53 Quotes by Mark Esper

Stay focused on your mission, remain steadfast in your pursuit of excellence, and always do the right thing.

Good alliances are made of strong, capable partners.

I think artificial intelligence will likely change the character of warfare, and I believe whoever masters it first will dominate on the battlefield for many, many, many years.

Clearly, we need a strong economy to build a strong military.

When I went to West Point, I was there with cadets from 50 other states and territories. Cadets from other countries, and you learn all of these things about our country, about our culture, our heritage, our ethnicity. At the end of the day, you come back, we all wear green, and we all consider ourselves an Army.

The bottom line is this: in an era of mounting fiscal challenges and competing demands, we must actively seek ways to free up time, money, and manpower to invest back into our top priorities.

The National Defense Strategy remains our guiding document, and everything we do should support its stated objectives.

We closely track the systems Boeing builds for us, and they're some very capable systems. So that's been my focus. It is something that I look at every month. I look at the metrics for all major combat systems and our platforms, which Boeing builds many, and they're successful platforms.

You have to give the soldiers, the Army, a clear vision.