"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." George Orwell "Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war. ..." Napoleon Bonaparte, "Military Maxims of Napoleon" "We’re surrounded. That simplifies the problem." - Chesty Puller, USMC First sergeant math: Buy Gatorade for $1.49 each and sell for $1.00 each - with the profits going to the unit fund. - Murphy’s Laws of Armor If a supply sergeant is given a choice between death and going to the field with his unit, he will ask for a few minutes to "Think it over." - Murphy’s Laws of Armor The dirtier and more tired you are, the less appreciative you become of "constructive criticism" from somebody in a pristine uniform. - Murphy’s Laws of Armor "Rebel yells" are not proper FM radio procedure after a successful Table VIII shoot. - Murphy’s Laws of Armor "Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision." Blake Clark "Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war." Ernest Miller Hemmingway "I do not like this word "bomb." It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding." French ambassador to New Zealand Jacques le Blanc, regarding press coverage of France’s nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific Close air support is safest from far away. - Murphy’s Laws of Armor Back to Dispatch March 2004 Table of Contents Back to Dispatch List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by HMGS Mid-South This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com