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Quotes September 22, 2017


Unofficial Military Motto’s – No offense intended.

“The last to know and the first to be blamed”
Communications Division
 
 
 
 
“YOU CAN TALK ABOUT US, BUT YOU CAN’T TALK WITHOUT US!”
Signal Corps

 
 
 
 
“You can talk about us, but you can’t talk without us!”
“No Comm, no Bomb!”
37th Communications Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base Texas

 
 
 
 
“Truck it, or f*ck it.”
or : “Nothing moves till we do”
Transport units
 
 
 
 
While I was stationed in Misawa, Japan, a friend of mine made an unofficial unit patch for fun. In the background was a surface ship, a submarine, a spark and quill (our rate insignia), and in the foreground was a picture of a blue devil with snow and ice hanging from his horns and pitchfork. The motto around the outside of the image was –
“NSGA Misawa – We’ve been to Hell… and it snows there too!”
Naval Security Group Activity, Misawa
(Thanks to Mr. Fite)
 
 
 
 
“We won’t fight & you can’t make us!”
USASASAD III
(US Army Security Agency Special Activities Detachment 3).
In the early 70’s, I was with a small intelligence unit in PyongTaek South Korea.
The Vietnam War was still going on & most of the guys had enlisted in the
Army Security Agency specifically to avoid this SE Asian garden spot.
Although the official motto of the unit was “Vigilus Salutus” (Always Vigilant),
we adopted out own.
We also threatened to have unit patches made that had “I surrender” in several dozen foreign
languages AND braille.
(Thanks to Mr. Robinson)
 
 
 
 
“Nothing happens until something moves”
US Army Transportation Center

 
 
 
 
“We deliver to your door”
Written on front of an IDF transport truck
 
 
 
 
“You can’t fly without supply”
USAF Supply troops

 
 
 
 
“Drive like Hell”
1067th Transportation Company PA Army National Guard

 
 
 
 
“Drive it like you stole it”
Transport Units
 
 
 
 
“You didn’t see me, I wasn’t there, and I’m not here now!”
U.S. Navy Communication Technicians (spooks)

 
 
 
 
“What are they gonna do? Send us home?”
6th Communication Battalion

 
 
 
 
“Without POL, pilots are pedestrians.”
“Nobody goes until we pass them the hose.”
“Without us, the world’s just a static display.”
USAF POL (Fuels), Air Force Fuel troops are known as POLCATs.
Nicknames: “Gas Passers” and Painting , Odd jobs and Landscaping (POL)

 
 
 
 
“Without Weapons, It’s just another airline.”
USAF Weapons, Air Force Weapons troops are known as Load Toads.
 
 
 
 
“We may not be the ‘Pride of the Air Force,’ but without us; the Pride don’t Ride!”
“No Excuses! No Second Chances! If being a Vehicle Operator was fun, everyone would want to be one!”
“You’re not ‘Miss Daisy;’ so don’t call me ‘driver.'”
“They have taught monkey’s to fly, but they never taught them to drive!”
“Nothing happens until something moves!”
USAF Vehicle Ops, Air Force Vehicle Ops troops are known as Roadwarriors.

 
 
 
 
“Box Kickers & Label Stickers.”
USAF Supply
 
 
 
 
“WITH LOVE FROM A RUBBER GLOVE”
314 MEDICAL GROUP LITTLE ROCK AFB AR

 
 
 
 

“Semper Gumby”
(Always Flexible)
1-137th ASLTHB (OHARNG) unofficial motto

Music September 22, 2017

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Images September 22, 2017

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan ñ A military working dog wears his Doggles, his assigned Personal Protective Equipment to protect his eyes, as a Chinook Helicopter takes off, kicking up dust and debris, during an Air Assault operation Soldiers of Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conducted May 11. The Soldiers visited a remote village in the Parwan Province to conduct a key leader engagement with village elders. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Brace, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs)

 
 
 
 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Bush, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, gets affectionately licked by his dog, Xarius, June 3, 2014 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Bush is deployed from the 28th Security Forces Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Bush hails from Chicago, Illinois.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock) More photos: dvidshub.net/r/yebxdt


 
 
 
 


Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Miller and Military Working Dog Beano give each other a ‘chest bump’ before working a training scenario at the Yuma Proving Grounds July 26. The duo was part of a demonstration for some of the Army Test and Evaluation Command’s top officers, enlisted and civilian personnel. They demonstrated locating explosives and aggression work amid the sounds of machine-gun fire.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Diamant)


 
 
 
 

Wilbur, a U.S. Marine Corps military working dog with a Marine special operations team, takes a break with his handler after successfully searching a build site for an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 30, 2013. The ALP complemented counterinsurgency efforts by assisting and supporting rural areas with a limited Afghan National Security Forces presence. (DoD photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau/Released)

The Liberation of Prague — 9/18/17

The “Big Three” from left to right: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill on the portico of the Russian Embassy during the Tehran Conference to discuss the European Theatre in 1943.

Today’s selection — from Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright. In 1943, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met in Tehran. There they agreed that the Soviets would be responsible for securing…

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Our Third Thirds: I am who I am because of Vietnam

“Vietnam touched us. All of us. Bombs didn’t land on our homes, but they detonated in our lives.”

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Quotes September 15, 2017

After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.
Chris Kyle
 
 
 
 
We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have ‘guardians at the gate.’
Allen West
 
 
 
 
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they’re protecting us.
Tom Clancy
 
 
 
 
You don’t have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
Barry Goldwater
 
 
 
 
I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my enemies and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.
Marcus Luttrell

Images September 15, 2017

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, United States
Photo by Peter Pryharski

Peter Pryharski
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Nikon D7100 Photographer. Shoot. Edit. Post.
Peter Pryharski
 
 
 
 

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Photo by Thomas Tucker


 
 
 
 

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Photo by Thomas Tucker


Thomas Tucker
Bicester UKthrough-these-eyes-photography.com
Thomas Tucker
 
 
 
 

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Photo by Benjamin Faust


Benjamin Faust
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Benjamin Faust

Music September 15, 2017