Navy bomb school ordered by admiral to remove motto of 'Initial Success or Total Failure' The USA Times

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Navy bomb school ordered by admiral to remove motto of 'Initial Success or Total Failure'

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The school where bomb technicians from all branches of the U.S. military learn their craft has been ordered to remove the unofficial motto "Initial Success or Total Failure" from its classroom walls.

Navy leaders told the school at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida this month that the motto could be viewed as disrespectful to the hundreds of Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians who have died in the line of duty. Officials said the motto could imply that the wounded or fallen EOD technicians failed.

The order to remove the unofficial motto was not popular with some current and former EOD members. A Facebook page has been dedicated to keeping the motto.