James Wolcott

Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers.

American Critic

Woody Harrelson

I remember my daughter Deni coming along, and she was so pure and caring of everybody and everything. And somehow, this little being managed to get around all the obstacles - the gun turrets, the walls, the moats, the sentries - that were wrapped around my heart. My heart at that time needed her.

American Actor

Susan Vreeland

Landscape is more than flat land covered by floodwater, the seeping of peat bogs, a river of liquid pewter viewed from a sentry tower. It's an influence on what a person values, what she is willing to sacrifice or argue for.

American Author

Frances Beinecke

Healthy forests and wetlands stand sentry against the dangers of climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away in plants, root systems and soil.

American Activist

Jody Williams

The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims. In common parlance, it is the perfect soldier, the 'eternal sentry.' The war ends, the landmine goes on killing.

Jim Mattis

As commanders and staff officers, we are coaches and sentries for our units: how can we coach anything if we don't know a hell of a lot more than just the TTPs?

American Public Servant

Often used in military or security settings to describe someone on duty for observing and reporting.

Military Context

Implies a need for alertness and constant attention to the surroundings for possible threats.

Vigilance Required

Can also refer to anyone assigned to keep watch in non-military contexts, like a guard at a museum.

Not Just Military

 I still remember the barbed wire fence that confined me. I remember the tall sentry tower with the machine guns pointed at us. I remember the searchlight that followed me when I made the night runs

Why I love a country...

 and sometimes it's good to have someone watching your back being a sentry is a risky business as they are easy targets for predators but with young pups to protect they take

Sentry