Author: A Murphy's Military Law Page 2

We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction.

The weight of all of your equipment is proportional to the cube of the time you have been carrying it.

The easy way is always mined.

Smart bombs have bad days too.

Anything you can do can get you killed – including doing nothing.

If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short.

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.

Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.

No plan survives first contact intact.

Fortify your front; you’ll get your rear shot up.

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

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.

If your advance is going well, you are walking into an ambush.

If you find yourself in front of your platoon they know something you don't.

Automatic weapons – aren’t.

The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

When the enemy is closing, the artillery will always be long

Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.

If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike.

As soon as you are served hot chow in the field, it rains