mil truths

MILITARY TRUTHS

Try to look unimportantthe

enemy may be low on ammo and

not want to waste a bullet on you

Nevershare a foxhole with

anyone braver

than yourself

Never forget that your weapon was made by the

lowest bidder; staffed by engineers who could not qualify for any other job

a Fivesecond fuses

always burn in

three seconds

The easy way is

alwaysmined

Teamworkis essential;

it gives the enemy

other people to shoot at

If you are short of everything

but the enemy, you are in the

combat zone

Incoming fire has the

right of way

Nocombat ready unit has ever

passed inspection

Noinspection ready

unit

has ever passed combat

If the

enemyis

within range, so are you

The only thing

more accurate than incoming enemy fire is

incoming friendly fire

Tracers work

both ways

Professional soldiers

are predictable; the world is

full of dangerous amateurs

Military Intelligence is a

contradiction

Minesare

equal opportunity weapons

When in doubt, empty

your magazine

The sidewith the

simplest uniforms wins

Combatwill occur on

the ground between

two adjoining maps

The sidewith the

simplest uniforms wins

The most dangerous thing in the world

is a

Second Lieutenant with a map and

a compass

The more

a weapon costs,

the farther it goes for repairs

The complexity of a

weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the

weapon's operator

If enough

data is collected, a board

of inquiry

can prove anything

The weapon usually jams

when you need

it the most

The bursting radius of a

hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range

There is no such place as a

convenientfoxhole

Success occurs when no one is looking,

failure occurs when the General is watching

Things that must be together to

work can never be shipped together

The quartermaster has only two sizes,

too large and too small

If you have a

personality conflictwith your superior:

he has the personality, you have the conflict

If you

enter CO's office with an idea, you will leave

his office with his idea

Two rules of the army.One: The boss is always

Right

Two: when in doubt applyrule one

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