Incoming fire has the right of way
Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire.
the easy way is always mined.
Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.
If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed at you.
A "sucking chest wound" is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Don't draw fire, it irritates the people around you.
Everything is built by the lowest bidder.
The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.
The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
Friendly fire ain't.
Tracer fire works in both directions.
When the pin is pulled, Mr Grenade is not our friend.
Suppressive fire won't.
If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
When in doubt empty the magazine.
Never share a fox hole with anyone braver than you are.
If you are short of everything except enemies, you are in combat.
flak jackets.............dont
Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support.
When reviewing the radio frequencies that you just wrote down, the most important ones are always illegible.
Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both.)
Anything you do can get you killed, including nothing
Military Intelligence is a contradiction.
Weather ain't neutral.
The Cavalry doesn't always come to the rescue.
Napalm is an area support weapon.
Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
B-52s are the ultimate close support weapon.
Sniper's motto: reach out and touch someone.
Killing for peace is like screwing for virginity.
The one item you need is always in short supply.
Interchangeable parts aren't.
Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps
The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.
One enemy soldier is never enough, but two is entirely too many.
The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.
Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss. Whenever you are low on ammo, you can't hit the broad side of a barn.
No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.
To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.
Murphy was a grunt.
Beer Math: 2 beers times 37 men equals 49 cases.
Body count Math: 3 guerrillas plus 1 probable plus 2 pigs equals 37 enemies killed in action.
The bursting radius of a hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range.
All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.
very command which can be misunderstood, will be.
There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.
Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last and don't ever volunteer to do anything.
Odd objects attract fire - never lurk behind one.
The more stupid the leader is, the more important missions he is ordered to carry out.
The enemy never monitors your radio frequency until you broadcast on an unsecured channel.
As soon as you are served hot chow in the field, it rains.
Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER
There is nothing more satisfying that having someone take a shot at you,
AND MISS
MURPHY�S LAW ON TANKS��.
The same gun barrel that would probably stay in alignment after
lifting a car, will be fucked after calibration if used to help climbing on the tank.
Tanks draw fire. A lot of it. It does not impress the infantryman to hide behind one.
If you're close enough to actually hear a challenger 2 tank running, while in combat, and not part of the crew, you're too close.
armour is a fantasy invented by the C.O. to make you feel better���������������.
