Military Words Of Wisdom
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"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
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"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend. - U.S. Marine
Corps
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"Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are
Guaranteed to always hit the ground." - USAF Ammo Troop
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"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal
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"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just
Bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual
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"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never
Encountered
automatic weapons." - General MaCarthur
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"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal
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"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." - U.S.
Marine
Corp Gunnery Sgt.
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"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance
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"Five second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal
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"Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever
Volunteer
To do anything." - U.S. Navy Swabbie
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"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - David
Hackworth
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"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush." -
Infantry Journal
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"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay
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"Any ship can be a minesweeper ... Once." - Anonymous
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"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown
Marine
Recruit
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"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your Buddies
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"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop
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"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ... I Shall Fear No Evil. For I
am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71
operating base Kadena, Japan
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"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F.
Crickmore (test pilot)
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"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."
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"Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than
Submarines in the sky." - From an old carrier sailor
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"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
Helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."
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"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough
Power left to get you to the scene of the crash."
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"Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying
Club."
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"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a
pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .... The pilot Dies."
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"Never trade luck for skill."
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"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers."
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"A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a
Row
Is prevarication."
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"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"
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"Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the
Purpose of storing dead batteries."
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"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
Person
on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about It."
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Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII: "When a prang (crash) seems
Inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the
Vicinity
As slow and gently as possible."
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"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely
Kill
You." - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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"A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to
Its
Maximum." - Jon McBride, astronaut
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"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."
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"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." - Sign
over
squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ,
1970
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Basic Flying Rules: "Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go
Near
The edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the
appearance of
ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more
difficult to fly there."
[ Author Unknown -- from Steven, via 'Buffalos Chips' (bufalos-g-jokes@yahoogroups.com) ]
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