Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Jungeris an American journalist, most famous for the best-selling book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, his award-winning chronicle of the war in Afghanistan in the documentary films Restrepo, Korengal, and his book War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth17 January 1962
CountryUnited States of America
military cynical vietnam
I had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion about the U.S. military.
als rogues firsts
The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place.
reason no-reason
There's no reason to do anything twice, and certainly no reason to do something that almost killed you.
people tasks merit
People who do really dangerous tasks can't afford to sit around and discuss the merits of what they're doing.
spiritual war eye
In my eyes Marlantes has become the pre-eminent literary voice on war of our generation. He is a natural storyteller and a deeply profound thinker who not only illuminates war for civilians, but also offers a kind of spiritual guidance to vets themselves. As this generation of warriors comes home, they will be enormously helped by what Marlantes has written. I’m sure he will literally save lives.
veterans-day war military
War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.
girlfriend commitment army
The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump you and the enemy might kill you, but the shared commitment to safeguard one another’s lives is unnegotiable and only deepens with time. The willingness to die for another person is a form of love that even religions fail to inspire, and the experience of it changes a person profoundly.
soldier brotherhood battle
The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.
self risk way
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?
adventure fate outcomes
An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words
acceptance men thinking
I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived.
army infantry-division eight
The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.
military scrutiny supervision
I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.
good-friend people soldier
At 19, your brain hasn't finished wiring itself. So the first time you have a good friend die, most people don't go through that at 19. Soldiers do. They're facing life in this accelerated, compressed form, and a lot of times, they're not ready for it.