Alfred M. Gray Born : June 22, 1928 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Alfred M. Gray Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary. Alfred M. Gray usmc marine military Communications without intelligence is noise. Intelligence without communications is irrelevant. Alfred M. Gray internet communication noise I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general. Alfred M. Gray mother running father I go where the sound of thunder is. Alfred M. Gray thunder military sound There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield. Battlefields are lonely places. Alfred M. Gray marine-corps lonely military