[Grovenet] Fw: Wisdom from the Military

Fri Jan 26 15:56:24 PST 2007

That's wonderful, Katie! 

Thank you

Friday morning you say? It just appeared at 3:45 p.m.! 

Ron D'Eau Claire

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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 7:44 AM
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Subject: [Grovenet] Fw: Wisdom from the Military

Something lighthearted for a Friday morning.....

Katie

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Wisdom from the Military   

"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F.
Crickmore (test pilot) 
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 "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 magaz ine 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< /SPAN> 
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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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"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...!"< /FONT> 
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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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"I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous." 
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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 see s a bl oodied 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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