words of wisdom from Military personnel & training manuals

[mtandrews]

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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.'
- US.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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'Tracers work both ways.'
- Army Ordnance Manual-

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'Five second fuses last about three seconds.'
- Infantry Journal -

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'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
- Naval Ops Manual -

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'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
- Unknown Infantry Recruit-

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'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up to him.'
- Infantry Journal-

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'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'
- Sign over SR71 Wing Ops-

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'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
- Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-

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'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
-Unknown Author-

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'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
- Fixed Wing Pilot-

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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.'
-Multi-Engine Training Manual-

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'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.'
-Unknown Author-

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'If you hear me yell;"Eject, Eject, Eject!", the last two will be echos.'
If you stop to ask "Why?", you'll be talking to yourself, because by then you'll be the pilot.'
-Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian F104 Pilot-

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'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies.'
-Sign over Control Tower Door-

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'Never trade luck for skill.'
-Author Unknown-

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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military aviation are: 'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and 'Oh ****!'
-Authors Unknown-

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'Airspeed, altitude, and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
-Basic Flight Training Manual-

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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.'
- Emergency Checklist-

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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-Montham AFB , AZ -

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'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.' Lead-in Fighter Training Manual

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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 the bloodied pilot and asks,'What happened?'
The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'





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[Burntorange70]

LOL! Good stuff. Rely like that last one.

 

[Schneiderman]

My uncle showed me a field manual from when he was in the Marines, it said "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not your friend".

 

[mtandrews]

My uncle showed me a field manual from when he was in the Marines, it said "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not your friend".

hey, that's pretty good! Tell your Uncle thank you for his service.

 

[Badart]

My Grandpa always said "Keep your head down and your powder dry". I have used this advice my entire life. He was a WWII AF glider pilot. These guys had balls. Imagine knowing that every flight that you do will be a controlled crash at night behind enemy lines.

 

[Burntorange70]

My grandpa likes to say. Fu#k, Fight, Or Hold The Light. Don't know exactly what he means buy that but it is funny.

 

[1969dodgedartgt]

nice, thanks for sharing

 

[gunbunny]

For you non military types, the US Army has PS Magazine. It's a monthly booklet that looks like a comic and was originally drawn by Will Eisner. It's whole theme is Preventive Service and Maintainance.
I remember reading this:

"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."
— Page 9 of the August 1993 issue of PS magazine, the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance
Click on the quote, you can see the actual article.
BTW if you want to read PS Magazine, just click!
It's free, but you are going to a US Army website. So don't be surprised if your virus scan goes off. They are looking at you too!

 

[mtandrews]

Ol' SFC Half-Mast!!! or was he a MSG? Can't remember but I've read more of them than I care to remember. Always good info to get you by until you can get a hold of the TM for the piece of equipment you are monkeying with...