“Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.”

Victor H. Krulak (1913 to 2008)

Victor Harold “Brute” Krulak was a Lieutenant General of the US Marine Corps who saw action in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

Krulak was considered a visionary by fellow Marines, was the author of ‘First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps’, and the father of the 31st Commandant of the US Marine Corps, General Charles C. Krulak.