From a brother service man. Happy Memorial Day.

> 'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
> - Infantry Journal-
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> 'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just
> bombed.'
> - US. Air Force Manual -
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> 'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never
> encountered automatic weapons.'
> - General MacArthur -
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> 'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.'
> - Infantry Sgt.-
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> 'Tracers work both ways.'
> - Army Ordnance Manual-
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> 'Five second fuses last about three seconds.'
> - Infantry Journal -
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> The three most useless things in aviation are: Fuel in the bowser; Runway
> behind you; and Air above you.
> -Basic Flight Training Manual-
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> 'Any ship can be a minesweeper - Once.'
> - Naval Ops Manual -
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> 'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
> - Unknown Infantry Recruit-
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> 'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.'
> - Infantry Journal-
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> 'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear
> No Evil. For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'
> - Sign over SR71 Wing Ops- (I love this one-ga)
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> 'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
> -Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-
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> 'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
> - Unknown Author-
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> 'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a
> helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
> - Fixed Wing Pilot-
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> 'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough
> power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'
> -Multi-Engine Training Manual-
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> 'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.'
> -Unknown Author-
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> '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 by then
> you'll be the pilot.'
> -Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian CF104 Pilot-
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> 'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
> If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If an Air Trafic Controller
> screws up, .... the pilot dies.'
> -Sign over Control Tower Door-
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> 'Never trade luck for skill.'
> -Author Unknown-
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> The three most ugly expressions (or famous last words) in military
> aviation are: 'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and 'Oh ****...!'
> -Authors Unknown-
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> 'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully
> complete the flight.'
> -Basic Flight Training Manual-
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> 'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
> person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.'
> - Emergency Checklist-
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> 'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;
> it can just barely kill you.'
> - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) -
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> 'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
> -Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ-
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> 'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power
> to taxi to the terminal.' - Lead-in Fighter Training Manual -
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> 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.
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> The rescuer sees the bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?'
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> The pilot's reply: 'How would I know, I just got here myself!'
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