1. | You are not a superman. |
2. | If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid. |
3. | Don't look conspicious - it draws Fire (this is why aircraft carriers are called bomb magnets.) |
4. | When it doubt, empty you magazine. |
5. | Never share a fox hole with someone braver than you are. |
6. | Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder. |
7. | If you attack is going very well, then it's an ambush. |
8. | No plan survives the first contact intact. |
9. | All five second granade fuses burn down in three seconds. |
10. | Try to look unimportant because the bad guys may be low on ammo. |
11. | If you are forward of your position the artillery will fall short. |
12. | The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack. |
13. | The simple things are always hard. |
14. | The important things are always simple. |
15. | The easy way is always mined. |
16. | If you are short of everything, you are in combat. |
17. | When you have secured the area, be sure to tell the enemy. |
18. | In coming fire has the right of way. |
19. | Friendly fire, isn't. |
20. | If the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU. |
21. | No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection. |
22. | Beer math is: 2 beers x 37 men = 49 cases. |
23. | Body count math is: 1 guerilla + 1 portable + 2 pigs = 37 enemy killed in action. |
24. | Things that must be together to work aren't always shipped together. |
25. | Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperatly. |
26. | Anything you do can get you shot, including doing nothing. |
27. | Tracers work both ways. |
28. | The only thing more accurate than incoming fire is incoming friendly fire. |
29. | Make it tough for the enemy to get in, and you can't get out. |
30. | If you take more than you fair share of objectives, you will have more than you fair share of objectives to take. |
31. | When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they are both right. |
32. | Professional soldiers are predictable; but the world is full of amateurs. |
33. | Murphy was a grunt. |