NAAFI - humour 02
Only 5% of an intelligence report is accurate. The trick of a good commander is to recognize the 5%.
Intelligence Officer is a contradiction in terms.
Or maybe an Oximoron?
Tactics are for Professional soldiers; Officers study logistics.
. When a front line soldier overhears two General Staff officers conferring, he's fallen back too far.
It isn't necessary to be an idiot to be a senior officer, but it certainly helps.
Only numbers can annihilate.
(Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson)
A machine gun does a pretty good job as well.
So does a nuclear bomb.
It’s not the bullets that you hear passing you that are the problem. It’s the one you don’t hear that is the problem.
Your equipment was made by the lowest bidder.
Priorities are made by officers, not God. There is a difference.
Priorities are made by officers, not God. There is no difference
(An officer opinion).
An officers battle cry, “Follow me men, I’m right behind you.”
The weight of all of your equipment is proportional to the cube of the time you have been carrying it.
No combat ready squad ever survived inspection.
No inspection ready squad ever survived combat.
Seven second grenade fuses burn down in three seconds.
The enemy diversion attack that your Officers are ignoring is the main attack.
Radios function perfectly until you need fire support.
If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share to take.
Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.
Parade ground inspections are to combat readiness as mess hall food is to cuisine.
When in doubt, "empty the magazine." (American Army).
When in doubt, “Charge.” (British Army).
When in doubt, "Capitulate." (French & Italian Armies).
If officers are competent soldiers why do they need batmen to look after them?
If officers had to gain promotion through the ranks, there would be a shortage of Lance corporals.
If political leaders, politicians and religious leaders had to fight on the battle field there would be no wars. |
