SGT William B.10334<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have a great affinity for well-done snarky signature lines/quotes. &nbsp;I never disseminate them out to other organizations; they're just little in-jokes between the folks in my shop to keep us laughing. &nbsp;Some of my past favorites:<br><br>"Your ability to walk short distances without dying will surely be the insurgency's downfall."<br><br>"...And in careful manipulation of data samples, lies victory." &nbsp;(Context: Worked with a guy that had a bad habit of playing with data samples to control a narrative in his favor, so I made a small play on the MI Creed; original reads "In truth, lies victory.")<br><br>"I can show you the world..." (The irony of this song in Afghanistan is just incredible.)<br><br><br>What are the best signature lines you all have seen?Best email signature lines?2013-11-23T14:34:07-05:00SGT William B.10334<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have a great affinity for well-done snarky signature lines/quotes. &nbsp;I never disseminate them out to other organizations; they're just little in-jokes between the folks in my shop to keep us laughing. &nbsp;Some of my past favorites:<br><br>"Your ability to walk short distances without dying will surely be the insurgency's downfall."<br><br>"...And in careful manipulation of data samples, lies victory." &nbsp;(Context: Worked with a guy that had a bad habit of playing with data samples to control a narrative in his favor, so I made a small play on the MI Creed; original reads "In truth, lies victory.")<br><br>"I can show you the world..." (The irony of this song in Afghanistan is just incredible.)<br><br><br>What are the best signature lines you all have seen?Best email signature lines?2013-11-23T14:34:07-05:002013-11-23T14:34:07-05:00SFC James Baber20096<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Live life to the fullest have nor regrets, learn from your past and embrace it, it has made you the person you are today, be proud.Response by SFC James Baber made Dec 13 at 2013 7:46 AM2013-12-13T07:46:58-05:002013-12-13T07:46:58-05:00SFC Michael Hasbun20117<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When in doubt, more ammo.Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Dec 13 at 2013 8:22 AM2013-12-13T08:22:05-05:002013-12-13T08:22:05-05:00SSG Robert Burns20128<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>I was given a coin by one of the SF Groups I ran missions with in Mosul.&nbsp; I used it's motto in my singature block for a long time till it landed me an EO complaint when I got stationed in the hospital.</p><p>"Hard times dont last, hard men do."</p><p>The sad thing is that statement really motivates me sometimes, it's a shame an O6 found it offensive and I was forced to remove it.</p>Response by SSG Robert Burns made Dec 13 at 2013 9:07 AM2013-12-13T09:07:07-05:002013-12-13T09:07:07-05:00SGM Matthew Quick20132<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"It's YOUR career! &nbsp;Take control of it before someone else does."Response by SGM Matthew Quick made Dec 13 at 2013 9:10 AM2013-12-13T09:10:33-05:002013-12-13T09:10:33-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member20239<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One that I thought was a misrepresentation and slightly humorous at the same time was used by one of the WO that I had served with. It read:<div><br></div><div>"Artillerymen see two types of people, other Artillerymen and targets."</div><div><br></div><div>Not entirely true, we have 3, friends go among that list too. But, still a little humorous to me.</div>Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 13 at 2013 12:09 PM2013-12-13T12:09:12-05:002013-12-13T12:09:12-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member20516<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I knew a FIST team leader who had "All the way to the elbow!" On his emails.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 13 at 2013 6:56 PM2013-12-13T18:56:30-05:002013-12-13T18:56:30-05:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member20542<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Kind of a long one, but I used to use this one:<div><br></div><div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri , sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">"[Signal] is the most thankless job in the United States Army...we give you equipment that in many cases is outdated and outmoded...not enough of it, and you're told to go out and make things work in the field just as if someone was operating in the middle of New York City with their cell phone and their push-to-talk radio and everything else. If it all works properly, no one says thank you, because everyone expects that's the way it's supposed to work. But if anything electric -- electric, not just electronic much less communications-wise -- breaks, doesn't work properly, it's the SIGO's fault."</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri , sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri , sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">- LTG William Webster USA, Deputy Commander, USNORTHCOM</p><br /></div>Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 13 at 2013 7:42 PM2013-12-13T19:42:29-05:002013-12-13T19:42:29-05:00CW3 Private RallyPoint Member20550<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p><br /> <em>I thought this is a fitting signature line for a Staff Officer, so its what is on my block.</em></p><p><br><em></em></p><p><em>Pashto Poem <br></em></p><p><em><br></em></p><p><em>There are no real friends or friendship</em><br><br /> <em>It’s strange but true</em><br><br /> <em>Each one, just until they reach their goal</em><br><br /> <em>Will stick with you</em><br /> </p><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><br><br></div>Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 13 at 2013 7:51 PM2013-12-13T19:51:58-05:002013-12-13T19:51:58-05:00PO2 Private RallyPoint Member20656<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The doctor will see you now!<div><br></div>Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 13 at 2013 11:06 PM2013-12-13T23:06:29-05:002013-12-13T23:06:29-05:00SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member20717<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A transportation SSG I know uses "nothing moves until something moves"Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 14 at 2013 1:10 AM2013-12-14T01:10:47-05:002013-12-14T01:10:47-05:00SSG Kenneth Hammes20720<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb.<br style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial;font-size:small;">- Roman proverbResponse by SSG Kenneth Hammes made Dec 14 at 2013 1:20 AM2013-12-14T01:20:13-05:002013-12-14T01:20:13-05:00CW2 Private RallyPoint Member20750<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">"The best&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">tank terrain</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">&nbsp;is that without anti-</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">tank</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">&nbsp;weapons."</span>Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 14 at 2013 3:01 AM2013-12-14T03:01:08-05:002013-12-14T03:01:08-05:00WO1(P) Private RallyPoint Member20756<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"You can't win a war without ammunition"Response by WO1(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 14 at 2013 3:25 AM2013-12-14T03:25:58-05:002013-12-14T03:25:58-05:00MSgt Private RallyPoint Member20981<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used to have quotes in my signature until the reg was written to prohibit them. I still see some of the retirees use them though; some are actually good.<br><br>The last signature snark I made was in an email trail featuring several intel officers that kept putting their "callsigns" in their signature blocks. Somewhere in the final email chain was a signature block that said:<br><br>JUSTIN "AFMAN 33-119 PROHIBITS CALLSIGNS IN SIGNATURE BLOCKS" BLACKWELL, TSgt, USAF<br>Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 14 at 2013 4:21 PM2013-12-14T16:21:21-05:002013-12-14T16:21:21-05:00SMSgt Gary Harrah26584<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In today's "green environment", one of the best I have seen on an email signature block......<div><br></div><div>If your going green, I am going to the printer!</div>Response by SMSgt Gary Harrah made Dec 24 at 2013 12:00 AM2013-12-24T00:00:31-05:002013-12-24T00:00:31-05:00SPC Brendan Kearns31622<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Teamwork makes the dream workResponse by SPC Brendan Kearns made Jan 2 at 2014 10:03 PM2014-01-02T22:03:02-05:002014-01-02T22:03:02-05:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member31626<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Some of these are pretty good. If I had to use one it would be "He called me a POG, I said he was resisting arrest", but someone would surely get offended by that some how.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2014 10:07 PM2014-01-02T22:07:43-05:002014-01-02T22:07:43-05:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member31721<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"You cant Expect what you don't Inspect".<br>Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 3 at 2014 12:56 AM2014-01-03T00:56:14-05:002014-01-03T00:56:14-05:00CMC Robert Young31737<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A lieutenant with whom I worked had this crazy Latin quote under his signature. I googled it one day out of curiosity and discovered its true meaning was "Don't get your undies in a twist".Response by CMC Robert Young made Jan 3 at 2014 2:50 AM2014-01-03T02:50:38-05:002014-01-03T02:50:38-05:00SPC Matthew Birkinbine32140<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All I need in my line of work is<br /><br />"GO ORDNANCE!!!"Response by SPC Matthew Birkinbine made Jan 3 at 2014 9:19 PM2014-01-03T21:19:25-05:002014-01-03T21:19:25-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member69806<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Ego sum agricola. Videte manus meas."Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 5 at 2014 3:24 AM2014-03-05T03:24:06-05:002014-03-05T03:24:06-05:00SSG Alexander Shulman69809<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>"Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."</p><p>&nbsp;- on an email from a retiring MAJ.</p>Response by SSG Alexander Shulman made Mar 5 at 2014 3:44 AM2014-03-05T03:44:36-05:002014-03-05T03:44:36-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member82770<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Life is tough, it's even tougher if your stupid! John Wayne Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 23 at 2014 7:47 AM2014-03-23T07:47:54-04:002014-03-23T07:47:54-04:00MSgt Curtis Ellis97617<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Honor The Dead By Helping The Living"<br>Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Apr 9 at 2014 2:32 PM2014-04-09T14:32:00-04:002014-04-09T14:32:00-04:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member97625<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>At Engineer Officer Basic Course the demolitions instructor said:</p><p> </p><p>"If it absolutely has to go, the only equation you will need to know is P for plenty!"</p>Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 9 at 2014 2:43 PM2014-04-09T14:43:00-04:002014-04-09T14:43:00-04:001SG Private RallyPoint Member97628<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Making the world a better place 120mm at a time" from a dedicated tanker during our constant deployment cyclesResponse by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 9 at 2014 2:44 PM2014-04-09T14:44:49-04:002014-04-09T14:44:49-04:00CW3 Private RallyPoint Member220439<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Have respect for everyone you meet, but have a plan to kill them." - U.S. Army Col Green<br />"Always remember where your pants are." - Col Bryan, U.S. Army (Ret)<br />After reading his quote, Col Brayan said, "Don't just know where they are, have'm in arm's reach!"<br />I got good stories to add for both quotes, but I doubt anyone here would spent the time reading the epic stories.Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2014 3:07 PM2014-08-28T15:07:26-04:002014-08-28T15:07:26-04:00SSG Adam Reed495301<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We make your hole wet.<br /><br />Saw it on a fellow Army well driller signature line.Response by SSG Adam Reed made Feb 24 at 2015 2:29 PM2015-02-24T14:29:08-05:002015-02-24T14:29:08-05:00PO3 Jonathan Cooper495389<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've been using this one since before my Naval Career started:<br /><br />New sustainability model for our time: "Give a man a fire and he's warm for <br />a day, but set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life."Response by PO3 Jonathan Cooper made Feb 24 at 2015 2:59 PM2015-02-24T14:59:35-05:002015-02-24T14:59:35-05:00Capt Richard I P.495401<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For a whole deployment in Afghanistan I made my signature block a line from the Declaration of Independence, changing once a weekl, from beginning onward. The Battalion XO once took me aside and asked what my anti-government rhetoric was about and whether I was starting a militia. I told him the source document, and he had a chuckle with me.Response by Capt Richard I P. made Feb 24 at 2015 3:07 PM2015-02-24T15:07:56-05:002015-02-24T15:07:56-05:00Lt Col Jim Coe495420<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When you stop changing, you're deadResponse by Lt Col Jim Coe made Feb 24 at 2015 3:19 PM2015-02-24T15:19:16-05:002015-02-24T15:19:16-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member1321516<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>several years ago, there was a news story out of FL where someone's pet chimp had escaped and there was a "chimp-hunt" ongoing trying to located the wayward primate. One of the guys in the neighborhood was concerned about how dangerous the situation was and made the comment<br /><br /> "You never know what a money is going to do to a child". <br /><br /> I will use that quote on occasion if I am sending a snarky email.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 22 at 2016 2:05 PM2016-02-22T14:05:14-05:002016-02-22T14:05:14-05:00SFC J. Wheeler Hammontree6679792<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I got in trouble for "Ne Conjugare Vobiscum". I figured everything sounds professional in Latin.<br /><br />AR 25-13 Paragraph 3-2.c.(2): Emails generated by Army personnel in their official capacity from Army communication devices will not contain slogans, quotes, or other personalized information as part of the individual sender’s signature block. Signature blocks within emails will contain only the necessary business information, such as: the name of the organization; official mailing address or unit information; name of individual; telephone numbers; office email addresses or government websites; government disclaimer; unit historical motto; or any other information approved by HQDA.Response by SFC J. Wheeler Hammontree made Jan 21 at 2021 11:49 AM2021-01-21T11:49:21-05:002021-01-21T11:49:21-05:002013-11-23T14:34:07-05:00