Veterans Day: Unity of Command

Great Moments in Military History

 (Manual of Arms, topic:  Unity of Command)

"I don't think it'll make it LT"

"Sure it will, we're talking about 70 tons of jet turbine driven roaring steel at 55 miles per hour; the inertia of it alone will part the water like Moses at the Red Sea"

"I dunno sir, looks pretty deep"

"Can't be more than six feet, tops, I tell you the physics of this will amaze you; I've studied this stuff in college"

"I don't think it will work sir"

"Well sergeant, you just hit the gas, and I'll do the thinking, ok?"

(two minutes later, sitting on the copula of a submerged tank in the middle of a river)

"Damn, I thought for sure we'd make it"

"me too sir"

                  Loyalty is priceless in moments of disillusionment.