Chris
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* Recoiless rifles...aren't.
* Suppressive fire.....won't.
* Friendly fire.....isn't.
* Automatic weapons....aren't.
* Incoming fire has right-of-way.
* If the enemy is in range, so are you.
* When in doubt, empty the magazine.
* A sucking chest wound is nature's way of telling you it's time to slow down.
* Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.
* Anything you do can get you shot...including doing nothing.
* Make it tough enough for the enemy to get in and you won't be able to get out.
* Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.
* Professionals are predictable, amateurs are dangerous.
* The easy way is always mined.
* Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.
* No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
* If you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in a combat zone.
* If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.
* No combat-ready unit ever passed inspection.
* No inspection-ready unit ever passed combat.
* Communications will always fail the moment you need air or artillery support.
* If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
* You are not Superman. (Freshly graduated recruits from Marine boot camp and all fighter pilots, especially, take note.)
* Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
* When both sides are convinced that they are about to lose; they are both right.
* Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire (This is why aircraft carriers are called bomb magnets.
* All five-second grenade fuses will brun down in three seconds.
* If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short
* The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.
* The important things are always simple
* The simple things are always hard
* When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.
* If the enemy are in range, SO ARE YOU.
* Beer math is: Two beers times 37 men equal 49 cases.
* Body count math is: Two guerrillas plus one portable plus two pigs equal 37 enemy KIA
* Things that must be together to work, usually can't be shipped together.
* Tracers work BOTH ways.
* The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
* If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectives to take
* Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs
* Murphy was a grunt.
* Suppressive fire.....won't.
* Friendly fire.....isn't.
* Automatic weapons....aren't.
* Incoming fire has right-of-way.
* If the enemy is in range, so are you.
* When in doubt, empty the magazine.
* A sucking chest wound is nature's way of telling you it's time to slow down.
* Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.
* Anything you do can get you shot...including doing nothing.
* Make it tough enough for the enemy to get in and you won't be able to get out.
* Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.
* Professionals are predictable, amateurs are dangerous.
* The easy way is always mined.
* Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.
* No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
* If you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in a combat zone.
* If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.
* No combat-ready unit ever passed inspection.
* No inspection-ready unit ever passed combat.
* Communications will always fail the moment you need air or artillery support.
* If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
* You are not Superman. (Freshly graduated recruits from Marine boot camp and all fighter pilots, especially, take note.)
* Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
* When both sides are convinced that they are about to lose; they are both right.
* Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire (This is why aircraft carriers are called bomb magnets.
* All five-second grenade fuses will brun down in three seconds.
* If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short
* The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.
* The important things are always simple
* The simple things are always hard
* When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.
* If the enemy are in range, SO ARE YOU.
* Beer math is: Two beers times 37 men equal 49 cases.
* Body count math is: Two guerrillas plus one portable plus two pigs equal 37 enemy KIA
* Things that must be together to work, usually can't be shipped together.
* Tracers work BOTH ways.
* The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
* If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectives to take
* Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs
* Murphy was a grunt.
