"Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky." From an old carrier sailor

"If the enemy is in range, so are you." -Infantry Journal

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.." -U.S. Air Force Manual

"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." -General MacArthur

"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." -U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt.

"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do."  Unknown Marine
Recruit

Clean it, if it's Dirty. Oil it, if it Squeaks. But: Don't Screw with it, if it Works!
USAF Sgt.

"If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him." -USAF

"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!" "Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it." "The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you." -Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) "There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." -Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970 "If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to." "You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes FULL Power to taxi to the terminal." As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft , having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives; the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, "What happened?" The pilot's reply: "I don 't know, I just got here myself!"