{"id":488,"date":"2010-03-15T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/blog\/?p=488"},"modified":"2010-03-15T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T12:05:22","slug":"military-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/military-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

This lot just made me laugh. (Original source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“If the enemy is in range, so are you.” \u2014 Infantry Journal<\/p>\n

“It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.” \u2014 US Air Force Manual<\/p>\n

“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” \u2014 General MacArthur<\/p>\n

“You, you, and you … Panic. The rest of you, come with me.” \u2014 U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.<\/p>\n

“Tracers work both ways.” \u2014 U.S. Army Ordnance Manual<\/p>\n

“Five second fuses only last three seconds.” \u2014 Infantry Journal<\/p>\n

The three most useless things in aviation are: Fuel in the bowser; Runway behind you; and Air above you. \u2014 Basic Flight Training Manual<\/p>\n

“Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.” \u2014 Maritime Ops Manual<\/p>\n

“Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.” \u2014 Unknown Marine Recruit<\/p>\n

“If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.” \u2014 USAF Ammo Troop<\/p>\n

“You’ve never been lost until you”ve been lost at Mach 3.” \u2014 Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)<\/p>\n

“The only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.” \u2014Unknown Author<\/p>\n

“If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter \u2014 and therefore, unsafe.” \u2014 Fixed Wing Pilot<\/p>\n

“When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.” \u2014 Multi-Engine Training Manual<\/p>\n

“Without ammunition, the USAF is just an expensive flying club.” \u2014 Unknown Author<\/p>\n

“If you hear me yell; ‘Eject, Eject, Eject!,’ the last two will be echos. If you stop to ask ‘Why?’ you”ll be talking to yourself, because you’re the pilot.” \u2014 Pre-flight Briefing from a 104 Pilot<\/p>\n

“What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up, …. the pilot dies.” \u2014 Sign over Control Tower Door<\/p>\n

“Never trade luck for skill.” \u2014 Author Unknown<\/p>\n

“Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.” \u2014 Basic Flight Training Manual<\/p>\n

“Mankind has a perfect record in aviation \u2014 we have never left one up there!” \u2014 Unknown Author<\/p>\n

“Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.” \u2014 Emergency Checklist<\/p>\n

“The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.” \u2014 Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)<\/p>\n

“There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.” \u2014 Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ<\/p>\n

“If something hasn’t broken on your helicopter, it’s about to.” \u2014 Sign over Carrier Group Operations Desk<\/p>\n

“You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.” \u2014 Lead-in Fighter Training Manual<\/p>\n

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!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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