Dick Couch quotes
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“You may need help or information from some nongovernmental organization, and the local person heading that NGO may be some West Coast, liberal-educated, no-leg-shaving, Birkenstock-wearing female uniform-hater. And you gotta deal with her.”
-- Dick CouchSource : Dick Couch (2007). “Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior”, p.300, Three Rivers Press
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“Muzzle control has to be a religion. You cannot point that weapon at one of your brothers-or yourself. Know where you barrel is at all times, and know the condition of your weapon-loaded or unloaded, bolt forward or to the rear, round in the chamber or not, safety on or off. Keep your finger off the trigger unless you're going to kill something.”
-- Dick CouchSource : Dick Couch (2007). “Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior”, p.177, Three Rivers Press
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“We have to work extra hard, because we in America are very ethnocentric--we think our culture is superior. Why's that? It's because we've got moon rocks, and nobody else has moon rocks.”
-- Dick CouchSource : Dick Couch (2007). “Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior”, p.302, Three Rivers Press
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“If you don't know or didn't understand, ASK! It's your responsibility to find out. Research; demonstrate an unquenchable desire to know everything about your job. If something is broken or not right, take the initiative to fix it or make”
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“Real bullets are for keeps, and concealment is not necessarily good cover.”
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“It's easy to be disciplined when you have no freedoms.”
-- Dick CouchSource : Dick Couch (2012). “Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger”, p.151, Penguin
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“United decidedly is not an innovative, adaptive organization.”
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Source : "'An incredible container for transformation'". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. May 9, 2014.
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Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.15, iUniverse
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Source : "Wit and Humor of Bench and Bar". Book by Marshall Brown, 1899.
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