Strange Military Instructions and Info.

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This is a old topic from scion life and i thought about it and decided to post it here props to vegasdriver who originally wrote it.

Strange Military Instructions and Info.

vegasdriver wrote:: "Aim towards the enemy"-instruction printed on US Rocket Laucher

"If the enemy is in range, so are you" - Infantry Journal

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

"it is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed"- US Air Force Pilot training manual

"when the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend"- US Marine Corps training manual

" a slippping gear could let your M203 grenade laucher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left in your unit" - Army 's magazine of preventive maintenance

"whoever said the pen is mightier that the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons"- General MacArthur

"try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo" -Infrantry Journal

"you, you and you, ... panic. The rest of you, come with me"-US Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt

"Tracers work both ways"- US Army Ordinace officer

"Five second fuses only last three seconds" -Infantry Journal

"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 inspecton"- Joe Gay

"any ship can be a mine sweeper...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 Troup

"Though I fly trhrough 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-7 operating base, Kadena, Japan

"you have 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 thant the fuselage, its probably a helicopter-and therefore unsafe"

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

"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers 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 the hell are we?", and "Oh, *HIT".

"weather forecasts are hororscopes with numbers"

"Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant"

"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left anyone up there!"

"Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day"

"The Piper Club is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you"-Attributed to Max Stanley (Northlop test pilot)

"never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you"

"there is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime"- sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Montan AFB,AZ

"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter , it's about to"

Basic Flying Rules:"Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not near the edges of it. THe edges of the air can be recognized b the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there"

"Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries"

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)

once again props to vegasdriver im not trying to copy your stuff i just didn't want people to haft to go to a new link.

Subject: Re: Strange Military Instructions and Info. Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:19 pm

hahaha tht shit is pretty funny!

Subject: Re: Strange Military Instructions and Info. Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:18 pm

Im in the military and alot of that shit hits home quite a bit. It is funny as hell and youd be surprised that that stuff is soooooo true.

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