From a 30 year Mustang Marine
101 Warrior Thoughts
1. Never accept an officer as competent based on his source of commission.
2. Your right to influence the battlefield is diminished in ratio to the
distance you are from the actual arena of action.
3. The battlefield selects its own Generals. No school or board can replace
it.
4. Never call fire on your own troops, unless you stand among them.
5. Leaders are indeed born and no military school can provide what God did
not.
6. Equipment procurement will always be compromised by not only being made by
the lowest bidder, but by attempting to make it multi-functional.
7. Attempting to lighten the warrior's load by diminishing the weight of any
given weapon, will always result in shorter range and less firepower.
8. Excellent staff officers rarely make good battlefield commanders.
9. Outstanding commanders will surround themselves with excellent staff
officers.
10. Never make command a reward for good staff work.
11. Discipline began its decline with the demise of the swagger stick and
centralized promotion boards.
12. Outstanding NCO's may make good officers. But, rarely will a riffed
officer make a good NCO.
13. Atheists will never be trusted by their troops on the battlefield.
14. Women can do many things men do, except for a few days every month.
15. Going through the change, has nothing to do with the female senior
officer's uniform.
16. Sexual harassment is a two-lane road.
17. Troops tell the truth about good and bad commanders. Their opinion is
the ultimate evaluation of an officer.
18. No commander was ever hated for being too hard. But, many are detested
for trying to cultivate that image, without substance.
19. The maximum effective range of any weapon is that range at which the
individual Warrior can hit his target and not an inch further.
20. Pretty females rarely feel harassed by male counterparts.
21. Plain-looking female soldiers are usually the best performers and fit in.
22. Endurance should be judged on the bayonet assault course and not on a
marathon run.
23. How far troops can run in shorts is unimportant, compared to how far
they can speed march with full equipment.
24. Pregnant females are overweight soldiers. Thus, the US Army Weight
Control program is not based on equal enforcement of the rules.
25. Tears on the cheeks of any Marine, regardless of gender, are only
acceptable on the death of a relative or comrade and when "Old Glory" passes
by.
26. Pregnancy is self-inflicted, thus abortions should be paid for by the
soldier, as a non line of duty procedure.
27. Marines are not 'sent into combat," they are led.
28. Your worth as an officer should never be judged on how well you ran with
a football in college.
29. West Point is a place of learning, as is Annapolis, Quantico, the Air Force Academy and
any college. Both produce two types of officer; Good and Bad.
30. The computer will never be able to judge the content of a Marine's
spirit, as his Sergeant can.
31. Esprit De Corps cannot be attained at the Battalion picnic or Sports Day.
It must be instilled by good leadership and belief in one's fellow Marines.
32. No new weapon or tactic will ever instill the same fear in the enemy that
one Marine with a bayonet can.
33. He who drinks at lunch is a drunken soldier in the afternoon.
34. No soldier is so smart that his physical deficiencies can be overlooked
in the Infantry.
35. Painting rocks and serving drinks to officers, have never been soldierly
functions. And golf is not a required skill for officers.
36. Consolidation of all administrative personnel at battalion level has
eroded accountability and proper reporting.
37. Anyone who thinks that future battlefields will not contain Infantrymen
knows nothing about war.
38. Indecision kills more troops than any wrong decision. One can command
his way out of a wrong decision.
39. The only mission of the Infantry is to locate, close with and destroy the enemy.
"Humanitarian Missions" are someone else's job.
40. Only the Infantry and Armor can gain ground. Only the Infantry can hold
it alone.
41. Special Forces are not Rangers or Light Infantry and should never be
employed as such.
42. Rangers are light infantry and are not Special Forces.
43. Victory is not a limited objective. There is no other reason to engage an
enemy, except victory.
44. Never shower or apply after-shave and cologne, forty eight hours prior to
a night attack.
45. Sweat is the true lubricant of the Infantry fighting machine.
46. No American Warrior can be managed to victory. He must be led.
47. The only color in the U.S. military ground forces is green.
48. Use of chemical weapons and biological weapons are a crime against
humanity.
49. Not training your troops to protect themselves from them is a crime
against your own troops.
50. Any tactic written in a book is known to your enemies.
51. If short hair is truly a matter of hygiene and discipline, then all
troops must have it.
52. No member of a soldier's family is more important than the mission.
53. No warrior can accomplish his mission if the government neglects his family.
54. Any soldier who sleeps with another soldier's wife or lover cannot be
trusted on the battlefield and should be shunned.
55. Officers are more likely to wear unauthorized awards than any NCO or
Private.
56. Any officer who claims he is accepting an individual award for the entire
unit should allow his soldiers to wear it.
57. There can be no quota for awards.
58. Any award for Valor is of more value to the Marines than any school diploma
or certification.
59. Heroism cannot be taught. But, cowardice is a communicable disease.
60. The machine gun is too important a weapon to be used as a tool for
punishing poor soldiers.
61. Precision weapons will jam, if the Commander demands communal cleaning.
62. No officer should be given a command, because, he needs one for his
career.
63. No officer should be denied a command, because, he already had one.
64. The state of the military can be evaluated by how its men look in
uniform, at any airport in the world.
65. No reporter can be trusted with operational plans. A reporter who reveals
operational plans is a traitor to his country.
66. A combat veteran of any war should be respected by all trooops.
67. American troops do not lose wars. Leaders lose wars.
68. What a fighter saw with his own eyes, cannot be ignored or changed by
higher headquarters.
69. If Special Forces are not assigned strategic missions, they are being
misused.
70. The "Hummer" is a vehicle and is the only thing of that name allowed in
the Infantry.
71. If you wish to learn about guerrilla warfare, study Francis Marion and
not Westmoreland or Giap.
72. The one night you don't dig in, will bring mortars on your position.
73. Taking the easy way will always get you killed.
74. Blank ammunition has no place in Infantry training.
75. The more you restrict Infantrymen possessing live ammunition, the more
accidents you will have.
76. The Air Force and Navy are supporting arms.
77. Intelligence Officer is usually a contradiction in terms.
78. Inclement weather is the true Infantryman's ally.
79. There is no special duty so important, that it takes the Infantryman
away from his squad.
80. Commanders who use the "Off Limits" authority to deny sex to combat
troops will have a high V.D. rate.
81. A Commander's morals are his own and cannot be imposed on his men.
82. Chaplains must present themselves when the soldier has time, not because
they have a schedule.
83. An officer must be judged on his ability and not on how many coffees his
wife has attended.
84. Senior officers who allow discussions about a brother officer, not
present, are not honorable men.
85. A Commander who bad-mouths his predecessor will never be truly respected.
86. Equal opportunity is guaranteed by the law and does not require a separate
staff.
87. If a Sergeant Major suggests a unit watch, he is the supplier.
88. The quality of food went down, with the initiation of the consolidated
mess.
89. No NCO or Warrant Officer outranks a Second Lieutenant.
90. Any officer who does not listen to NCO's and Warrant Officers is a fool.
91. If you wish your subordinates to call you by your first name, go sell
shoes. There is no place for you in the Marines.
92. Any Army man who sneers at a Marine for being sharp and well turned out
is no soldier.
93. Any Infantryman who must call higher headquarters before engaging the
enemy has a fool for a commander.
94. Warriors respect leaders worth emulating. They cannot be "ordered" to
respect anyone.
95. No man who refused to serve his country in war should be elected or
appointed over men and women being sent to fight.
96. The Warrior must obey the orders of all those elected or appointed over
him.
97. The "leadership genes" in famous American military families usually
become weaker as the generations roll by.
98. A Veteran should not be denied the right to wear his uniform anywhere in America,
including The White House.
99. The only truly unique headgear is the one the Army was forced to
authorize. All others are cheap copies.
100. There is only one reason to join the Marines and that is to fight and serve the
Country.
101. If a Marine or soldier says he hates combat, he is in the wrong profession.
ABOVE ALL, IF YOU ARE NOT INFANTRY, YOU ARE SUPPORT!
1. Never accept an officer as competent based on his source of commission.
2. Your right to influence the battlefield is diminished in ratio to the
distance you are from the actual arena of action.
3. The battlefield selects its own Generals. No school or board can replace
it.
4. Never call fire on your own troops, unless you stand among them.
5. Leaders are indeed born and no military school can provide what God did
not.
6. Equipment procurement will always be compromised by not only being made by
the lowest bidder, but by attempting to make it multi-functional.
7. Attempting to lighten the warrior's load by diminishing the weight of any
given weapon, will always result in shorter range and less firepower.
8. Excellent staff officers rarely make good battlefield commanders.
9. Outstanding commanders will surround themselves with excellent staff
officers.
10. Never make command a reward for good staff work.
11. Discipline began its decline with the demise of the swagger stick and
centralized promotion boards.
12. Outstanding NCO's may make good officers. But, rarely will a riffed
officer make a good NCO.
13. Atheists will never be trusted by their troops on the battlefield.
14. Women can do many things men do, except for a few days every month.
15. Going through the change, has nothing to do with the female senior
officer's uniform.
16. Sexual harassment is a two-lane road.
17. Troops tell the truth about good and bad commanders. Their opinion is
the ultimate evaluation of an officer.
18. No commander was ever hated for being too hard. But, many are detested
for trying to cultivate that image, without substance.
19. The maximum effective range of any weapon is that range at which the
individual Warrior can hit his target and not an inch further.
20. Pretty females rarely feel harassed by male counterparts.
21. Plain-looking female soldiers are usually the best performers and fit in.
22. Endurance should be judged on the bayonet assault course and not on a
marathon run.
23. How far troops can run in shorts is unimportant, compared to how far
they can speed march with full equipment.
24. Pregnant females are overweight soldiers. Thus, the US Army Weight
Control program is not based on equal enforcement of the rules.
25. Tears on the cheeks of any Marine, regardless of gender, are only
acceptable on the death of a relative or comrade and when "Old Glory" passes
by.
26. Pregnancy is self-inflicted, thus abortions should be paid for by the
soldier, as a non line of duty procedure.
27. Marines are not 'sent into combat," they are led.
28. Your worth as an officer should never be judged on how well you ran with
a football in college.
29. West Point is a place of learning, as is Annapolis, Quantico, the Air Force Academy and
any college. Both produce two types of officer; Good and Bad.
30. The computer will never be able to judge the content of a Marine's
spirit, as his Sergeant can.
31. Esprit De Corps cannot be attained at the Battalion picnic or Sports Day.
It must be instilled by good leadership and belief in one's fellow Marines.
32. No new weapon or tactic will ever instill the same fear in the enemy that
one Marine with a bayonet can.
33. He who drinks at lunch is a drunken soldier in the afternoon.
34. No soldier is so smart that his physical deficiencies can be overlooked
in the Infantry.
35. Painting rocks and serving drinks to officers, have never been soldierly
functions. And golf is not a required skill for officers.
36. Consolidation of all administrative personnel at battalion level has
eroded accountability and proper reporting.
37. Anyone who thinks that future battlefields will not contain Infantrymen
knows nothing about war.
38. Indecision kills more troops than any wrong decision. One can command
his way out of a wrong decision.
39. The only mission of the Infantry is to locate, close with and destroy the enemy.
"Humanitarian Missions" are someone else's job.
40. Only the Infantry and Armor can gain ground. Only the Infantry can hold
it alone.
41. Special Forces are not Rangers or Light Infantry and should never be
employed as such.
42. Rangers are light infantry and are not Special Forces.
43. Victory is not a limited objective. There is no other reason to engage an
enemy, except victory.
44. Never shower or apply after-shave and cologne, forty eight hours prior to
a night attack.
45. Sweat is the true lubricant of the Infantry fighting machine.
46. No American Warrior can be managed to victory. He must be led.
47. The only color in the U.S. military ground forces is green.
48. Use of chemical weapons and biological weapons are a crime against
humanity.
49. Not training your troops to protect themselves from them is a crime
against your own troops.
50. Any tactic written in a book is known to your enemies.
51. If short hair is truly a matter of hygiene and discipline, then all
troops must have it.
52. No member of a soldier's family is more important than the mission.
53. No warrior can accomplish his mission if the government neglects his family.
54. Any soldier who sleeps with another soldier's wife or lover cannot be
trusted on the battlefield and should be shunned.
55. Officers are more likely to wear unauthorized awards than any NCO or
Private.
56. Any officer who claims he is accepting an individual award for the entire
unit should allow his soldiers to wear it.
57. There can be no quota for awards.
58. Any award for Valor is of more value to the Marines than any school diploma
or certification.
59. Heroism cannot be taught. But, cowardice is a communicable disease.
60. The machine gun is too important a weapon to be used as a tool for
punishing poor soldiers.
61. Precision weapons will jam, if the Commander demands communal cleaning.
62. No officer should be given a command, because, he needs one for his
career.
63. No officer should be denied a command, because, he already had one.
64. The state of the military can be evaluated by how its men look in
uniform, at any airport in the world.
65. No reporter can be trusted with operational plans. A reporter who reveals
operational plans is a traitor to his country.
66. A combat veteran of any war should be respected by all trooops.
67. American troops do not lose wars. Leaders lose wars.
68. What a fighter saw with his own eyes, cannot be ignored or changed by
higher headquarters.
69. If Special Forces are not assigned strategic missions, they are being
misused.
70. The "Hummer" is a vehicle and is the only thing of that name allowed in
the Infantry.
71. If you wish to learn about guerrilla warfare, study Francis Marion and
not Westmoreland or Giap.
72. The one night you don't dig in, will bring mortars on your position.
73. Taking the easy way will always get you killed.
74. Blank ammunition has no place in Infantry training.
75. The more you restrict Infantrymen possessing live ammunition, the more
accidents you will have.
76. The Air Force and Navy are supporting arms.
77. Intelligence Officer is usually a contradiction in terms.
78. Inclement weather is the true Infantryman's ally.
79. There is no special duty so important, that it takes the Infantryman
away from his squad.
80. Commanders who use the "Off Limits" authority to deny sex to combat
troops will have a high V.D. rate.
81. A Commander's morals are his own and cannot be imposed on his men.
82. Chaplains must present themselves when the soldier has time, not because
they have a schedule.
83. An officer must be judged on his ability and not on how many coffees his
wife has attended.
84. Senior officers who allow discussions about a brother officer, not
present, are not honorable men.
85. A Commander who bad-mouths his predecessor will never be truly respected.
86. Equal opportunity is guaranteed by the law and does not require a separate
staff.
87. If a Sergeant Major suggests a unit watch, he is the supplier.
88. The quality of food went down, with the initiation of the consolidated
mess.
89. No NCO or Warrant Officer outranks a Second Lieutenant.
90. Any officer who does not listen to NCO's and Warrant Officers is a fool.
91. If you wish your subordinates to call you by your first name, go sell
shoes. There is no place for you in the Marines.
92. Any Army man who sneers at a Marine for being sharp and well turned out
is no soldier.
93. Any Infantryman who must call higher headquarters before engaging the
enemy has a fool for a commander.
94. Warriors respect leaders worth emulating. They cannot be "ordered" to
respect anyone.
95. No man who refused to serve his country in war should be elected or
appointed over men and women being sent to fight.
96. The Warrior must obey the orders of all those elected or appointed over
him.
97. The "leadership genes" in famous American military families usually
become weaker as the generations roll by.
98. A Veteran should not be denied the right to wear his uniform anywhere in America,
including The White House.
99. The only truly unique headgear is the one the Army was forced to
authorize. All others are cheap copies.
100. There is only one reason to join the Marines and that is to fight and serve the
Country.
101. If a Marine or soldier says he hates combat, he is in the wrong profession.
ABOVE ALL, IF YOU ARE NOT INFANTRY, YOU ARE SUPPORT!
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