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Chain of command2 quotes
I got no fight with any man who does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. — Sgt. Barnes · 1986I don't gripe to you, Reiben. I'm a captain. There's a chain of command. Gripes go up, not down. Always up. You gripe to me, I gripe to my superior officer, so on, so on, and so on. I don't gripe to you. I don't gripe in front of you. You should know that as a ranger. — Captain Miller · 1998The military1 quote
I got no fight with any man who does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. — Sgt. Barnes · 1986