Quote

Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.

James Mattis

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

James Mattis
Allowing
Hunted
Caught
Hunter
Allow
Unit
Army
Hunters
Military
Tactics
Never
Units
Guard
Hunting
Guarding

More quotes by James Mattis

Image
Since 9/11 we've been engaged in wars around the world, and General [James] Mattis has been a leading battlefield commander in many of those theaters, including in the April 2004 siege of Fallujah, where the US Marines killed so many people that the municipal soccer stadium in the city had to be turned into a graveyard for the dead.
James Mattis
Image
What would you do differently as defense secretary to compensate for this record in which the greatest military in the world, as we are constantly told, doesn't get the job done?
James Mattis
Image
Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.
James Mattis
Image
Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.
James Mattis
Image
We do everything humanly possible, consistent with military necessity, taking many chances to avoid civilian casualties, at all costs.
James Mattis
Image
I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
James Mattis
Image
The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.
James Mattis
Image
You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.
James Mattis
Image
If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.
James Mattis
Image
I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.
James Mattis
Image
Yousef Aid Ahmed has memorized the places where his four brothers' bodies laid after they were killed by US marines, he said. The family recounts that November day in 2005 and says it was a massacre of the brothers, along with 20 other people, following a roadside bomb in Haditha.
James Mattis
Image
Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.
James Mattis
Image
Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.
James Mattis
Image
I just hope we can find our way back to engaging with one another, arguing strongly with one another, and then going down and having a root beer together or something and - and having a good laugh about it as we work together for the best interests of the next generation of Americans who are going to inherit this country.
James Mattis
Image
It's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling.
James Mattis
Image
2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant Afghan Security Forces and the international troops who have stood and will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan against terrorism.
James Mattis
Image
I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish that from situations in which war is not useful or is indeed counterproductive.
James Mattis
Image
PowerPoint makes us stupid.
James Mattis
Image
We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy.
James Mattis
Image
The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event.
James Mattis