Author: A Murphy's Military Law

It's not the bullet with your name on it; it's the shrapnel addressed to ‘occupant’ you've got to worry about.

Military

Don’t look conspicuous – in the combat, it draws fire; out of the combat zone, it draws sergeants.

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military

If only one solution can be found for a field problem, then it is usually a stupid solution.

Military Murphy’s Laws Problems

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

Field experience is something you never get until just after you need it.

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws

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

Military

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

Military

Recoilless rifles – aren’t.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

Don’t ever be the first, don’t ever be the last and don’t ever volunteer to do anything.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Suppressive fires – won’t.

Military Murphy’s Laws

A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.

Military

It isn't necessary to be an idiot to be a senior officer, but it sure helps.

Military

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

The enemy never monitors your radio frequency until you broadcast on an unsecured channel.

Communication Military

No one ever carries too much ammo.

Military

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

Arms Conflict Military Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.

Military Murphy’s Laws