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From: Jeff Halbert
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:37:37 EST
Subject: Useful Military Warnings

"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher

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

"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." - U.S.A.F.Ammo Troop

"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's magazine of preventive maintenance.

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

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

"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance

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

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

"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 technician running, try to keep up with him." -- U.S.A. Ammo Troop

"Friendly fire isn't" - unknown

"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons." - General MacArthur

"If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." - David Hackworth

"When you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in combat." - unknown

"You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other son-of-a-bitch die for his." - General George S. Patton

"Coffee tastes better if the latrines are dug downstream from an encampment." - US Army Field Regulations, 1861

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