Author: A Murphy's Military Law Page 4

Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan.

Military Murphy’s Laws

It isn't necessary to be an idiot to be a senior officer, but it sure helps.

Military

Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately

Corollary: Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.

Characteristics Military Murphy’s Laws

The enemy never watches until you make a mistake.

Military

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.

Military

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

If the enemy is in range, so are you!

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

Any ship can be a minesweeper… once.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws War

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Military Murphy’s Laws

All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Friendly fire – isn’t.

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Murphy’s Laws

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

Military

All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws