The mortality rate for young men in society is six times what it is for young women, from violence and from accidents, just the stupid stuff that young men do; jumping off of things they shouldn’t jump off of, lighting things on fire they shouldn’t light on fire, I mean, you know what I’m talking about. They die at 6 times the rate that young women do. Statistically, as a teenage boy, you would be safer in the fire department or the police department in most American cities, than just walking around the streets of your hometown looking for something to do.” – Sebastian Junger

Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. Every battalion has its marching songs.”

– Patrick MacGill, (1889-1960)