Military Survival Rules

[SandRat]

Thought we all could use a little GI Humor. Enjoy

"Aim towards the enemy." - Instruction printed on U.S. Army rocket launcher

"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - U.S. Army training notice

"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. From 30,000 feet, every single bomb always hits the ground." - U.S. Air Force ammunition memo.

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

"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." - Army preventive maintenance publication

"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal

"Tracers point both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance Corps memo.

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

"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Col. David H. Hackworth

"If your attack is going too well, you're probably walking into an ambush." - Infantry Journal

"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay

"Any ship can be a minesweeper - once." - Anonymous

"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Army recruit

"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your buddies

"If you see a bomb disposal technician running, try to keep up with him." - U.S. Army ordnance manual

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed" - U.S. Air Force flight training manual

[SAMWolf]

"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Army recruit

The first lesson many in the ervice learn

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[bjcintennessee]

Thanks for the laugh. I e-mailed this to my son whose carrier is nearing Iraq.

[Poohbah]

"An uncaged Sidewinder has no friends."

[68skylark]

Great post! There are way too many words of wisdom here for me to pick a favorite phrase.

[xm177e2]

"If you see a bomb disposal technician running, try to keep up with him." - U.S. Army ordnance manual

Is this from a manual or a T-shirt?

[prairiebreeze]

"If you see a bomb disposal technician running, try to keep up with him." - U.S. Army ordnance manual

My favorite. heh

Prairie

[dts32041]

Somebody else who has fought in the valley of death at NTC.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"And for you guys on ships - bathe. Regularly. Or we'll get out the wire brushes, and you won't like it much."

[null and void]

Never pull a slack wire, or cut a taut one...

[GOPJ]

LOL bump

[dts32041]

DArn I just realized you were talking about the missle, used to knock down aircraft.

Oh well you should have seen the sidewinders I saw in the VOD.

[Poohbah]

Somebody else who has fought in the valley of death at NTC.

No, just someone who's seen more than a couple Boola-Boolas out at PMTC (c8

[Bogey78O]

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

Well unless you're in a new American tank and the enemy is in an old Russian one.

[Hugin]

"If it moves salute it, if it doesn't move paint it"--first thing you learn in the Navy.

[Lokibob]

You have to read these:
http://www.skippyslist.com/

[azcap]

In the ROTC lounge at college there was huge bookshelf full of old manuals. I didn't know wether to laugh or worry about my career choice when I found and old manual for the Lance missile, (a short range missile with a tactical nuclear warhead)... it was animated. I'm not talking illustrated. I mean comic book animated! Imagine if you can a smiling nuclear missile telling you how to fire it.

[LiteKeeper]

A hearty belly-laugh from an old Army retiree :-)

[Lucy Lake]

Ping.