Kinetic Strike Quotes

“AAR.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“Next emplacement is in twelve hundred meters, ma’am,” I said by way of reply, not bothering to thank her for the compliment. Compliments in the Marine Corps are just a prelude to giving you even harder jobs in the future.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“He was a prick. I knew it before he opened his mouth. When you’ve met as many pricks as I had through the years, you get a sense for them. It was in the set of his dark eyes, the hint of a smirk on his narrow mouth.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“Sleep. I didn’t need sleep. I needed a drink. I needed a different war, because this one sucked.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“Ours is not to reason why, Sergeant Alvarez,” she said, smiling thinly, “ours is but to do and die.” “I don’t know who said that, ma’am,” I said, snorting with skepticism, “but that fucker was never a Marine.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“Sure, there’s the tried-and-true six P’s: Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“Proper Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“Things are not so bad,” Papa said. “We have a closet full to the top with rice and beans. We have a solid house and the rain will not get you wet unless you run outside like a squawking chicken.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike

“Because it has to get done. And if I don’t do it, someone else will have to. Maybe someone who doesn’t understand how to forget about themselves and take care of their Marines first.”
― Rick Partlow, Kinetic Strike