Wisdom From The American Military

 

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

 

Aim towards the enemy.

Instruction printed on U.S. rocket launcher

 

Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once. 

 

Five-second fuses only last three seconds.

Infantry Journal

 

If something hasn’t broken on your helicopter, it’s about to.

 

If your attack is going too well, you’re walking into an ambush.

Infantry Journal

 

It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

U.S. Air Force Manual

 

The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: “Why is it doing that?”, “Where are we?” and “Oh S...!”

 

When the pin is pulled Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

U.S. Marine Corps

 

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

General MacArthur

 

 

 

Published Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:13 AM by dhite
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