Sebastian Junger

"The combat environment has the effect of flattening out civilian identities. If you're young or old, or a graduate from Harvard or the son of a farmer from Alabama, or if you're gay or straight or good-looking or ugly: none of those things matters much in combat, as long as you can conform to the group expectations."

- Sebastian Junger

"The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by."

- Sebastian Junger