Military quotes
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awmperryJust found a link to this rather good page of military quotes: http://www.urbin.net/EWW/sigs/mil-sigs2.html
A few favourites:
...and, quite apart from the fact that it's absolutely true, he even got the plural of "Sergeant Major" right. Which is nice.
..."cyclic" is the technical term for fully-automatic fire... Roughly equivalent to the old adage "I'll take any gun as long as it has a rock 'n' roll switch."
Oh, and why do Americans always feel the urge to make fun of the French? I mean, that's my job, but when I take the mickey it's all in good fun. With American jibes there's malice behind it.
..or as one of my old basic training lieutenants used to say, "Second place, first loser!"
Cor blimey, there were a lot of good quotes on that page... Have a look at the other sig pages on that site, there are some fun ones there.
A few favourites:
"The Army is not an insurance company -- our job is to kill people and blow things up in the name of the US government. This involves some risk."
"An important difference between a military operation and a surgical operation is that the patient is not tied down. But it is a common fault of generalship to assume that he is." -- Captain Sir Basil H. Liddell Hart
"You know you are [a] hyperpower when you have a Navy, which has an Army, which has an AirForce. Thank God for redundancy..."
"Always use a piledriver to crack a nut. The piledriver doesn't take much damage, and the nut stays cracked." -- USMC maxim
It is the Soldier, not the reporter who has given us freedom of press
It is the Soldier, not the poet who has given us freedom of speech
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer who gives us freedom to demonstrate
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag,
and who's coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag.
-- Father Dennis Edward O'Brien
"People think that professional soldiers think a lot about fighting, but serious professional soldiers think a lot more about food and a warm place to sleep, because these are two things that are generally hard to get, whereas fighting tends to turn up all the time." -- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
"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." -- In the August 1993 issue, page 9, of PS magazine, the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance
In my experience, the most useful command that can ever be given by a junior officer is "Carry on Sergant" -- Andrew Moffatt-Vallance
"Sergeants Major are terrifying forces of nature. They really run the Army, although they let the officers pretend that they have something to do with it. Very tolerant ones will even call 2nd Lieutenants "sir" on occasion." -- Douglas E. Berry
...and, quite apart from the fact that it's absolutely true, he even got the plural of "Sergeant Major" right. Which is nice.
"Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants -- the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl." -- Terry Pratchett
I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it.
I'm worried about the million that say "to whom it may concern."
"When the going gets tough, the tough go cyclic." -- U.S. Army Rangers
..."cyclic" is the technical term for fully-automatic fire... Roughly equivalent to the old adage "I'll take any gun as long as it has a rock 'n' roll switch."
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time." -- Marine LTGEN Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
The pen is migthier then the sword but the bayonet gets the point across.
Oh, and why do Americans always feel the urge to make fun of the French? I mean, that's my job, but when I take the mickey it's all in good fun. With American jibes there's malice behind it.
Campaign ribbon: I was there.
Medal for valor (Bronze Star, Silver Star, etc): I was there, did something really stupid that worked, and my side saw me do it.
Purple Heart: I was there, did something really stupid, and the enemy saw me do it.
"One of the serious problems in planning against American doctrine that the Americans do not read their manuals nor do they feel any obligations to follow their doctrine." -- From a Russian military document
"In war there is no second prize for the runner-up." -- General Omar Bradley 1950
..or as one of my old basic training lieutenants used to say, "Second place, first loser!"
Cor blimey, there were a lot of good quotes on that page... Have a look at the other sig pages on that site, there are some fun ones there.
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Date: 2006-02-03 11:09 am (UTC)My brother will love them though. (He's a sergeant)