We'd like to be heroes,
but all we do here is march
We'd like to be heroes,
but all we do here is march
And they don't give the Purple Heart
for a fallen arch
but all we do here is march
We'd like to be heroes,
but all we do here is march
And they don't give the Purple Heart
for a fallen arch
— Elvis Presley, GI Blues
"On Earth, there is no poverty, no crime, no war. You look out the window of Starfleet Headquarters and you see paradise. Well, it's easy to be a saint in paradise, but the Maquis do not live in paradise. Out there in the Demilitarized Zone, all the problems haven't been solved yet. Out there, there are no saints — just people. Angry, scared, determined people who are going to do whatever it takes to survive, whether it meets with Federation approval or not!"
— Capt. Ben Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"We calls 'em garritroopers — too far forward to shave and too far back to git shot."
— Bill Mauldin, Willie and Joe
"If the officers are leading from in front, watch for an attack from the rear."
— MAXIM 18, The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries, Schlock Mercenary
If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath,
I’d live with scarlet Majors at the Base,
And speed glum heroes up the line to death.
I’d live with scarlet Majors at the Base,
And speed glum heroes up the line to death.
— Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon
