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Lucylastic -> Military Words of Wisdom (1/10/2008 8:15:50 AM)
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Words of Wisdom
"Aim towards the Enemy" - Instructions printed on U.S. 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 is very, very accurate. The bombs are
guaranteed always to hit the ground." - USAF Ammo
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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 over the area you just bombed"
- U.S. Air Force M anual
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"Whoever said the pen is mightier then 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 Gunnery Sgt. (Mgysgt5)
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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." - unknown
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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."
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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." - F rom 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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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation
are: "Why is it doing that?" , "Where are we?" And "Oh S...!"
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"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers."
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"Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to complete the
flight successfully."
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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 to
store dead batteries."
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"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your flight to a
person on the ground who is incapable of understanding or doing
anything about it."
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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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"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. T he 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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