More: "If ya can't stand the answer, don't ask the question." "It is
better to beg for forgiveness than to be told 'no.'"
"Peace is our profession, or we'll kill ya."
One of my favorites when I often asked why we were asked (ordered) to do
something stupid, "The General has been briefed." (Nobody had the guts to
tell ''im he'd been briefed wrong, so we had to fly it the stupid way and
make it work, anyway,)
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "G Mann" <g2ma...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Attaboy?
Wilton,
Thanks for the short refresher course on "mil-speak" .. hhaha. Haven't
heard those in some time..
All to true in most cases... the GI ability to condense something to its
vital element prevails. ;))
Grant...
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Fred Moir <fredh.s...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Wilton, et al.It seems that the military mindset is (or was, getting
olde)
the same on both sides of the Atlantic.Fred
> From: wilt...@nc.rr.com
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 11:29:03 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Attaboy?
>
> 'Reminds me: 'I spent most of my USAF career in the Strategic Air
Command
> (SAC), deeply involved with B-47's and B-52's and engrossed in the no
> BS
> atmosphere created by the "father of SAC," Gen Curt LeMay. We often
> said
> that "To err is human, but to forgive is not SAC policy." Another
SACism:
> "One Alpha Sierra (AS) can wipe out 50 thousand ATTABOYs" and "An
> ATTABOY
> lives for seconds, an Alpha Sierra (AS) lives forever."
> Another: "An ATTABOY lives in the mind of the receiver; and Alpha
> Sierra
> (AS) my be posted on "The Big Board" at SAC HQ."
>
> Wilton
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