Subject: Government » Military

It was announced Thursday that the Army will allow recruits to sign up for just 15 months of active duty; if that doesn’t work, the military will try renaming Iraq ‘Super Cancun.’

(1971 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer
Government Military TV/Movie Quotes

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Generals who can write always make me nervous.

(1921 – ) American newspaper editor
Government Military Occupations

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

Military

[When parachuting] it is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel; this is essentially the basis of all military thinking.

(1948 – ) English novelist
Conflict Government Military War

Military Expert: One who tells you what’s going to happen tomorrow – then tells you why it didn’t.

Definitions Government Military

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? … have the people we’ve been bombing over the years been complaining?

(1952 – ) American comedian & actor
Government Military

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
America Entertainment Government Military Music Places

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

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

Communication Military

If you don’t want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director
Appearance Clothing Government Military

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

If the enemy is in range, so are you!

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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.

Military

Armies aren't known for neatness.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Government Military

There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.

Military

Surprise is an event that takes place only in the mind of a commander.

Military Murphy’s Laws