View Single Post
Old 03-22-2008, 23:49 PM   #57 (permalink)
Officer of Engineers
Military Professional
Moderator
Scotch taster
 
Join Date: 08-06-03
Posts: 15,916
Country:
Oh for Pete sakes, you guys forgotten Murphy?

Murphy's Military Laws:
1. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.

Murphy's Military Laws:
2. No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

Murphy's Military Laws:
3. Friendly fire ain't.

Murphy's Military Laws:
4. The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.

Murphy's Military Laws:
5. The problem with taking the easy way out is that the enemy has already mined it.

Murphy's Military Laws:
6. The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.

Murphy's Military Laws:
7. The further you are in advance of your own positions, the more likely your artillery will shoot short.

Murphy's Military Laws:
8. Incoming fire has the right of way.

Murphy's Military Laws:
9. If your advance is going well, you are walking into an ambush.

Murphy's Military Laws:
10. The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

Murphy's Military Laws:
11. If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.

Murphy's Miltary Laws:
12. The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.

Murphy's Military Laws:
13. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

Murphy's Military Laws:
14. There is nothing more satisfying that having someone take a shot at you, and miss.

Murphy's Military Laws:
15. Don't be conspicuous. In the combat zone, it draws fire. Out of the combat zone, it draws sergeants.

Murphy's Military Laws:
16. If your sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.

Murphy's Military Laws:
17. There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole.
__________________
Chimo
Officer of Engineers is offline   Reply With Quote