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Recently, I was talking to an old friend about the reunion of our military unit thats supposed to happen late this year and she mentioned a book related to our branch of service that I might fine entertaining from a professional standpoint (organizational development). She was right  Amongst the analysis of the culture, values and customs was this great collection of little bits of "wisdom" that usually get passed along over beer after the duty-day is over.
I have included a sampling of both the ground-combat and air-wing anecdotes.....
"Sooner or later everyone has to die, the trick is to die young as late as possible"
"War never determines who is right....war does determine who is Left however"
"Remember that diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggie" until you can find a bigger rock"
"Altho the enemy may surrender, his landmines won't"
"Subject matter Experts" and "Professionals" have their place but never get married to their ideas. Remember; Professionals built the Titanic and rank amateurs built the Ark"
"No matter what you do.... the bullet with your name on it will get you. So can random bullets addressed to "whom it may concern" and shrapnel addressed to "occupant".
"No combat-ready unit had ever passed a garrison inspection - conversely, no Garrison-Inspection-Ready unit has ever passed combat"
"The Raw Intensity of a war-story is usually inversely proportional to the actual combat-experience of the teller. This is a good way to spot posers and other wannabes"
"Flying as a Marine Aviator in combat is mostly hours and hours of boredom broken by moments of stark terror"
"When your fear of the aircraft exceeds your fear of the ejection seat; its time to use it"
"When flying an aircraft with retractable landing-gear - if it takes 80% power or more to taxi - you have landed with the gear "up"
"While on your takeoff roll, if an earthquake strikes the airbase causing a 100 foot chasm to open up in front of you and you crash into it - the mission of the accident board will be to find a way to blame it on Pilot Error"
"According to the laws of aerodynamics a helicopter can't fly. Its just so ugly the Earth repels it"
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~Deb Charron
Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Fortune Favors the Bold)
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