Military Wit & Wisdom...not an oxymoron

Got this from a friend. Good for a few smiles...

'If the Enemy is in range, so are you.'
- Infantry Journal

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

'Aim towards the Enemy'
- Instructions printed on U.S. Rocket Launcher

'When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.'
- U.S Marine Corps

'Whoever said the pen is mightier then the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'
- General MacArthur

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

'Five second fuses only last three seconds'
- Infantry Journal

'If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush.'
- Infantry Journal

'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
- unknown

'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do '
- Unknown Marine Recruit

'Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.'

'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'

'Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.'
- From an old carrier sailor

'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore,unsafe.'

'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'

'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot errs, the pilot dies; If ATC errs...the pilot dies.'

'Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.'

Basic Flying Rules: 'Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.'