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    Military Wisdom

    "A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
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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."
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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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    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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    "Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant."
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    "Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight."
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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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    "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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    "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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    "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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    "You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal."
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    LMAO! Too funny...

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    Hahaha, yep, some of them are really funny!

    I debate this one though:

    "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal
    It depends on the arsenal of each side...if I got a sniper rifle and u got a combat shotgun...guess what, you are in my range but not necessarily the other way around!

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    thats from the infantry journal...

    everyone knows the infantry has to be within shotgun range to hit anything
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mathster View Post
    thats from the infantry journal...

    everyone knows the infantry has to be within shotgun range to hit anything
    And they still manage to miss most of the targets.
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    In the infantry's defense, they are the group that gets the lowest level of people that can still be in the military..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mathster View Post
    In the infantry's defense, they are the group that gets the lowest level of people that can still be in the military..
    and everyone else is in a supporting role

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mathster View Post
    In the infantry's defense, they are the group that gets the lowest level of people that can still be in the military..
    Actually it's Bath and Laundry specialist then Cannoneer, that have the lowest aptitude requirements. I should know because I used to be an Army Recruiter and an Infantryman.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShadowPuterDude View Post
    Actually it's Bath and Laundry specialist then Cannoneer, that have the lowest aptitude requirements. I should know because I used to be an Army Recruiter and an Infantryman.
    I heard in the (what)French Army , Bath and Laundry specialist has the highest aptitude requirements due to heavy work load, is that true?


    lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by TurcoLoco View Post
    I heard in the (what)French Army , Bath and Laundry specialist has the highest aptitude requirements due to heavy work load, is that true?


    lol
    Well, you really gotta know what your doing to get those whites white.
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