05-03-2009, 04:36 AM | #1 (permalink) |
Living in a Warmer Insanity
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Military this and that-
WISDOM - FROM THE MILITARY MANUALS'
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 ------------ --------- --------- --------- 'You, you, and you .. Panic.The rest of you, come with me.'- U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant ------ ------ --------- --------- --------- 'Tracers work both ways.'-U.S. Army Ordnance ------------ --------- --------- --------- 'Five second fuses only last three seconds.'- Infantry Journal ----------- - --- ------ --------- --------- 'Any ship can be a minesweeper.Once.' ------------ --------- --------- --------- Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown Marine If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him!' 'Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil.For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.' -SR-71 pilot '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.' ------------ --------- --------- --------- '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.' ------------ --------- ------- -- --------- Even with ammunition, the Air Force is just another expensive flying club.' ----------- --------- --------- --------- 'What is the similarity betweenAirTrafficControllers (ATC) and pilots?If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies;If ATC screws up, ...... The pilot dies.' 'Never trade luck for skill.' ------------ --------- --------- --------- The three most common expressions (or famous last words), in aviation are: 'Why is it doing that? 'Where are we?' And;'Oh ****!' ----------- --------- --------- --------- 'Airspeed, altitude and brains.Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.' ------------ --------- --------- --------- - 'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation;we never left one up there!' ----------- --------- --------- --------- 'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understandingor doing anything about it.' ------------ --------- --------- --------- 'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you'- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) ------------ --------- --------- --------- 'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'-Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970 ------------ --------- --------- --------- 'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.' ------------ --------- --------- --------- 'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.' ------------ --------- --------- --------- 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)
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05-03-2009, 04:40 AM | #2 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
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good ones...
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05-03-2009, 04:42 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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haha. some funny stuff in there.
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05-05-2009, 08:38 PM | #11 (permalink) |
WHEEEE! Whee! Whee! WHEEEE!
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A short story about my first field problem at Ft. Hood (Disclaimer: I was an asshole when I was 19)--
Shortly after I was assigned to my unit at Ft. Hood, we went on a short field problem--only a week or so I think. The last day of the field problem, I'm on the .50 cal, loaded with blanks, on a swivel turret mounted to a deuce and a half or a 5 ton, I can't remember, during the morning stand to. Out in the distance is a cow, as Ft. Hood was an open post and had cattle wandering all over the place, so I pop off a few blanks. Almost like magic, the CO, XO, and First Sergeant appear out of nowhere. Top says,"Who fired their weapon?" And I say, "I did, First Sergeant." Top says, "Who were you firing at?" And I say, "That cow, First Sergeant." Top says, "Why where you firing at a cow?" And I say, "Because he refused to stop and be identified, First Sergeant." True story. And they must have thought I was just stupid or something, because that's all they said, they just left.
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