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Team Sergeant
06-04-2004, 09:11
A friend asked me the other day if we (Special Forces) had sayings that were unique to Special Forces. It made me think, do we have sayings or mottos unique to the SF community? Anyone?
Team Sergeant
The Reaper
06-04-2004, 09:42
"De Oppresso Liber"
or the ever popular,
"Hey, Dude, whazzup?"
and
"I don't think we are going to do that...Sir."
TR
Team Sergeant
06-04-2004, 09:51
Originally posted by The Reaper
I don't think we are going to do that...Sir."
TR
LOL,
How about "First in last out"
"Quiet Professionals"
"The Professionals"
"You don't have to like it...you just have to do it".
"Jesus...Mules don't carry this much shit on their backs".
"You only move as fast as the slowest man".
One of my Team Sergeants favorites...
"GODDAMMIT...Don't tell me how you accomplished the task...just tell me yes or no, it was done".
"It ain't over till the fat lady sings".
The Reaper
06-04-2004, 10:29
I like the always popular:
"Watch THIS shit!"
or
"I don't care what the manual says"
particularly, when combined into
"I don't care what the manual says...
the minimum safe distance is....
the maximum bursting radius is....
the maximum safe speed is....
the maximum payload is....
the minimum drop altitude is....
the maximum time on the bottom is....
etc., etc., etc.
TR
Oh shit...get ready...here we go!
"Just over the next hill, men!"., says the Lt. as a village church steeple has been off of our left shoulder for the past five hours.
"Anyone who can't tap dance is queer."
The SF HYMN: "Him, Him F*** Him"
SF Anthem: " We like it here, we like it here, you f***ing A we like it here.":D
Jack Moroney (RIP)
06-04-2004, 12:29
TR how about your demo formulas where P=PLENTY!
While not unique to SF: Winds 3-5, trucks are on the DZ,etc.
Jack Moroney
Kyobanim
06-04-2004, 12:32
I coulda sworn I heard one that went something like...
Beer, beer, beer, let it flow like water
Matchanu
06-04-2004, 12:44
"I know were I'm going, the compass is wrong."
TEXAS ED
04-21-2008, 05:19
Meeting the next Team Leader and at the end of the meeting saying:
I'd call you Sir, but you won't like it. :D
Ret10Echo
04-21-2008, 05:25
"The more you carry, the better you live..."
Life on a ruck-team
Jack Moroney (RIP)
04-21-2008, 05:45
Meeting the next Team Leader and at the end of the meeting saying:
I'd call you Sir, but you won't like it. :D
And why would that be?
GreenSalsa
04-21-2008, 08:31
"Jesus...Mules don't carry this much shit on their backs"
:p LMAO over that one--how true it is...
TEXAS ED
04-21-2008, 09:17
BAse Camp selection: This place sux, let's stay here.
Or when your Lt was lost: No matter where you go, there you are.:D
Snaquebite
04-21-2008, 09:35
Not a motto, but had a license plate once that read:
Special Forces..
Penetrate deeper,
last longer,
and carry a heavier load.
Be Unconventional.
Doit different.
Blitzzz (RIP)
04-21-2008, 10:10
Smith and Wesson beats four aces.
Nothing is impossable to the man who doesn't have to do it. (The last one applied mostly to SITCA missions. If you've ever planned one you know. Blitz
....The last one applied mostly to SITCA missions. If you've ever planned one you know. Blitz
We'll never put you in someplace we can't get you out.
Mosby Raider
04-21-2008, 18:48
How we referred to SICTA- sitting in coffins two abreast.
GaretTrooper
04-25-2008, 09:49
A friend of mine had this on his business card:
IF YOU FIGHT FOR MONEY YOU'RE A MERCENARY
IF YOU FIGHT FOR FREE YOU'RE SADISTIC
IF YOU FIGHT FOR BOTH YOU'RE SPECIAL FORCES
Had another friend who, when he learned the VC had a price on his head had a dashed line tattooed around his neck with "cut along dotted line". Last I saw him he was still intact
GaretTrooper
04-25-2008, 10:55
its not a motto but we had a saying "Christ was the first A-Team CDR"
Blitzzz (RIP)
04-25-2008, 13:37
To quote Cpt Baker, TL of 723 7th Group 1977-78 preparing for a trip to Korea. "I just bought a lot of super light weight equipment for the field" then the quote changed slightly, two days into the mountains to, "F*#k this...300lbs of super light shit". at which time he tried to "give" it to team members. Needless to say the young Cpt learned the real meaning of packing light. Blitz
Anyway the motto being "pack light freeze at night". Blitz
Blitzzz (RIP)
04-25-2008, 13:42
What you said certainly accounts for the reason our team had a two year E&E plan. blitz
bailaviborita
05-22-2008, 14:45
How about-
"Lo que sea, cuando sea, donde sea"
"You learn more in the whore bar in 30 minutes than the agency guys have known for the past year"
"Whatever the embassy tells you to not eat, eat it. Wherever the embassy tells you not to go, go there. Whenever the embassy tells you a road is closed, drive on it."
Greetngs,* have been here in a while.* My first thought are the words on our regimental crest, "De Oppreso Liber,"* Free From Oppression. All the rest is hard core BS. In my opinion of course Walt:
My old team motto was "Jesteś nigdy sam" in Polish( You're never alone).
Current motto is along the same lines but latin "Nunquam Unus"
Our motto in 3rd GRP used to be:
"Hard times don't last but hard men do"
I heard that an EO complaint forced a change to this.
My motto now is:
"I'm getting too old for this...... this is going to hurt...AHHHHHHHH!!"
Red on Yellow – Kill a Fellow
As depicted by the stripes on the old 5th Group flash and the stripes on a Coral snake.
OLD TEAM MOTTO:
WITHIN CHAOS THERE IS PROFIT!
1-7 SFG Quiet, Confident, Capable.
USASFT The Professionals
SFT36 Let me win your hearts and minds or I'll burn your f**kin' huts down!
Richard :p
Go For Broke
06-03-2008, 18:32
"Old" :D (? - 2002/3) C/3/1 Motto:
Ular dengan satu mata
(Lit. The snake with one eye)
:D
The old 12th Group motto was "Willing to Pay the Price". It was on our group coins anyway.
In moving off the DZ, my team sgt. would say, "We'll run till we puke, then we'll RON".
"Old" :D (? - 2002/3) C/3/1 Motto:
Ular dengan satu mata
(Lit. The snake with one eye)
:D
:DLMFAO! I wonder how many Malays or Indonesians actually get it:D
OLD TEAM MOTTO:
WITHIN CHAOS THERE IS PROFIT!
Was that ODA 052?
Was that ODA 052?
Yeah, you were on 054, I had 052.
a very wise SF guy once told an eager grasshopper..."Don't ask me how I know...I know"
Then I read Masters of Chaos and found out he wasn't BS'ing.
se astringo
07-03-2008, 17:50
"Cast or Tab"
not from experience...yet.
"Cast or Tab"
not from experience...yet.
And were did that come from?
SF Team Moto or SF Unit Moto?
se astringo
07-03-2008, 18:49
I knew I would be talking before I had cause, but I've heard it comes from Q school. Meaning it's either going to be IVW or that long tab; "never quit", so to speak.
I'm an 18xray whose done a lot of reading about what's in front of me, don't Know though. Shipping 20080707.
I knew I would be talking before I had cause, but I've heard it comes from Q school. Meaning it's either going to be IVW or that long tab; "never quit", so to speak.
I'm an 18xray whose do read a lot about what's in front of me, don't Know though. Shipping 20080707.
Well I can tell you that the cast does not stop you from getting across the stage. Broke my leg on infill in Robin Sage and walked the whole time until exfil. Had a cast on at graduation but I never quit. Thank God for good Medics and cold creek water.
Good luck.... Read more Post less until you get some more experience..... That is the best recommendation for a 18X You will have time to comment when you are better seasoned. Now is the time to study.... Check your spelling and grammar also.
rudelsg2
07-13-2008, 11:17
How about,
"We are know by what we do, not by what we say we are going to do."
Dozer523
09-09-2008, 15:58
I didn't notice anyone mentioning the old poster.
"IT SAYS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN YOU'D EVER SAY ABOUT YOURSELF."
That one got my heart pumping.
ZonieDiver
09-09-2008, 20:11
I didin't notice anyone mentioning the old poster
"IT SAYS MORE ABOUT YOU THEN YOU'LD EVER SAY ABOUT YOUSELF"
That one got my heart pumping
That poster is on the wall behind my desk at school, along with the one from the same time period that says, "Join a minority group" with a picture of an SF troop in scuba gear.
many years ago, as I recall, the motto of the white flash (IMA) was....."We won't fight and you can't make us.....but we'll show you how!"
but then there was also the ever loved...."Barrell-chested freedom fighters!"
Mac
"What you think we aren't....we are!" ConfederateBushwhacker 1863
A lot of them "white flash" guys had more combat time than Audie Murphy and John Wayne put together.
In 1967 they did a lot to help this young troop to learn to pay attention.
I met up with a number of them on the ground in RVN later.
Most had previous tours there or Korea.
A couple had WW2 time.
A few I knew personally ended up MIA or KIA.
A lot of them "white flash" guys had more combat time than Audie Murphy and John Wayne put together.
In 1967 they did a lot to help this young troop to learn to pay attention.
I met up with a number of them on the ground in RVN later.
Most had previous tours there or Korea.
A couple had WW2 time.
A few I knew personally ended up MIA or KIA.
Exactly. Most of our instructors in SFTG were there a minimum amount of time between overseas tours or physically healing from wounds/injuries before returning to the fray. I learned a lot just listening to them talk among themselves. Guys like Bear Martin, 'Big O' Olivares, Bob Scully, John Walton, Richmond Nail, and Carlos Parker were true mentors to us youngsters.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Exactly Mike! That's why they adopted that motto!
oh....The "Duke" never served a day, outside of the theaters, and Murphy....great soldier, lousy actor!.....but I get the gist of what you're saying!
Mac
"What you think we aren't.....we are!" Confederate Bushwhacker 1863
rltipton
10-21-2008, 14:43
I remember hearing this one a long time ago...
The three rules to being in SF are:
1) Always know where you are.
2) Always look cool.
3) If you don't know where you are, at least look cool.
Any story that begins with "So there I was........".
Dozer523
01-13-2009, 10:51
I remember hearing this one a long time ago...
The three rules to being in SF are:
1) Always know where you are.
2) Always look cool.
3) If you don't know where you are, at least look cool.
OH I have always loved that one!
But I heard it this way:
"De Oppresso Libre
LIVE BE THREE RULES.
1 ALWAYS LOOK COOL.
2 ALWAYS KNOW WHERE YOUR AT.
3 IF YOU DONT KNOW WHERE YOUR AT, ALWAYS LOOK COOL"
:D It was worth wait.
SpetsnaZ
01-14-2009, 09:10
Any story that begins with "So there I was........".
It goes "No sh*t, there I was......."
But then again I've heard that saying millions of times in a regular line platoon, along with over hearing occasional pougs using that too, so its not really an SF motto but more of a generic military motto
Beerhunter
01-14-2009, 09:18
seen on a business card:
Love by Choice,
Live by Chance,
Kill by Profession.
alright4u
01-14-2009, 15:00
seen on a business card:
Love by Choice,
Live by Chance,
Kill by Profession.
You have the first two lines reversed.
From Bill Books cellar bar Thailand.
"New Peace Movement.
Help bring love to the world, Kill a hippie today._"
Beerhunter
01-14-2009, 22:22
You have the first two lines reversed.
From Bill Books cellar bar Thailand.
"New Peace Movement.
Help bring love to the world, Kill a hippie today._"
I get that a lot.....
Use "P" for "Plenty".
Of course that's usually followed by the one above.
"Watch this shit"
AL
BANG !
Test Fire! Test Fire! Test Fire!
Backwoods
01-17-2009, 15:49
LMAO!!
D9 (RIP)
01-20-2009, 17:09
its not a motto but we had a saying "Christ was the first A-Team CDR"
Holy $#!@!!! If Christ was the Tm Ldr who the hell was the Team Daddy!? :eek:
D9 (RIP)
01-20-2009, 17:17
From down South:
"Somos pocos pero locos."
and from a sign in front of one of the 3d Gp buildings at Bragg:
"Pursue, Pressure, Punish."
Pretty well sums it up.
winds waves and currents don't effect the combat diver...
Harder than a set of woodpecker lips....
alright4u
01-21-2009, 18:55
I get that a lot.....
Actually the saying ended with F someone today.
I thought someone would catch my obvious mistake, but; we took that card as fun.
Blitzzz (RIP)
01-22-2009, 14:08
"Don't get in a pissing contest with a man on a balcony ".
Don't slap a man chewing tobacco!
werwuf15
02-11-2009, 15:01
I always liked "Alone and unafraid..."
Who dares wins.
Train hard, fight easy.
The Reaper
02-12-2009, 08:54
Who dares wins.
Train hard, fight easy.
Read the instructions before posting.
TR
mojaveman
02-12-2009, 21:38
One time when I was Group I heard someone yell;
"Make it happen!"
Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying: "Who shall I send, and who shall go for us"? Then said I, here am I send me..........Son Tay Raiders Motto.
"Doin Bad things to Bad people"
"Party like Vikings"
That was a former BC's motto. He had a yarn about the origins of the motto. Something about a long trip to the middle-east (read no alcohol) and a return layover in Europe.:)
fivesevenfive
02-16-2009, 11:59
3rd Group is using
"We do bad things to bad people"
And the simple "We kill people."
BANG !
Test Fire! Test Fire! Test Fire!
Hahahaha! That's awesome!
My team's mascot is the cockroach. The motto: We will outlast you
Backwoods
03-09-2009, 03:51
Old team motto:
March or die!
New team motto:
Weidmannshiel!!
Traditional German hunter's greeting.
frostfire
03-09-2009, 16:35
Old team motto:
March or die!
Same as Légion étrangère motto?
GBNT- Green Beret Nap Time
No shit there I was drunk and.....
This shit aint for everyone!!
Whatever you do STAY IN THE FIGHT!!
Boys who work hard will play hard!!
If your suckin, look around! Misery loves company!
Color and Number? I am here and I am going there!
Medic sayings- The operator feels no pain! This is gonna hurt! Pain lets you know your still alive! The Aceptic Technique (RV Johnson) Whatever works!
All who are here could probably come up with enough for a book!
doctom54
03-10-2009, 16:39
From an older Wpns guy
"If you ain't cheatin', you ain't trying."
TR how about your demo formulas where P=PLENTY!
While not unique to SF: Winds 3-5, trucks are on the DZ,etc.
Jack Moroney
"P for Plenty" Probably heard that a thousand times.
Back during the SFTG days - we uesed to raz the legs as we marched to class - finally, a directive came down that said we couldn't call the legs, legs anymore. It was forbidden - seems we pissed off some leg COL who complaind to Fast Eddy.
So from that day on, every time our formation saw a jucy leg standing on the sidewalk or trung to cross the street - somebody in the group would yell "What's the best part of a Chicken" Then in unison at the top of our voices, we all yelled out: "The Leg."
A few othrers that come to mind: "sing him a Hymn" (do yo know the tag line?)
And this one - always a good one - I've seen it pulled as a bunch of SF were walking down the street, or marching, or standing in a formation. Seen it pulled in a Duce 'n Half, and while the stick was hooked up and less than a minute out.
Somebody would yell out: "If ya can't tap dance, you're a queer!" afer that, the feet would fly!
But my favorite one of all - and I first heard it on a sunny afternoon on the ski slopes near Bertchesgadden, as me and my team sat on some benches, sucking on a beer and getting some sun: "Wonder what the poor people are doing today?"
For all of the above, you probably just had to be there.
Don't know how many times, my old Team Sergeant on 231 would look over at our Junior Engineer and say:
"Boom Boom - Get your head out of your 3rd point of contact!"
Wana guess why he called him Boom Boom?
Free prize if you can guess this Team Daddy's Name (initials).
I forgot my favorite saying!
If your gonna be dumb, you better be hard!!
One I heard from a medic somewhere, "I prescribe 800mg of suck it the f*$% up."
x/S
Just remembered another form my favorite (ODA 231 Team Daddy). He was usually using this line on Boom Boom too.
"Son - if your going to Hoot with the Owls, ya better be prepared to soar with the eagles."
He had hundreds of these!
Still no guess as to who he is? Here are some hints:
When I first met him, he was an E6 Ops Sergeant, Working for Cpt Billy Joe at D-Company, SFTG. He had us "duck walking" up and down the hill behind the company because we were not paying attention to his instructions - Like I said, That was the first time I met him.
The second time I met him, He was an E8 and he was hanging out at the Club in Sculthorpe (UK) and he and his friend, One Eyed Reily, were throwing down shots of Crown Royale - at 25 cents a shot. I was an E5.
The third time I saw him - I was a SSG and I walked into 231 - there he was - my new Team Seargent. He looked at me and said - welcome aboard - the coffee is over there in the corner - get yourself a cup." It took a long time, but I finally got on par with him - he turned out to be the Best Team Sergeant I ever had.
Utah Bob
03-25-2009, 15:51
Travel light
Freeze at night:p
alright4u
03-25-2009, 19:21
Back during the SFTG days - we uesed to raz the legs as we marched to class - finally, a directive came down that said we couldn't call the legs, legs anymore. It was forbidden - seems we pissed off some leg COL who complaind to Fast Eddy.
So from that day on, every time our formation saw a jucy leg standing on the sidewalk or trung to cross the street - somebody in the group would yell "What's the best part of a Chicken" Then in unison at the top of our voices, we all yelled out: "The Leg."
A few othrers that come to mind: "sing him a Hymn" (do yo know the tag line?)
And this one - always a good one - I've seen it pulled as a bunch of SF were walking down the street, or marching, or standing in a formation. Seen it pulled in a Duce 'n Half, and while the stick was hooked up and less than a minute out.
Somebody would yell out: "If ya can't tap dance, you're a queer!" afer that, the feet would fly!
But my favorite one of all - and I first heard it on a sunny afternoon on the ski slopes near Bertchesgadden, as me and my team sat on some benches, sucking on a beer and getting some sun: "Wonder what the poor people are doing today?"
For all of the above, you probably just had to be there.
That was the 20th SOS motto..
That was the 20th SOS motto..
Must have been a very low level Motto.
Blitzzz (RIP)
03-26-2009, 19:54
Been shot at and missed, shit at and hit.
Still no guess as to who he is? had to be Ike...MI...
uboat509
03-27-2009, 00:05
Pain is temporary,
Glory is forever,
and chicks dig scars.
Had a Team Sergeant who used to say, "if you don't have anything to do, then don't do it here."
That team was a mountain team and that same Team Sergeant had some advice if you were climbing and you thought that you were going to fall or if your fear of heights was starting to win. He said just close your eyes and repeat the following, "I am so F*****d, I am so F*****d, I am so F*****d." It was remarkably unhelpful but entertaining none-the -less.
Almost forgot, "If you only leave yourself five minutes to pack then it only takes five minutes to pack."
SFC W
had to be Ike...MI...
Yep - and he is still up there - he's in Gardner Mass.
CIA Clandestine Service EAST unit, "Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam".
I believe it means "I'll either find a way or make one" or alternatively 'Find a way, or make a way' I'm told this is a quote from Hannibal, when his generals told him it was impossible to cross the alps by elephant, and that was his response.
Warrior-Mentor
05-31-2009, 07:41
"De Oppresso Libation"
alright4u
05-31-2009, 10:02
LOL,
How about "First in last out"
"Quiet Professionals"
"The Professionals"
That is true if you were the 10 or HF platoon
leader or company CO in Omega, Your ass was on the first chopper in and the last one out,
That was unit SOP.
TY,
Jon
cheat, cheat, cheat and if you get caught lie, lie, lie.
My favorite saying heard often @ Bragg...
Lie, admit nothing, make counter accusations....
cheat, cheat, cheat and if you get caught lie, lie, lie.
Must have a PULHES of 111311 - they were saying, "Deny...deny...deny." :p
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Bullet1231
06-18-2009, 10:49
Better to ask for forgiveness later, hen to ask for permission now..
Just Get it done.
greenberetTFS
06-18-2009, 12:36
What a$$hole came up with the SF motto? :rolleyes: "Kill them all and than let God sort them out"! :confused: I seen it on SF ball caps and SF t-shirts......:mad:
Personally I think it's disgraceful,that's certainly not what we're all about,but people will see it and believe it is..............
Big Teddy :munchin
What a$$hole came up with the SF motto? :rolleyes: "Kill them all and than let God sort them out"!
Actually, it comes from a mediaeval anecdote a bit before there was an SF as we know it today. In 1209, during the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathar heresy in Southern France, the forces of Orthodox Catholicism laid siege to the city of Beziers which was defended by the Cathar heretics. The Catholic forces finally breached the walls of the city and - as they prepared to storm it - Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and the commander of the crusaders, pointed out that not everybody in the city was a heretic. Because some of them were good Catholics, he asked the Papal Legate how they should treat the inhabitants when they captured the city.
A monk who was actually present at the siege recorded the answer of the Legate (Arnaud-Amaury, the Abbot of Citeaux) to the Crusaders as "Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet." (Kill them all. God will know his own.)
The Crusaders followed his advice - surviving Cathars then became the original targets of the Inquisition.
In today's less flowery language, it's "Kill them all and let God sort them out."
Nothing like a mid-afternoon waltz down the murky old theological memory lane of zealots (from whatever belief) to place the world in perspective for us, is there. ;)
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Utah Bob
06-18-2009, 13:57
What a$$hole came up with the SF motto? :rolleyes: "Kill them all and than let God sort them out"! :confused: I seen it on SF ball caps and SF t-shirts......:mad:
Personally I think it's disgraceful,that's certainly not what we're all about,but people will see it and believe it is..............
Big Teddy :munchin
I just call it an a$$hole motto. I avoid any jerk I see wearing it.
greenberetTFS
06-19-2009, 14:59
Actually, it comes from a mediaeval anecdote a bit before there was an SF as we know it today. In 1209, during the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathar heresy in Southern France, the forces of Orthodox Catholicism laid siege to the city of Beziers which was defended by the Cathar heretics. The Catholic forces finally breached the walls of the city and - as they prepared to storm it - Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and the commander of the crusaders, pointed out that not everybody in the city was a heretic. Because some of them were good Catholics, he asked the Papal Legate how they should treat the inhabitants when they captured the city.
A monk who was actually present at the siege recorded the answer of the Legate (Arnaud-Amaury, the Abbot of Citeaux) to the Crusaders as "Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet." (Kill them all. God will know his own.)
The Crusaders followed his advice - surviving Cathars then became the original targets of the Inquisition.
In today's less flowery language, it's "Kill them all and let God sort them out."
Nothing like a mid-afternoon waltz down the murky old theological memory lane of zealots (from whatever belief) to place the world in perspective for us, is there. ;)
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Richard,
Thanks for the explanation,I knew I should have asked you first to begin with.....;)
Big Teddy :munchin
Always liked this one. It is a Bobby 5 classic:
"Why fight when you can hide" and
"Why walk when you can ride"
:D
hrtorres
07-18-2009, 10:23
The Detachment Commander is the Zoo Keeper but the Team Sergeant runs the Zoo!!
or the favorite DZSO motto: Winds 13 and gusting, Neglible, Clear to Drop!!:eek:
Dozer523
07-18-2009, 10:28
The Detachment Commander is the Zoo Keeper but the Team Sergeant runs the Zoo!!
or the favorite DZSO motto: Winds 13 and gusting, Neglible, Clear to Drop!!:eek: Don't forget the trucks. The trucks are ALWAYS on the DZ!
hrtorres
07-18-2009, 10:29
Another SF Intelligence Classic:
The 3 Rules of Clandestine Operations Motto
1. Deny Everything.
2. Admit to Nothing.
3. Make Counter Accusations.
hrtorres
07-18-2009, 10:31
Or the 3 Rules on Sinning:
1. If your are going to sin, sin big.
2. It is not a sin unless you are caught in the act.
3. It is better to ask for forgivenes than to ask for permission.
hrtorres
07-18-2009, 10:33
Don't forget the trucks. The trucks are ALWAYS on the DZ!
LMAO!!! Wasn't that the truth. The walk from Sicily DZ was always long....
"No war too small, no per diem too high"
NiteTrain
08-04-2009, 08:37
From an older Wpns guy
"If you ain't cheatin', you ain't trying."
...and if you get caught you weren't trying hard enough.
;)
Destrier
01-14-2010, 05:06
Flat range
New team member: bang bang bang
Team Mate 'I do believe that is the fastest missing I have ever witnessed.
From the original "You just cannot miss fast enough'
Fast isn't fast. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.
doctom54
01-14-2010, 21:17
...and if you get caught you weren't trying hard enough.
;)
Roger that
PinelandVet66
01-15-2010, 17:56
" That plan aint gonna sell sir, you can't polish a terd!"
craigepo
01-17-2010, 16:56
On some of our more poorly-planned missions, we used the BFFI (pronounced "Biffy") technique. "Brute Force, Fu#@ing ignorance".
mark46th
01-27-2010, 10:36
Ilegitimus non corundum...
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Ilegitimus non corundum...Don't let the bastards grind you down
Interesting history on that turn of phrase:
http://www.answers.com/topic/nolite-te-bastardes-carborundorum
Richard
mark46th
01-28-2010, 18:59
I am only fluent in Spanish. Desculpeme!
Green Light
03-01-2010, 16:59
ODA-734 (HALO) used this:
"Where the blue meets the black."
Last hard class
03-01-2010, 22:25
One of our team old timers told me there was only one motto to remember:
Always, always, always, avoid gaping sucking chest wounds.
Seemed like sound advice.
One I heard from a medic somewhere, "I prescribe 800mg of suck it the f*$% up."
x/S
I went through SFAS 05-10 and the delta (MSG with a Boston accent) always said that. I had hypothermia after crossing Scuba Rd at 0445 and he told me to "Take some suck it the f--- up pills and get the hell out of my truck"
Dozer523
03-27-2010, 10:54
One of our team old timers told me there was only one motto to remember:
Always, always, always, avoid gaping sucking chest wounds.
Seemed like sound advice. "NEVER pass up porcelain." from another Old Time(r) Team Sergeant
Green Light
03-27-2010, 17:48
My team sergeant in Germany drilled this into us (building clearing):
"Watch up high, stay down low, cover your buddy, and go with the flow."
TruePatriotNH
04-07-2010, 04:24
I enjoyed this thread as much as any good reading I've done. You gentlemen are the best.
I enjoyed this thread as much as any good reading I've done. You gentlemen are the best.
Then you should have realized where your first post was to be made.
Get it done or we can come up with something special to put under your handle.
Dozer523
04-07-2010, 08:51
I enjoyed this thread as much as any good reading I've done. You gentlemen are the best.Then you should have realized where your first post was to be made.
Get it done or we can come up with something special to put under your handle.
Did we mention our policy on granting slack? but, yeah, we are pretty cool.
From the old days...
Does anyone know who coined and when "Join a minority group"
Also, does anyone have a pic of the scuba poster?
That poster is on the wall behind my desk at school, along with the one from the same time period that says, "Join a minority group" with a picture of an SF troop in scuba gear.
Had this one framed.
Printed by the 1st PSYOP BN, 4th PSYOP GP.
That team was a mountain team and that same Team Sergeant had some advice if you were climbing and you thought that you were going to fall or if your fear of heights was starting to win. He said just close your eyes and repeat the following, "I am so F*****d, I am so F*****d, I am so F*****d." It was remarkably unhelpful but entertaining none-the -less.
SFC W
Another Mountain team saying.
"If you forgot the knot tie alot"
A medic used to say you have to cut to cure and hurt to heal so if you ain't bleedin' and screamin' I ain't doing my job!
If you forget your demo card: P+ AWB=E (Plenty, plus a whole bunch, equals enough.
If you forget your demo card: P+ AWB=E (Plenty, plus a whole bunch, equals enough.
If you get the formula wrong, E=OS
Ok not SF but funny and I'll never forget this.
After Infantry AIT the Senior Drill had a company formation and verbally called out assignments/locations... PVT. Jones...Germany etc. Korea.... just a handful.
Then... 'the rest of you is goin' to the Nam
Keep you heads down and your feets movin....'
Sinister
01-14-2023, 17:34
Command Sergeant Major:
"Special Forces can do ANYTHING.
"OK, maybe not march and show up at the same place at the same time in the same uniform -- but we can do anything else."
"quick, flush that shit down the toilet"
Roguish Lawyer
01-15-2023, 14:54
"quick, flush that shit down the toilet"
Ooooh, that one is gonna leave a mark!
"quick, flush that shit down the toilet"
Mid-70's... one night, we were part of an MP gun jeep detail escorting a detachment to the ISOFAC. When we were done, we swung by the row of 82d barracks, parked and flipped on the blue lights...
UWOA (RIP)
01-15-2023, 21:22
Haven't read all the entries here, but i think I just came up with a new one .....
If it ain't broke ... you need to find another job!
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doctom54
01-16-2023, 16:23
Mid-70's... one night, we were part of an MP gun jeep detail escorting a detachment to the ISOFAC. When we were done, we swung by the row of 82d barracks, parked and flipped on the blue lights...
I was a grunt in the 82nd for a couple of years in the early '70s.
"Jumpin' Junkies"