Military Words of Wisdom ...

• "Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything." - U.S. Navy Swabbie
  
• "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - David Hackworth
  
• "If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush." - Infantry Journal
  
• "No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay
  
• "Any ship can be a minesweeper ... once." - Anonymous
  
• "Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Marine Recruit
  
• "Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your Buddies
  
• "Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky." From an old carrier sailor
  
• "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 screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .... the pilot dies."
  
• "Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant."
  
• "I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous."
  
• "Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"
  
• "Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
  
• "When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten."
  
• Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII: "When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavour to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and gently as possible."
  
• "The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you." - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
  
• "Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."