[Navy bomb school told to remove unofficial motto]

 

Published: February 14, 2012

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — 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 d...


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