Author: A Murphy's Military Law Page 4

Recoilless rifles – aren’t.

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

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The enemy invariably attacks on one of two occasions:
1. When you’re ready for them. 2. When you’re not ready for them.

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A retreating enemy is probably just falling back and regrouping.

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The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.

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

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No plan survives first contact intact.

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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.

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

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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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Automatic weapons – aren’t.

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The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

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

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

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

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Things that must be together to work usually can't be shipped together; things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't.

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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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All other things being equal, the side with the simplest uniforms wins.

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