Favorite Military Quotes

A NASA quote. There is no situation so bad, that you can't make it worse!

le diable marche avec nous

newsman said:

le diable marche avec nous

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"Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl"
- Frederick the Great, king of Germany, 1740 to 1786

DavidJones said:

"Heads up, gentlemen, these are bullets, not turds".

Colonel Louis Lepic of the Grenadiers à Cheval as they are forming for a charge under intense fire at the battle of Eylau in 1807

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LOL!!

I gotta remember that one!

"The first shot is for the Devil, the second for God, and only the third for the King."
Napoleon Bonaparte

"In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it."
-Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Maximus: Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity.

"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning." Erwin Rommel

Only the dead have seen the end of war. Plato.

“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. "

"Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”

Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC. Two time recipient of the Medal of Honor. Recipient of both the Army and the Navy Distinguished Service Medals. In his work, War Is a Racket.

Old Marine saying, "when you're out of Corsairs, you're out of luck!" Sadly, we are out of Corsairs.

"Give me the Maori Battalion and I will conquer the world." - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

"Get your head out of your fourth point of contact!"
- Every US Army Airborne School instructor who ever lived.

Ripped shamelessly from one of my favourite web comics, Schlock Mercenary, a slightly ironic cartoon:

The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries




1. Pillage, then burn.
2. A Sergeant in motion outranks a Lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.
3. An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.
4. Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.
5. Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.
6. If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
7. If the food is good enough the grunts will stop complaining about the incoming fire.
8. Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.
9. Never turn your back on an enemy.
10. Sometimes the only way out is through. . . through the hull.
11. Everything is air-droppable at least once. (15 April 2008)[31]
12. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.
13. Do unto others.
14. "Mad Science" means never stopping to ask "what's the worst thing that could happen?"
15. Only you can prevent friendly fire.
16. Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.
17. The longer everything goes according to plan, the bigger the impending disaster.
18. If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear.
19. The world is richer when you turn enemies into friends, but that's not the same as you being richer.
20. If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win. (15 January 2012)[37]
21. Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow.
22. If you can see the whites of their eyes, somebody's done something wrong.
23. The company mess and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.
24. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a big gun.
25. If the damage you do is covered by a manufacturer's warranty, you didn't do enough damage.
26. "Fire and Forget" is fine, provided you never actually forget.
27. Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.
28. If the price of collateral damage is high enough, you might be able to get paid to bring ammunition home with you.
29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
30. A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.
31. Only cheaters prosper.
32. Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the water
33. If you're leaving tracks, you're being followed
34. If you’re leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger gun.
35. That which does not kill you has made a tactical error.
36. When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support.
37. There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload.'

Alternate version: There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'time to reload.' (6 March 2004)(Poster sold by Tayler)

38. Just because it's easy for you doesn't mean it can't be hard on your clients.
39. There is a difference between spare parts and extra [parts.]
40. Not all good news is enemy action.
41. "Do you have a backup?" means "I can't fix this"
42. "They'll never expect this" means "I want to try something stupid"
44. If it will blow a hole in the ground, it will double as an entrenching tool
47. Don't expect the enemy to cooperate in the creation of your dream engagement.
51. Let them see you sharpen the sword before you fall on it.

ranger4-7 said:

"Get your head out of your fourth point of contact!"
- Every US Army Airborne School instructor who ever lived.

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...once slow to recover from a PLF practice roll and received a kick to my side from a black hat, but those were the days.[angel]

"Merde!"
Gen. Pierre Cambronne
Waterloo

"Second place is first loser" -USN SEALS