| Military TruthsAuthor: Unknown
Source: Trish
- When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
- You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other son-of-a
- b***h die for his. - General Patton
- If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
- Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate -- the bombs always hit the ground.
- If the enemy is in range, so are you.
- The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little while longer. - U.S. Navy Seabees
- It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.
- Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
- When in doubt empty the magazine.
- If God had meant for us to be in the Navy, we would have been born with gray, baggy skin.
- Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.
- "You, you, and you: Panic. The rest of you, come with me."
- Odd objects attract fire -- never lurk behind one.
- Incoming fire has the right of way.
- Don't look conspicuous: it draws fire.
- Tracers work both ways.
- Five second fuses only last three seconds.
- 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. - the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
- Who cares if a laser guided 500 lb bomb is accurate to within 9 feet?
The easy way is always mined. - Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.
- Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.
- Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
- If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush.
- Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map.
- If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you.
- Teamwork is essential - it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.
- Push to test... Release to detonate.
- Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't.
- There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole.
- No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
- Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.
- Any ship can be a minesweeper... once.
- Never tell the First Sergeant you have nothing to do.
- The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
- Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.
- The enemy invariably attacks on one of two occasions: 1. When you're ready for them. 2.
- When you're not ready for them.
- Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps.
- Friendly fire - isn't.
- Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography. - Paul Rodriguez
- The side with the simplest uniforms wins.
- When you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in combat.
- Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
- We are not retreating; we are advancing in another direction.
- If you find yourself in a fair fight you didn't plan your mission properly.
- Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher - "Aim towards Enemy."
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