Military Wisdom

[Rusty]

WISDOM - FROM THE MILITARY MANUAL

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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 Mac Arthur

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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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'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,

try to 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 50,000 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

-- 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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'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...!'

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'Airspeed, altitude and brains.

Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'

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'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation;

we have 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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Airman, maintain thy air speed

lest the earth rise up and smite you!

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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!'

- Attributed to Ray Crandell

(Lockheed test pilot)

[Hobie]

And...

"Hope is not a tactical technique." CPT George Roller

[WCF3030]

Hey you three.. Half of you come with me.

[donw]

a sign i once saw in the orderly room of the 16th arty, A btry, at ft hood: "If you don't have a hernia, you can't possibly be carrying your share"

[awp101]

'Airspeed, altitude and brains.

Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'

As our ground instructor told us when I was going for my pilot's license: The two most useless things in aviation are the amount of airspace above you and the amount of runway behind you.

[Ysabel Kid]