Murphys Military Laws 1. You are not superman. 2. If its stupid but works, it isnt stupid. 3. Dont look conspicuous - it draws fire. 4. Never draw fire, it irritates the people around you. 5. When in doubt, empty the magazine. 6. Never share a foxhole with someone braver than you are. 7. Never forget your weapon was made by the lowest bidder. 8. If the attack is going really well, its an ambush. 9. No plan survives the first contact intact. 10. All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds. 11. If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short. 12. If you cant remember, the claymore is pointed toward you. 13. Try to look unimportant because the bad guys might be low on ammo. 14. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack. 15. The important things are always simple. 16. The simple things are always hard. 17. The easy way is always mined. 18. If you are short of everything except the enemy, you are in combat. 19. When you have secured an area, dont forget to tell the enemy. 20. Incoming fire has the right of way. 21. No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection. 22. No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat. 23. Beer math is 2 beers times 37 men equals 49 cases. 24. If the enemy is in range, so are you. 25. Friendly fire - Isnt. 26. Recoiless rifles - arent. 27. Suppressive fire - Wont. 28. Things that must be together to work usually cant be shipped together. 29. Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately, (Corollary: Radar tends to fail at night and bad weather, and espcially during both.) 30. Anything you do can get you shot including doing nothing. 31. Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you cant get out. 32. Tracers work both ways. 33. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire in incoming friendly fire. 34. Teamwork is essential. It gives them other people to shoot at. 35. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share to take. 36. When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, both are right. 37. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs. 38. If it jams, force it, if it breaks, it needed replacing anyways. 39. If its indescribable, its edible. 40. If it was important during peacetime, its useless now. If it was useless during training, its important now. 41. Bullets dont subscribe to the rank has its privileges theory. 42. Murphy was a grunt.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:30:00 +0000
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