HONOUR

FIGHTER PILOTS

Fighter Pilots Q: How do you know if there is a fighter pilot at your party?
A: He'll tell you.
Q: What's the difference between God and fighter pilots

A: God doesn't think he's a fighter pilot.
Q: What's the difference between a fighter pilot and a jet engine?


A: A jet engine stops whining when the plane shuts down.

HAPPINESS IS..........

SACRIFICE: NOBLEST OF MANKIND

"The soldier, above all other men, is required to perfom the highest act of religious teaching - sacrifice. In battle and in the face of danger and death he discloses those divine attributes which his Maker gave when He created man in his own image. No physical courage and no brute instincts can take the palce of the divine annuncation and spiritual uplift which will alone sustain him. However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest develoment of mankind."
~ General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, 14 July 1935, address to the verterans of the Rainbow (42nd) Division, A Soldier Speaks, 1965

SHAVE AND A HAIR CUT

A Navy Chief and an Admiral were sitting in the barbershop. They were both just getting finished with their shaves, when the barbers reached for some after-shave to slap on their faces.

The admiral shouted, "Hey, don't put that stuff on me! My wife will think I've been in a whorehouse!"

The chief turned to his barber and said, "Go ahead and put it on. My wife doesn't know what the inside of a whorehouse smells like."

FAIRNESS

SACRIFICE: GLORY BORN

"Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice will be born again the glory of mankind."

~ Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)~

MILITARY TRUISMS

Military Truisms

• "Aim towards the Enemy." [Instruction printed on US rocket launcher]

• When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer our friend. [From a US Field Manual]

• Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground.

• Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

• Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.

• If your attack is going too well, you are walking into an ambush.

• If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.

• Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.

• No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.

• Any ship can be a minesweeper . . . . once.

• If the enemy is in range, so are you.

• Tracers work both ways.

• Friendly fire isn't.

• Five second fuses only last three seconds.

• Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.

• The problem with taking the easy way out is that the enemy has already mined it.

• Incoming fire has the right of way.

• The quartermaster has only two sizes: too large and too small.

• If you can see the enemy, he can see you.

• And never tell your Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.

REMEMBER ME

~REMEMBER ME~

We bid farewell to family and friends,

In hope that someday we'll live as brothers.

I pray for the day all wars will end,

and my fate shall be spared to others.
It was the war to end all wars,

That is what they had said.

After all these years,

Canada still counts her dead.
I was a true Canadian;

I wish you could see,

All I ask is,

Remember Me.
In war I fought and died,

I thought it did cease.

Now under the Blue Beret,

I die for World Peace.
Like Michael Ralph, John Ternapolski,

Plus the thousands of soldiers before.

On November 11th Remember

I died for Peace not War.
I was a true Canadian,

I wish you could see.

All I ask is,
Remember Me.

**
~ In Memory of MCpl John William Ternapolski ~

COURAGE

...A WEEK OF REMEMBRANCE...

REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN, AND THANK THOSE WHO SURVIVED

SACRIFICE: UNIVERSAL GOOD

"Who lives for honour must know how to die for the universal good."

~ Gustavus II Adolphus, 30 Apr 1632, to his commanders, who commented on how close he had come to death in the day's fighting along the River Lech, quoted in Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Gustavus Adolphus, 1895 ~

KOREAN WAR BY Charles Joseph Stevens

Fellow Canadians,

This was forwarded by Ms. Catherine Stevens. Ms. Stevens is the daughter of Charles Joseph Stevens, a 1 RCR veteran of the Korean War. She has established the a website (click picture) so that her father's extensive collection of wartime photos can be viewed by other veterans and by those who are interested in the Korean War. She has been endeavouting to identify persons in these photos and place the pictures in some kind of context. She is thereby hoping to share these pictures with other veterans and families of veterans. The hope is that people will view these photos at their convenience and then communicate with her if there is any information they can share about individual pictures. It is encourage that people communicate directly with Catherine (atinfo@charliesphotographs.com) if you can be of any assisitance.

Thanks,

Johnny H.

THE PRAYERS OF OFFICERS

One day, three Full Colonels were hiking together and unexpectedly came upon a wide, raging, biolent river. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to do so. The Air Force Colonel called out to God, praying, "Please God, give me the strength to cross this river."

POOF! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he was able to swim across. It did, however, take him more than an hour and he almost drowned a couple of times. Seeing this, the Army Colonel played to God saying, "Please God, give me the strength and tools to cross this river."

POOF! God gave him a rowboat and oars. He was able to row across but it still took almost an hour, it was very rough, and he almost capsized several times. The Navy Captain saw how things worked out for the other two, so when he prayed to God, he said, "Pleae God, give me the strength, tools, and the intelligence to cross this river."

POOF! God turned him into a Infantry Sergeant. He looked at the map, hiked upstream a couple of hundred yards, and walked across the bridge.

FOUR WORDS

HOT CUP OF...

CANADIAN SOLDIER

~Canadian Soldier~

Author unknown

He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.

You walk down the beach,

staring at all the pretty girls.

He walks the streets,

searching for insurgents and terrorists.

You complain about how hot it is.

He wears his heavy gear,

not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.

You go out to lunch,

and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.

He doesn't get to eat today.

Your wife makes your bed and washes your clothes.

He wears the same things for weeks,

but makes sure his weapons are clean.

You go to the mall and get your hair done.

He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today.

You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.

He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months.

You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight.

He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.

You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.

He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume.

You roll your eyes as a baby cries.

He gets a letter with pictures of his new child,

and wonders if they'll ever meet.

You criticize your government,

and say that war never solves anything.

He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting.

You hear the jokes about the war,

and make fun of men like him.

He hears the gunfire,

bombs and screams of the wounded.

You see only what the media wants you to see.

He sees the broken bodies lying around him.

You are asked to go to the store by your parents.

You don't.

He does exactly what he is told.

You stay at home and watch TV.

He takes whatever time he is given to call,

write home, sleep, and eat

You crawl into your soft bed,

with down pillows,

and get comfortable.

He crawls under a tank for shade and a 5 minute nap,

only to be woken by gunfire.

You sit there and judge him,

saying the world is probably a worse Gothic.

SACRIFICE: KAMIKAZE MOON

"Refreshingly,

After the violent storm,

The moon rose radient."

~ Vice-Admiral Takijiro Ohnishi,

Commander, Kamikaze Special Attack Force

- his final haiku before committing suicide, 15 Aug 1945, quoted in Inoguchi and Nakajima, The Devine Wind, 1955

DUALING GUNS: THE NEW METHOD

F**KING INSURGENT, TALIBAN, TERRORITS RETRARDS!