Author: A Murphy's Military Law

The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions.

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Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

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If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat.

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Tracers work BOTH ways.

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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.

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If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you may have misjudged the situation.

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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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The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.

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

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If you find yourself in front of your platoon they know something you don't.

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

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

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Odd objects attract fire… never lurk behind one.

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Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.

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

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

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

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

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

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We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction.

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

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