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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 magazine of preventive maintenance.
"Aim towards the Enemy."
--Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
--U.S. Marine Corps
"Cluster bombing from B52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground."
--USAF Ammo Troop
"If the enemy is in range, so are you."
--Infantry Journal
"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed."
U.S. Air Force Manual > "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
--General MacArthur
"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo."
--Infantry Journal
"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me."
--U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
"Tracers work both ways."
--U.S. Army Ordnance
"Five second fuses only last three seconds."
--Infantry Journal
"Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything."
--U.S. Navy Swabbie
"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
David Hackworth
"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush."
--Infantry Journal
"No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection."
--Joe Gay
"Any ship can be a minesweeper ... once."
--Anonymous
"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do."
--Unknown Marine Recruit
"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you."
--Your Buddies
"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him."
--USAF Ammo Troop
"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 SR71 operating base Kadena, Japan
"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
--Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."
"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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