Author: A Murphy's Military Law Page 3

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

Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map and compass.

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

Don’t draw fire, it irritates the people around you.

When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they're both right.

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

Suppressive fires – won’t.

The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.

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

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

Automatic weapons – aren’t.

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

Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

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

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

Try to look unimportant, because the bad guys may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you.

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

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

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

All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

Whenever you lose contact with the enemy, look behind you.