The Enlightened Soldier
Liberal Newscaster Katie Couric, while interviewing a Marine sniper, asked:
'What do you feel......when you shoot a
Terrorist ?'
The Marine shrugged and replied, "A Slight
Recoil."
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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."
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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"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me."
- U.S. Marine
Corps
Gunnery Sgt.
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"Tracers work both ways."
Army Ordnance
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"Five second fuses only last three seconds."
- Infantry Journal
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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, keep up with 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."
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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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"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it ' s probably a
helicopter -- however, it ' s unsafe in any case .."
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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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"Even with
ammunition, the
USAF is 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**t!"
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"Airspeed,
altitude and brains.
Two
out
of three are needed
to successfully
complete the flight."
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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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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!"