Military Wisdom

[Raymond Richard]

>"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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>"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never
>encountered automatic weapons." - General Macarthur
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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."
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>"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown
>Marine Recruit
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>"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop
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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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>"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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>"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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>"If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the
>crash as possible." - Bob Hoover (renowned aerobatic and test pilot)
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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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>"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."
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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."
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>"You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full
>power to taxi to the terminal."
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>As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn
>off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives,
>the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks "What happened?". The
>pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!" - Attributed to
>Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)
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[Kim Breed]

They are all true

 

[tmickley]

those are great..

 

[ddavelarsen]

Thanks Ray, I needed some more ammo for sig lines...

 

[Steve Hayden]

Qhen I was in the Army, '64 to '68, there was a popular definition of the Army we all knew:

The incompetent leading the unwilling to do the unneccessary.

Of course there were a high percentage of draftees in then.

 

[FullerH]

"If your are not absolutely certain, the claymore is pointed TOWARD you." As I understand it, the VC used to sneak up to the perimeters of US troop emplacements and turn the claymore mines towards the camp. They would then back off and act as if they were attacking, causing the troops within to set off the claymores. Bad news, guys.

 

[Raymond Richard]

I can remember pulling one man ambushes in Nam and having several claymore triggering devices and not knowing where the claymore's were set up. Come to think of it I never knew where the hell the trail was I was targeting. That was quite an adventure.