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“The Army is a team. It lives, eats, fights as a team. This individuality stuff ... is just a bunch of horse dung. The bastards who wrote this ... don’t know anything more about making real war than they do about fornicating”

Gen. Patton, as toned down for the movie.

First thing I thought of was the scene between John and son Patrick Wayne in the movie “Big Jake:”

“You can call me Jacob, you can call me Jake, you can call me a dirty S.O.B. But if you call me ‘Daddy’ again I’ll finish this fight!”

Everytime I read something like this from DJT, it makes me think of 3 of my favorite leaders from history:

Patton - “We’re gonna cut out their guts and use them to grease the treads of out tanks.”

Halsey (on hearing Yamamoto was killed) - i wanted to lead that SOB down Pennsylvania Ave. in chains with the rest of you behind him kicking him where it would do the most good.

Chesty Puller - We’re surrounded - they got us right where we want them.

First thing that came to my mind....the linguistic abilities of...

General George Smith Patton Jr.

“The fall will probably kill you”.

My Dad always said, it’s not the fall that kills you, it’s that sudden stop at the bottom.

A minuscule.....a very small piece. - Spock

“Last year, Menendez was found guilty on all 16 counts”

Why wasn’t he hauled away at that time, not (at least) 6 months later?

She looks like she was the girl whose mother told her, “If you keep making that face it will freeze that way!”

There are a few F-14 airframes left, I see one at the “Eugene Ely” park inside Gate 4 of Naval Station Norfolk VA every day, sitting next to an A6 Intruder.

As a navy man, I want my USS Chancellorville back.

“Newsom claimed that ‘when Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard. He made that order apply to every state in this nation.”

Hey New Scum, read the Constitution, Article 2 Section 3:

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;

In 1977 when I was a high school senior (yes I’m OLD) the “in” crowd planned a senior skip day at a local beach. their security was lax and the work leaked out.

School administration, truant officers (we still had them) and the sheriff’s dept. showed up.

All of the “in” crowd got 2 weeks suspension, and probably chastisement from their parents.

Not being part of that crowd, I didn’t go.

Hey Chuckie, you first. And take the “Tribe” with you.

CV-42: Franklin D. Roosevelt. DDG-80 is named after both Franklin and Eleanor.

While I have my opinions on the worst, I will give you my choice for the best (not greatest) president:

William Henry Harrison

He died before he could screw up anything.

She looks like Weird Al in the Michael Jackson parody “Fat.”

Your butt is wide
Well, mine is too
Just watch your mouth
Or I’ll sit on you
The word is out
Better treat me right
‘Cause I’m the king of cellulite

Personally I think they should be Keel Hauled, preferably using an Aircraft Carrier.

I agree. I guess taking an oath has no bearing anymore.

I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

It’s what killed Humphrey Bogart, who was a heavy smoker and drinker .

OK, I’ll have a go at it....

What do the Starship Enterprise and toilet paper have in common?

They’re both flying out past Uranus looking for Klingons.