Military Truisms

[garmanma]

"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher

- "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." - USAF

- "When 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

- "Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance

- "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."

- "If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF

- "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 SR-71 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

- "If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."

- "When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."

[JDoors]

Reminds me of:

Rules of Engagement

1. You are not superman.

2. If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.

3. Don't look conspicuous--it draws fire (that's why aircraft carriers are called bomb magnets).

4. When in doubt, empty your magazine.

5. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.

6. Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

7. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.

8. No plan survives the first contact intact.

9. All 5 second grenade fuses will burn down in 3 seconds.

10. Try to look unimportant because the bad guys may be low on ammo.

11. If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short.

12. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.

13. The important things are always simple.

14. The simple things are always hard.

15. The easy way is always mined.

16. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat.

17. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.

18. Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

19. Friendly fire, isn't.

20. If the enemy is in range, so are you.

21. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.

22. Beer math is 2 beers x 37 men = 49 cases.

23. Body count math is 2 guerrillas plus 1 portable plus 2 pigs = 37 enemy killed in action.

24. Things that must be together to work usually cannot be shipped together.

25. Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately.

26. Anything you do can get you shot, including doing nothing.

27. Tracers work both ways.

28. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

29. Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.

30. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectives to take.

31. When both sides are convinced that they are about to lose, they are both right.

32. Professional soldiers are predictable but the world is full of amateurs.

33. Murphy was a grunt.

[Honda_Boy]

A lot of those from both lists are on Call of Duty 4 quotes when you get killed. One of my favorites is:

When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer our friend - US Army Handbook