 30 years of port and maritime experience, is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and is a former naval officer.

Matt gives us a steady inside presence. His ability to catch the ball in the post and pass it back to the perimeter gives us an inside-outside game. I prefer having Matt on the floor, but not at the expense of his long-term health. We have to be very careful not to jeopardize his Naval career.

Regularly, customers asked for a book on Greenwich, and there was none. After all, Elizabeth I was born there. The Observatory is known all over the world; the Royal Naval College is there. So I decided to do it.

Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School.

Reopening Cecil Field will provide tremendous economic benefit to the community and state. More importantly, it will provide significant improvement in training for our naval aviators.

I think it's really more a tribute to what the Naval Academy's all about. We're fortunate here in San Diego that we have some military bases and a lot of people are stationed in the area, and hopefully they're proud of what's going on at the academy.

It captures a sense of what extraordinary history this has through the old ships, the tall ships. At the same time it emphasizes the extraordinary present-day relevance of naval power. Seventy percent of the globe is water, and we're able to operate from the sea everywhere. The Navy really is everywhere for America.

I think it's an unfortunate decision because, as I stated earlier, that location is an ideal location for a naval station,

We use the Naval Academy and Air Force Academy as our models, ... I have to give credit to Johnson and his staff. They turned it around so quickly. It's amazing how fast they have done it.

We're all feeling blessed that he's this far along and he has great potential for recovery. It's a long road. He was from the point of injury to a bed in the Naval hospital in Bethesda in 60 hours.

Every Naval vessel has a contingent of Marines aboard. After all, the Sailors have to have someone to dance with.

The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of 1968 who served as liaisons between the Marine Corps and the Brigade of Midshipmen later suffered nine Purple Hearts in Vietnam, and one man killed in action.

Whether we visit South Bend, or the game is played on the East Coast, it is of great interest to our collective national audience of Irish fans, Naval Academy alumni and the Navy family at large, ... Two institutions with similar values rekindling a lengthy and well-respected relationship make this game special.

At 18 you got drafted. Another fellow who lived on the same street and I signed up for the V-12 program, which was the naval officer training program.

Currently, I'm working with a naval architecture team, and they're trying to determine whether a wooden boat this size could actually float.

We were expecting a naval armada, but that hasn't happened.

The Spanish Civil War, Britain was not involved in it. Going back a bit, there was the naval blockade to stop the slave trade in the 19th century; that was morally just. Shame they didn't bother to abolish slavery at the same time.

The Super Hornet is the cornerstone of future naval aviation,

The successful shooting of a ballistic missile from underwater was yet another confirmation of the effectiveness of the system of the military administration, and also the reliability of the naval strategic nuclear forces.

We have made suitable tactical and strategic realignments and they (the Naval fleet) are in a very high combat state,

Another door opened, I did the Washington Bullets and the U.S. Naval Academy. I've been very fortunate in my career.

It would take two armies and two naval bases to keep me from playing Dallas,

The Russian Naval Command hopes that the Ukrainian side will act in compliance with international law and return the Yalta lighthouse to the Black Sea Fleet's hydrographic service.

There is also the personnel training and cost to consider, since it would take naval officers at least three years to master the operations before the Aegis-fitted warships can be enlisted,

We have experienced all too often that our wounded troops suffering from severe head trauma have had to be flown to hospitals such as Brook Army Medical Center in Texas to receive specialized head and brain trauma treatment. We are proposing the privately funded construction and donation of a specialized brain trauma unit on the west coast at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, California. The Freedom Is Not Free Foundation has garnered massive support from the civilian and corporate communities for such a site and we will be presenting our proposal for a Private Sector/Government funded partnership to make sure this project comes to fruition.

We wanted a right to vote on the proposed naval air station plan. This was not a 'no' vote. It was a positive exercise in democracy.

No ship apart from a naval vessel is really prepared to protect against a waterborne assault of the sort against the Cole. Even those ships that are best equipped to cope with such a threat, in the case of the Cole, are in a difficult situation.

Strategically, the rise of Asia was very much part of our thinking. You can't consider our naval capacity and not think about the developments out in the western Pacific.

Unfortunately for Ingleside, the naval mine warfare center doesn't belong there, it belongs with the fleet,

Once the house is completed a company will transport it to the naval yard, probably in Philadelphia, and it will then travel by barge to Louisiana. The kids are doing all of the work, such as the fundraising. They are going to sell T-shirts and also houses for $1, which will go on the wall at the Western Center and then be laminated to the house when it is shipped.

Allan and I played during the same time, and I told him the one thing I really wish I could have done was play a game against him and Air Force. I have so many great memories about my days at the Naval Academy, but if I could do it again, I would have loved for us to play Air Force because I never got the chance.

President Gerald Ford was no intellectual, but he had served with distinction in combat as a naval gunnery officer and then as Congressman for a quarter century.

Why (anyone) would want to move against us in an overt manner that would cause us to use our air or naval power against them would be beyond me... We can generate more military power per square inch than anybody else on Earth, and everybody knows it... If you ever even contemplate our nuclear capability, it should give everybody the clear understanding that there is no power that can match the United States militarily,

This will be very helpful to us to see what percentage of people in the community are using us or are using the Naval Hospital, New Hanover, Craven and Pitt. This way we can get a feel for why they are making those choices.

After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning to be a naval officer.

The naval station's location means the military can base more personnel there and devote more resources to training and supervision.

Not that we didn't already have an excellent working relationship with Kings Bay, but we have an even better working relationship with our naval facility here.

Everyone has worked very hard, pulled together and with purpose to ensure we retire this naval aviation icon appropriately and commensurate with its long and proud legacy.

The Nigerian government needs to use its naval resources, and get help if it can from the U.S. Navy, to stop the serious bunkering and cut off the big money that is flooding the area with weapons.

It takes a unique person to fit in at the Naval Academy. He will be able to fit into that type of lifestyle. The discipline (won't be an issue). It's no question, he's probably going to get the best education. Especially if he wants to get into medicine. They're more cutting edge and daring. If that's what he wants to do, he's going to the right institution.

They are graduates of maritime academies and they hold degrees in nautical science and maritime transportation, ... They've demonstrated proficiency and knowledge of the rules of the water, vessel navigation, naval architecture, vessel stability and loading, marine safety and boat handling.

Cmdr. Waddle has been stripped of his command and his career effectively terminated. For a Naval officer who served for 20 years his country, I would say this is absolutely devastating. He has paid dearly,

They were typical communities, the Gulf Coast naval ship yards and bases, the casinos and the fisherman. These people have been very impacted. They were functioning. Now they have nothing.

They inspected the shell casings and determined they were empty. They said it would be safe to remove the remaining slabs. They came back today with a crew from the Crane Naval Depot and determined they were empty and harmless.

The chief of naval operations has outlined an aggressive enterprise IT strategy, and formation of this EPMO will set the stage for future IT growth throughout the Navy. BearingPoint is honored to assist in transforming the way the Navy manages and delivers on its IT priorities.

The U.A.E. is a key partner in the war on terror. It does provide outstanding support to U.S. and coalition forces, air forces and naval forces, in their operation involving Iraq. It also provides vital military and political support to our efforts in Afghanistan, as well as humanitarian support in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

The first time I saw America was from my perch on the mast of a Spanish naval ship, where I could spot the Statue of Liberty reaching proudly into the open, endless American sky.

The change really started with the closure of the naval base in 1997, and the closure two years later of the Royal Naval Air Station. Portland had for years been seen as a dumping ground for social problems and the housing was not considered up to much.

This has taken principally the form of coordinated patrol. Until recently, most of the so-called coordinated patrol has been of naval vessels but now the idea is to elevate that further, actually to coordinated patrols in terms if air surveillance, so called

And so, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service truly threw a fit over the way some of the detainees in Guantanamo were being interrogated.

For EADS, the deal is interesting from a strategic point of view because of Atlas' systems business. Up to now, EADS had no or only a limited exposure to the naval electronics business.

As a Naval officer, I've been all over the world, and one of the foundational lessons I learned was that parents everywhere would like to raise their children to a higher standard of living in a peaceful environment. That's a universal goal for families.

As a Naval officer, I was trained, essentially bred, to be a military aviator. I was a Naval officer on assignment, not an employee of NASA.

As a former naval captain, having the vice president out is a big honor for Doug.

I told our team that it might only get the ball once a quarter, so they better make the most of it. Nobody runs that (triple option) offense better than the Naval Academy. I haven't talked a lot about (Navy's) defense. I'm concerned about their offense and there's no use hiding that.

There's a huge crop of astronauts, captains of industry, and prisoners of war. And, although not every Naval Academy grad will be a war hero or the president of the United States, every grad can aspire to embrace the values espoused by our Distinguished Graduate Award recipients.

I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting.

Government-owned facilities like naval facilities and shipyards are going with their existing relationships. But many of the decisions about reconstruction are happening at the state level, so those outcomes are still up in the air.

Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.

...without a Respectable Navy, Alas America!

A few years later the Naval Academy was founded at Annapolis, and a similar course was pursued to provide it with a corps of instructors.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.

There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.