Happy 239th Birthday to the finest Soldiers in the World- the Soldiers of the United States Army. June 14th 1775 to today- it has been a long hard haul. Hooah
Happy Birthday Army! Googled some good Army quotes and instructions from over the years
• Coffee tastes better if the latrines are dug downstream from an encampment.
- US Army Field Regulations, 1861
• 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.
- the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
AIM towards the Enemy.
- Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
• A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
- Gen George S. Patton
• Don't look conspicuous; it draws fire.
• Don't never volunteer for nothing.
- a Soldier's Mother
• Five-second fuses only last three seconds.
- Infantry Journal
• If God had meant for us to be in the Army, we would have been born with green, baggy skin.
• If the enemy is in range, so are you.
- Infantry Journal
• If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you.
• Incoming fire has the right of way.
• Never share a fox hole with anyone braver than you.
• Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.
• Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map.
• No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
- Joe Gay
• Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.
• The easy way is always mined.
• The purpose of war is not to die for your country. The purpose of war is to ensure that the other guy dies for his country.
- General Patton
• Tracers work both ways.
- US Army Ordnance
• Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.
- Infantry Journal
• We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction.
• When you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in combat.