General Mattis Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by General Mattis When asked why he carry's a knife, General Mattis said, In case I run into a piece of cake, or, a throat to slit General Mattis Lack of reflection by senior leaders is the single biggest deficiency we have in the military today. General Mattis opinion The problem [with revising the Counter-Insurgency doctrine] would have been if you only had people working the content who knew infantry, the cockpit of a plane, or the bridge of a ship. General Mattis opinion
