Posted on Nov 23, 2013
SGT William B.
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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?
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MSG Cavalry Scout
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"You cant Expect what you don't Inspect".
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CPT Detachment Commander
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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.
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SGT William B.
SGT William B.
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Haha, took me a second to understand it sir, but that's a pretty good one.
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MSgt Section Chief, Mission Defense Team
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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.

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:

JUSTIN "AFMAN 33-119 PROHIBITS CALLSIGNS IN SIGNATURE BLOCKS" BLACKWELL, TSgt, USAF
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SGT William B.
SGT William B.
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Haha, love it.
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That is AWESOME. :)
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WO1(P) Ammunition Warrant Officer
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"You can't win a war without ammunition"
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SSG(P) Battalion S6 Communications Ncoic
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A transportation SSG I know uses "nothing moves until something moves"
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PO2 Doc
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The doctor will see you now!

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MAJ G 6 Plans Oic
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Kind of a long one, but I used to use this one:


"[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."


 


- LTG William Webster USA, Deputy Commander, USNORTHCOM


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SGT William B.
SGT William B.
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Yes sir, can definitely apply to many other fields as well.  As a contractor on a help desk, I've had the dubious pleasure of answering the phone for many a flag officer or SES assistant regarding communications issues.
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PO3 Jonathan Cooper
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I've been using this one since before my Naval Career started:

New sustainability model for our time: "Give a man a fire and he's warm for
a day, but set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life."
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At Engineer Officer Basic Course the demolitions instructor said:

 

"If it absolutely has to go, the only equation you will need to know is P for plenty!"

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SPC Matthew Birkinbine
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All I need in my line of work is

"GO ORDNANCE!!!"
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