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The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.
Approximate author period: c. 1982 AD · modern
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- Tom Clancy
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- Approximate author period: c. 1982 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Tom Clancy: documented activity in 1982. Wikidata Q105167, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105167 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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