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Rules of combat they never taught you !
1. All five-second grenade fuses are three seconds.

2. Anything you do can get you shot, including doing nothing.

3. Beer math means that 2 beers times 37 soldiers equals 49 cases.

4. Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire.

5. Friendly fire isn't.

6. Guided missiles aren't.

7. If it's stupid but it works, it's not stupid.

8. If the enemy is within range, so are you.

9. If you are forward of your position, your artillery will be short.

10. If you are short of everything except the enemy, you are in combat.

11. If you can't remember, the claymore mine is pointed towards you.

12. If you have a secured area, don't forget to tell the enemy.

13. If you make it too tough for the enemy to get in, you can't get out.

14. If you take more than your share of objectives you will be assigned more objectives to take.

15. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.

16. Incoming fire has the right of way.

17. Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you.

18. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.

19. No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.

20. No inspection ready unit has survived combat.

21. No operation plan survives the first contact intact.

22. Professionals are predictable; too bad the world is full of amateurs.

23. Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support immediately.

24. Remember your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

25. Suppressive fire won't.

26. The easiest route is always mined.

27. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.

28. The important things are very simple.

29. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

30. The simple things are hard.

31. Tracers work both ways.

32. Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammunition.

33. When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they are both right.

34. When in doubt, empty your magazine fast.

35. Working as part of a team is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.

36. You are not Superman or Superwoman.

37. Murphy was a grunt.

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