Author: A Murphy's Military Law

Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

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

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

There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.

If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

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

The tough part about being an officer is that the troops don't know what they want, but they know for certain what they don't want.

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

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

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

Odd objects attract fire… never lurk behind one.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neutral countries – aren’t.