Murphy's Laws Of Combat

[Colorado700R]

If the enemy is in range, so are you.

Incoming fire has the right of way.

Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire.

There is always a way.

The easy way is always mined.

Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.

Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous.

The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: a. When you're ready for them. b. When you're not ready for them.

Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.

If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed at you.

The enemy diversion you have been ignoring will be the main attack.

A "sucking chest wound" is natures way of telling you to slow down.

If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush.

Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.

Anything you do can get you shot, including 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.

If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in a combat zone.

When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.

Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder.

"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual

"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."- fighter pilots 

[Krandall]

If the enemy is in range, so are you.


Unless you control guided missiles

[Colorado700R]

If the enemy is in range, so are you.


Unless you control guided missiles

I could add a few more to that list...


1) Never piss off your explosives expert.......ever 

2) Sun Tzu said "never attack a walled city".........but he didn't have nukes, did he?   

3) There is no such thing as too much firepower!!

4) If you have a team member that throws like a girl, take away his grenades immediately !!   

5) Junior officers are dislexic, do yourself a favor and hide the map away from them 

6) GPS is a wonderful thing!!  Unfortunately, there's never a Radio Shack around to get new batteries 

7) Never assume your leadership knows what they are doing.  That way you'll never be wrong.   

if you've never been in combat, and you hear a "whizz-snap", don't stand up and look around and say "what was that  "   

9) Combat is not like Halo, running and jumping through open areas doesn't help!!  (Seen this one first hand)   

10) If your not shooting, you should be moving. If your moving, you should be communicating.  If your not shooting, moving or communicating, kiss your ass goodbye!!   



I could go on for days !!   

[ThisGuyAlex]

hmmmmm interesting way of looking at army lif isn't it

[Colorado700R]

hmmmmm interesting way of looking at army lif isn't it

Intresting, tiring, alot of times extremely boring 

[ThisGuyAlex]

and waaaaaaaaaaayyyy too little sleep

[Colorado700R]

and waaaaaaaaaaayyyy too little sleep

Yeah during the opening 6 months of OEF, i felt like I got about 2 hours a day 

[kyledvor61]

 

[NaturalRaptor]

Good stuff to remember! 

Some of these could also be used during opening weekend of dove season in south Texas! 

[Bert]

Incoming fire has the right of way.   


Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.
A guy at work told me if he's bear hunting & only has 1 shell left instead of pissing off the bear he'd shoot his buddy in the knee 


When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.
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[darkside94]

A neon helmet is not protection but rather a target. 

[FoundArealQuad]

hmmmmm interesting way of looking at army lif isn't it

Intresting, tiring, alot of times extremely boring 

Way boring, hurry up and wait

[NaturalRaptor]

hmmmmm interesting way of looking at army lif isn't it

Intresting, tiring, alot of times extremely boring 

Way boring, hurry up and wait

That is my job too, but it isn't military! 

[fire raptor]

Like many occupations days of waiting for a few minutes or hours of terror and praying. sleep you never know how much you love it until it is taken from you. But I do not know a soldier,cop or firefighter that would trade their job. The rush!!!!!