5 most dangerous things you can hear in the Army

[WR Moore]

"We've got this all planned out."

"Our intelligence shows.................."

None of the above exclusive to the Army.

 

[peyton]

"The helicopter will be here any time now". Then spent all day for it to show up, no one knew the flight was cancelled, this occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This well said quote appeared years later while visiting Disney World. My four young kids asked why waiting in the long lines never bothered me.
My response "The helicopter will be here any time now".

Finally the oldest got brave enough to ask what it meant. My simple response "if you don't develop patience you will never be happy!

 

[Farmer17]

A good friend of mine enlisted in the Army and to avoid going to Vietnam he signed up for a Honest John rocket crew in Germany in the 1960s. He thought that would be a lot safer but then he heard the Honest John was a truck mounted unguided rocket that had a 30 Kiloton nuclear warhead and a kill radius of 20 miles but it only had a range of 15 miles. He said even the really stupid guys on the team could do the math on that and they were not too happy about it.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Mack, get to the choppa!

 

[RM Vivas]

Most logical advice I got was:
"Don't do anything heroic unless there is an officer around to see it."

 

[dsf]

"Where are we .....?"

I got to use that line and the response was "Cambodia"

I told you I couldn't read a compass.

 

[oger]

The Re-Up NCO wants to talk to you.

 

[jimbo728]

Abandon Ship!
Jim

 

[llowry61]

Your CO saying, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning, smells like victory."

 

[STCM(SW)]

Stand by for heavy rolls!

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

1. "Army regulations"
2. "Sign for this"
3. "I dunno"-usually said by an OJT mechanic.
4. "You didn't ask about that."

 

[Truckman]

When I was in basic the DI, at roll call one morning, asked if anyone had
any college. 2 or 3 raised their hands. Then he said report to the motor
pool to ride the garbage truck today.

My Dad, while training for the Quartermaster Corps during WWII, was marched with his platoon to an enormous warehouse area with stacks of pallets everywhere...They were asked by the Sergeant if any of them knew how to drive a truck...Dad and several others raised their hands, then spent the next several days pushing two-wheel handtrucks from warehouse to loading dock, and back again...

His advice to me when I left for USAF induction was, "Don't be first, don't be last and don't volunteer for anything!"......Ben

 

[erikpolcrack]

Very early in my Army career, a senior NCO gave me some advice on how to maintain a good attitude when things weren't going so well. He said - only half jokingly - never forget there are three basic ways to get anything done: the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way. All too often, he said, the Army way is the same as the wrong way, but it takes longer and costs more!

 

[fiasconva]

One more: " We have a special assignment for you. "

 

[Grayfox]

Not really a saying, but I was taught that the most dangerous thing in the Army was a 2nd LT with a map!

 

[SMSgt]

"Because I said so."

 

[martyd]

Noncom to private = that's your problem

 

[poprivit]

Grease Trap!