<p>It's been a little quiet around here...</p>
<p>"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."</p>
<h2>- Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.</h2>
<h2>"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher</h2>
<h2>"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend. - U.S. Marine Corps</h2>
<p>"Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are</p>
<h2>guaranteed to always hit the ground." - USAF Ammo Troop</h2>
<h2>"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal</h2>
<p>"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just</p>
<h2>bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual</h2>
<p>"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never </p>
<h2>encountered automatic weapons." - General Macarthur</h2>
<h2>"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal</h2>
<p>"You, you, and you .. Panic. The rest of you, come with me." - U.S. </p>
<h2>Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.</h2>
<p>"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance</p>
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<h2>"Five second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal</h2>
<p>"Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever </p>
<h2>volunteer to do anything." - U.S. Navy Swabbie</h2>
<p>"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - David </p>
<h2>Hackworth</h2>
<p>"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush." -
Infantry Journal</p>
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<h2>"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay</h2>
<h2>"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once."</h2>
<p>"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown </p>
<h2>Marine Recruit</h2>
<h2>"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your Buddies</h2>
<h2>"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop</h2>
<p>"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I </p>
<h2>am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan</h2>
<h2>"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)</h2>
<h2>"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."</h2>
<p>"Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than </p>
<h2>submarines in the sky." - From an old carrier sailor</h2>
<p>"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a</p>
<h2>helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."</h2>
<p>"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough</p>
<h2>power left to get you to the scene of the crash."</h2>
<p>"Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying </p>
<h2>club."</h2>
<p>"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If </p>
<h2>a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies."</h2>
<h2>"Never trade luck for skill."</h2>
<p>The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation
are:</p>
<h2>"Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" And "Oh S***!"</h2>
<p>"Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot</p>
<h2>pregnant."</h2>
<p>"Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully</p>
<h2>complete the flight."</h2>
<p>"A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a </p>
<h2>row is prevarication."</h2>
<h2>"I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous."</h2>
<h2>"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"</h2>
<p>"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a </p>
<h2>person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."</h2>
<p>"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely </p>
<h2>kill you." - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)</h2>
<p>"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." - Sign </p>
<h2>over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970</h2>
<h2>"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."</h2>
<p>"You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full </p>
<h2>power to taxi to the terminal."</h2>
<p>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?". </p>
<p>The pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!" - Attributed
to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)</p>