ermey Quotes

“It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.”

“Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates outstanding, well motivated privates.”

“We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!”

“I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.”

“When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.”