Military wisdom

[rebbonk]

'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.' - U.S. Air Force Manual
----------- --------- --------- ---------
'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.' - U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
------ ------ --------- --------- ---------
'Tracer works both ways.' - U.S. Army Ordnance
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'Five second fuses only last three seconds.' - Infantry Journal
----------- - --- ------ --------- ---------
'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown Marine Recruit
------------ --------- --------- --------- ---------
'If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him.' - USAF Ammo Troop
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.'
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'If the wings are travelling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter - and, therefore, unsafe.'
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'
------------ --------- ------- -- ---------
'Even with ammunition, the USAF is just another expensive flying club.'
----------- --------- --------- ---------
'Never trade luck for skill.'
------------ --------- --------- ---------
The three most common expressions, in aviation are:
'Why is it doing that?'
'Where are we?', and
'Oh S...!'
----------- --------- --------- ---------
'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
------------ --------- --------- --------- -
'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!'
----------- --------- --------- ---------
'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
------------ --------- --------- ---------
'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'

[dutchman]

'I'd sooner have lucky generals than good generals.' - Napoleon Bonaparte
.......... .......... ............ ................

'Nobody ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor bastard die for his.' - General George S. Patton

[RandomHero]

Only the dead have seen the end of war. (Plato)

Even the bravest are frightend by sudden terrors. (Tacitus)