My favorite quote. One that I use to have across from my desk so I could refer to it when I lost focus on what needed to be done as both a Platoon Sgt and as a Company and Battery Gunny.
Its the quote that Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward Rear Adm RN wrote and posted in his wardroom during that little incident the Brits had back in 1982.
It still guide me.
Quote:
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What is it today, that I will wish tomorrow I had done yesterday
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The one I had hanging on the wall so the Sergeants could see it: 2 actually
Quote:
"The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training."
and
"Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains saves both."
Both By Field Marshal Rommel
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Now some favorite quotes about Marines
One thats near and dear to my heart:
Quote:
We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?"
General John W. Vessey Jr., United States Army; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff During the assault on Grenada; 1983.
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Quote:
"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!"
General Douglas MacArthur, US Army
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Quote:
"Marines are about the most peculiar breed of human beings I have ever
witnessed. They treat their service as if it was some kind of cult,
plastering their emblem on almost everything they own, making themselves up to look like insane fanatics with haircuts to ungentlemanly lengths, worshipping their Commandant almost as if he was a god, and making weird animal noises like a band of savages. They'll fight like rabid dogs at the drop of a hat just for the sake of a little action, and are the cockiest SOB's I have ever known. Most have the foulest mouths and drink well beyond man's normal limits, but their high spirits and sense of brotherhood set them apart and, generally speaking, of the United States Marines I've come in contact with, are the most professional soldiers and the finest men I
have had the pleasure to meet. " An Anonymous Canadian Citizen:
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You guys knew I couldn't resist
