Author: A Murphy's Military Law Page 3

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

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

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

All battles are fought at the junction of two or more map sheets… printed at different scales.

Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

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

No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.

There is nothing more satisfying that having someone take a shot at you, and miss.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons!

Things that must be together to work usually can't be shipped together; things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't.

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

The seriousness of a wound (in a firefight) is inversely proportional to the distance to any form of cover.

The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little while longer.

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

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.

Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss; whenever you are low on ammo, you can't hit the broad side of a barn.

If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share to take.

The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.

Smart bombs have bad days too.

Odd objects attract fire… never lurk behind one.