Author: A Murphy's Military Law

No plan survives first contact intact.

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

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If the enemy is in range, so are you!

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Neutral countries – aren’t.

Government Military Murphy’s Laws Places

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

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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.

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Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Food/Drink Military Murphy’s Laws

The Cavalry doesn’t always come to the rescue.

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws