The Eagles, CCR, Pink Floyd, George Strait, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley...

NCIS, House, The Mentalist, Two and a Half Men, King of The Hill, Weeds, 24

The Program, For The Love of the Game, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, Dazed and Confused,Munich. Snatch, Any John Wayne/Clint Eastwood movie...

The Bible (naturally), All Quiet on the Western Front, The Guns of August, Storm of Steel, (Any World War I book), The Gate of Hell, The Lords of Discipline, Gods and Generals.

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag.
Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC

YOU ARE CITADEL MEN you have no pension for failure, you Wear the Ring, you never let a friend down, you will be good fathers, husbands, and leaders in the armed forces and industry, those around you will forever be attracted to the shining light in your lives, and you will guide others in your path of success, you are strong in heart, body, and mind. You have deep interests in protecting such things as Honor, Fidelity, and all matters unmaterial in nature. Your virtues will matter not only in wealth, but in the richness of family, YOU ARE THE LAST OF THE KNIGHTS”-Ronald Reagan

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.- Ronald Reagan

Give me a boy, Oh God, who is willing to learn the true value of honor, the necessity of perseverance and loyalty, and the meaningfulness of devotion to God and country. And I shall take this boy as does a blacksmith take a crude piece of metal, and place him over a forge whose liberating flame of education s fired by the bellows of strict military discipline.

Into this ingot of a man I shall temper self-respect and self-discipline,fear of God and respect for mankind, appreciation of freedom and awareness of what sacrifices must be made to preserve freedom, and above all an insatiable desire for truth and honesty. And when all these things I have done, I shall brand my finished work with a ring of gold to let all of humanity know that I have given back to the world...a CITADEL MAN
(prayer of The Citadel)

Marine 1LT Almar Fitzgerald (KIA 21-Feb-06)