Navy Quotes "My rule is: If you meet the weakest vessel, attack; if it is a vessel equal to yours, attack; and if it is stronger than yours, also attack…"
[Admiral Stepan O. Makarov (1849-1904)]
"It was absolutely involuntary. They sank my boat."
[John F. Kennedy] (When asked how he became a war hero)
"There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than life at sea."
[Joseph Conrad]
"Sighted sub, sank same."
[Message sent by an enlisted pilot, AMM 1/c Donald Francis Mason, on 28 January 1942]
"No combat-ready unit can withstand the rigors of inspection. No inspection-ready unit can withstand the rigors of combat."
[Attributed to General Black Jack Pershing]
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