WISDOMFROMTHEMILITARYMANUAL




"AslippinggearcouldletyourM203grenadelauncherfirew henyouleast
expectit.Thatwouldmakeyouquiteunpopularinwhat'slef tofyour
unit."
Army'smagazineofpreventivemaintenance.


"AimtowardstheEnemy."
InstructionprintedonUSRocketLauncher


"Whenthepinispulled,Mr.Grenadeisnotourfriend."
U.S.MarineCorps


"ClusterbombingfromB-52sarevery,veryaccurate.Thebombsare
guaranteed
toalway****theground."
USAFAmmoTroop


"Iftheenemyisinrange,soareyou."
InfantryJournal


"Itisgenerallyinadvisabletoejectdirectlyovertheare ayoujust
bombed."
U.S.AirForceManual


"Whoeversaidthepenismightierthantheswordobviouslyn ever
encounteredautomaticweapons."
GeneralMacarthur


"Trytolookunimportant;theymaybelowonammo."
InfantryJournal


"You,you,andyou...Panic.Therestofyou,comewithm e."
U.S.MarineCorpsGunnerySgt.


"Tracersworkbothways."
U.S.ArmyOrdnance



"Fivesecondfusesonlylastthreeseconds."
InfantryJournal


"Don'teverbethefirst,don'teverbethelast,anddon'tev ervolunteer
todoanything."
U.S.NavySwabbie


"Braveryisbeingtheonlyonewhoknowsyou'reafraid. "
DavidHackworth


"Ifyourattackisgoingtoowell,you'rewalkingintoanamb ush."
InfantryJournal



"Nocombatreadyunithaseverpassedinspection."
JoeGay


"Anyshipcanbeaminesweeper.Once."


"NevertellthePlatoonSergeantyouhavenothingtodo ."
UnknownMarineRecruit


"Don'tdrawfire;itirritatesthepeoplearoundyou."
YourBuddies


"Ifyouseeabombtechnicianrunning,followhim."
USAFAmmoTroop


"ThoughIFlyThroughtheValleyofDeath,IShallFearNoEvi l.ForIam
at80,000FeetandClimbing."
AttheentrancetotheoldSR-71operatingbaseKadena,Japan


"You'veneverbeenlostuntilyou'vebeenlostatMach3 ."
PaulF.Crickmore(testpilot)


"Theonlytimeyouhavetoomuchfueliswhenyou'reonfi re."


"BluewaterNavytruism:Therearemoreplanesintheoceant hansubmarines
inthesky."
Fromanoldcarriersailor


"Ifthewingsaretravelingfasterthanthefuselage,it'sp robablya
helicopterandtherefore,unsafe."


"Whenoneenginefailsonatwinengineairplaneyoualwaysh aveenough
powerlefttogetyoutothesceneofthecrash."


"Withoutammunition,theUSAFwouldbejustanotherexpens iveflyingclub."


"Whatisthesimilaritybetweenairtrafficcontrollersan dpilots?Ifa
pilotscrewsup,thepilotdies;IfATCscrewsup,....Thepi lotdies."


"Nevertradeluckforskill."


Thethreemostcommonexpressions(orfamouslastwords)in aviationare:
"Whyisitdoingthat?","Wherearewe?"And"OhS...!"


"Progressinairlineflying:nowaflightattendantcanget apilot
pregnant."


"Airspeed,altitudeandbrains.Twoarealwaysneededtosu ccessfully
completetheflight."


"Asmoothlandingismostlyluck;twoinarowisallluck;thr eeinarow
isprevarication."


"Irememberwhensexwassafeandflyingwasdangerous. "


"Mankindhasaperfectrecordinaviation;weneverleftone upthere!"


"Flyingtheairplaneismoreimportantthanradioingyourp lighttoa
persononthegroundincapableofunderstandingordoingan ythingabout
it."


"ThePiperCubisthesafestairplaneintheworld;itcanjus tbarelykill
you."
AttributedtoMaxStanley(Northroptestpilot)


"Thereisnoreasontoflythroughathunderstorminpeaceti me."
SignoversquadronopsdeskatDavisMonthanAFB,AZ,1970


"Ifsomethinghasn'tbrokenonyourhelicopter,it'sabout to."


"Youknowthatyourlandinggearisupandlockedwhenittake sfullpower
to
taxitotheterminal."


Asthetestpilotclimbsoutoftheexperimentalaircraft,h avingtornoff
thewingsandtailinthecrashlanding,thecrashtruckarri ves,the
rescuerseesabloodiedpilotandasks"Whathappened?".Th epilot'sreply:
"Idon'tknow,Ijustgotheremyself!"
AttributedtoRayCrandell(Lockheedtestpilot)

 

Thats pretty good!

I like the only time you have too much fuel is when your on fire. lol

 

Ha ha, reminds about the claymore mines, printed in large raised letters " This Side Point To wards Enemy".

Dam nasty little buggers though