The issue is not war and peace, rather, how best to preserve our freedom.
- General Russell E. Dougherty
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The issue is not war and peace, rather, how best to preserve our freedom.
- General Russell E. Dougherty
glad to see others getting involved..I was running out. :b
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill on the RAF in the Battle of Britain
"A rocket will never be able to leave the earth's atmosphere." --The New York Times, 1936
Fucked then like they are fucked up now.
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
--Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
Silly Frenchman
"Upon the fields of friendly strife. Are sown the seeds, that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory."
Douglas MacArthur about West Point athletics and is now carved on the gymnasium there.
"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
1. "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography."
(Paul Rodriguez)
2. "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's magazine of preventive maintenance ).
3. "Aim towards the Enemy."
(Instruction printed on US M79 Rocket Launcher)
4. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
(U.S. Marine Corps)
5. Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground.
(U.S. Air Force)
6. If the enemy is in range, so are you.
(Infantry Journal)
7. It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.
(US Air Force Manual)
8. Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
(Gen. MacArthur)
9. Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.
(Infantry Journal)
10. You, you, and you . . . Panic. The rest of you, come with me.
(Marine Gunnery Sergeant)
11. Tracers work both ways.
(US Army Ordnance)
12. Five second fuses only last three seconds.
(Infantry Journal)
13. Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.
(US Navy Seaman)
14. Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
(David Hackworth)
15. If your attack is going too well, you have walked into an ambush.
(Infantry Journal)
16. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
(Joe Gay)
17. Any ship can be a minesweeper... once.
(Admiral Hornblower)
18. Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.
(Unknown Marine Recruit)
19. Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.
(Your Buddies)
20. Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
(Army Platoon Sergeant)
21. If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
(David Hackworth)
22. Your job is to kill the other person before they kill you so that your national leaders can negotiate a peace that will last as long as it takes the ink to dry.
(Drill Instructor)
23. In the Navy, the Chief is always right.
(Written on the door into the Chiefs quarters)
jeez now scout is killing it.
Got one that I saw in a gaming video scott posted
"Only the dead have seen the end of war"
Plato
"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the
sooner it will be over."
-William Tecumseh Sherman
"Veni, vidi, vici."
(I came, I saw, I conquered)
- Julius Caesar, Roman emperor
"Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places."
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf otherwise known as Baghdad Bob
"There is no presence of the American columns in the city of Baghdad at all. We besieged them and we killed most of them."
Baghdad Bob
We are winning. There are no tanks in Baghdad.
Baghdad Bob