James F. Amos

We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost.

All Marines, sailors and civilian Marines, regardless of sexual orientation, are Marines first. Every Marine is a valued member of our war-fighting team.

If you're not ready the moment things happen, then you're irrelevant, you might as well not go.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

After ten years of word processing, I can't even do hand writing anymore.

You have to be forward-moving and able to balance a lot of things at the same time. I attribute a lot of that to the Marine Corps and Juilliard both.