Real Army Leaders:
Can cuss for a full ten minutes without ever repeating a word.
Can remember when there were real NCOs.
Know why there is a bayonet lug on the end of their weapon.
Can chew tobacco, take a drink, call in a SITREP and a air strike, and
Keep their weapon at the ready all at the same time.
Have eyes in the backs of their heads.
Can see in the dark.
Would rather be a squad leader than a general.
Have dreams about leading a parachute assault on Baghdad.
Still don't trust the Russians.
Still hate the French.
Will take vacation time just to make a pilgrimage to Ft. Benning for Ranger
Rendezvous.
Know who Iron Mike is.
Don't give a damn about being politically correct.
Don't know how to be politically correct.
Love deploying to combat because there's less paperwork.
Know that "Cav" is an abnormal condition that can be cured with testosterone
shots.
Can remember the "daily dozen".
Can remember running PT in boots.
Have enough "fruit salad" on their greens to be Mexican field marshals.
Think it's cool to teach their kids how to do "SPORTS".
Do not fear women in the military.
Would actually like to date GI Jane.
Know what a short-arm inspection is.
Think that Bradley crewmen are emasculated infantrymen.
Call Strykers "Hot Wheels."
Know that tankers exist in order to allow the enemy to deplete its basic load
of sabot ammunition.
Know where the "Green Ramp" is.
Can remember who their "Ranger Buddy" was.
Know that there's a difference between "giving orders" and "going through the
orders process".
Think that "slides" involve ropes and snap links.
Don't like taking orders from a guy who couldn't get a DD214.
Still know how to PMCS a buffer.
Believe that they do have a rendezvous with destiny.
Know that most of life's problems can be solved by applying the eight steady
hold factors.
Believe that "Nuts" wasn't exactly all that BG McAuliffe said to the Krauts at
Bastogne.
Know the true meaning of the word Hooah.
Want both "Cross of Iron" and "Saving Private Ryan" to be training films.
Don't know how to use a "stress card".
Idolize John Wayne.
Know why you should carry two field dressings on your LBE.
Would rather have a "mad minute" than a "VTC".
Shudder when they hear "Garry Owen".
Know that the vertical buttstroke is not a sexual position.
Don't believe that "AAFES" needs a "commander".
Don't need "leadership tabs" to know when they're in charge.
Don't have to "do a Lewinski" to get a "one block".
Don't give a damn if they get a "one block".
Won't brief it if it's too complicated to fit on a few 3x5 cards.
Believe troops don't really want the "Single Soldier Initiative".
Really don't like taking crap from those who haven't "been there".
Believe that "RHIP" was invented by individuals who couldn't lead their way out
of a field latrine.
Know how to properly construct a field latrine.
Can set the headspace and timing on a "fifty" by touch alone.
Know how to do a "daisy chain".
Might admire the Germans, but still realize they got their asses kicked, twice.
Aren't afraid of the Chinese, who probably still don't have enough rowboats to
invade Taiwan.
Would rather be OPFOR than MOPP 4.
Know that the new OER system is as screwed up as the old one.
Think that the neutron bomb would be appropriate for the GWoT scenario.
Realize that Reagan won the Gulf War.
Don't believe a damn thing the Iraqis say.
Want to be like Teddy Roosevelt.
Love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Know that "napalm" is really called "incendi-gel".
Don't need a GPS to find themselves.
Think of Army aviators as guys who wear pajamas to work.
Know that it really is possible to crawl inside a Kevlar when someone's
shooting at you.
Have enough extra TA-50 in their closets to start a surplus store.
Would love to own their own HMMWV.
Think that MREs taste good.
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