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Fatal Rocko Willis
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Fatal Squadron
Joined: March 01, 2003
Posts: 1336
From: Kentucky
|  Posted: 2005-03-22 06:56
"AIM TOWARDS THE ENEMY."
Instruction printed on US Army Rocket Launcher
"WHEN THE PIN IS PULLED, MR. GRENADE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND."
US Marine Corps Drill Instructor
"CLUSTER BOMBING FROM B-52s IS VERY, VERY ACCURATE. THE BOMBS ARE
GUARANTEED TO ALWAYS HIT THE GROUND."
USAF Ordnanceman
"IF THE ENEMY IS IN RANGE, SO ARE YOU."
US Army Infantry Journal
"A SLIPPING GEAR COULD LET YOUR M203 GRENADE LAUNCHER FIRE WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. THAT WOULD MAKE YOU QUITE UNPOPULAR IN WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR UNIT."
US Army's Magazine of Preventive Maintenance
"IT IS GENERALLY INADVISABLE TO EJECT DIRECTLY OVER THE AREA YOU'VE
JUST BOMBED."
US Air Force manual
"TRY TO LOOK UNIMPORTANT; THE ENEMY MAY BE LOW ON AMMO."
US Army Infantry Journal
"TRACERS WORK BOTH WAYS."
US Army Ordnance
"FIVE-SECOND FUSES ONLY LAST THREE SECONDS."
US Army Infantry Journal
"BRAVERY IS BEING THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS YOU'RE AFRAID."
David Hackworth
"IF YOUR ATTACK IS GOING TOO WELL, YOU'RE WALKING INTO AN AMBUSH."
US Army Infantry Journal
"NO COMBAT-READY UNIT HAS EVER PASSED INSPECTION."
Joe Gay
"ANY SHIP CAN BE A MINESWEEPER . . ONCE."
Anon
"NEVER TELL THE PLATOON SERGEANT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO."
Unknown Marine Recruit
"DON'T DRAW FIRE; IT IRRITATES THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU."
US Army Infantry Journal
"IF YOU SEE A BOMB TECHNICIAN RUNNING, TRY TO KEEP UP WITH HIM."
USAF Ordnanceman
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Lord DowneyBUM (UK)
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Joined: January 13, 2003
Posts: 437
From: London England
| Posted: 2005-03-22 08:04
If the infantry drive it, you can guarantee it will be the poor REME thats has to fix it.
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kenetiks
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Galactic Navy
Joined: November 21, 2001
Posts: 1130
From: Bandcamp
| Posted: 2005-03-22 08:06
1. You are not superman.
2. If it's stupid, but works, it isn't stupid.
3. Don't look conspicuous - it draws fire. (This is why aircraft carriers are called, "Bomb Magnets".)
4. When in doubt, empty your magazine.
5. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.
6. Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
7. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.
8. No plan survives the first contact intact.
9. All five-second grenade fuses will 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 important things are always simple.
14. The simple things are always hard.
15. The easy way is always mined.
16. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat.
17. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.
18. Incoming 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: 2 guerillas + 1 portable + 2 pigs = 37 enemy KIA.
24. Things that must be together to work, usually can't be shipped together.
25. Radio's will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately.
26. Anything you do can get you shot - including doing nothing.
27. Tracers work both ways.
28. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy 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 your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your 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.
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Binks
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Joined: November 28, 2003
Posts: 469
| Posted: 2005-03-22 08:23
Lol...these are awesome...
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Coeus {NCX-Charger}
Admiral, I can't read,
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: February 16, 2004
Posts: 3635
From: South Philly
| Posted: 2005-03-22 11:21
Hahaha, frontline humor 
Got some free time there do ya rocko? 
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Norton
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Joined: September 12, 2002
Posts: 54
From: NJ, US of A
| Posted: 2005-03-22 19:31
"There are Old Soldiers and there are Bold Soldiers, but there are no Old, Bold Soldiers."
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DangerBabe
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Joined: December 21, 2002
Posts: 429
From: Charlotte, NC
| Posted: 2005-03-22 20:52
LOL good ones 
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Trekkie_zero
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Joined: October 14, 2003
Posts: 146
From: A state with too many A\'s....
| Posted: 2005-03-22 23:12
Thats some good stuff there
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Supertrooper
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Pitch Black
Joined: March 18, 2004
Posts: 1895
From: Maryland, U.S.A
| Posted: 2005-03-23 08:56
really good ones guys I've heard alot of them in my 4 years of being in the military and they always make me laugh but at the same time bring a slight realism into your mind as well. keep em' coming Rocko 
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Tael
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Joined: July 03, 2002
Posts: 3695
From: San Francisco Bay Area
| Posted: 2005-03-23 09:56
As kenetics has pointed out most of the items in the original post are mis-quoted. They are not from the Army, but actually from Murphys Laws of War.
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Coeus {NCX-Charger}
Admiral, I can't read,
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Joined: February 16, 2004
Posts: 3635
From: South Philly
| Posted: 2005-03-23 12:26
Yeah, but the Army is an ongoing active experiment in Murphy
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Tael
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| Posted: 2005-03-23 13:38
Actually the Marine Corps actually published a Marine only version of the Murphys Laws of Combat as an addendum. hehe its the only service to actually publish their own version officially.
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Coeus {NCX-Charger}
Admiral, I can't read,
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From: South Philly
| Posted: 2005-03-23 13:43
I make a Murphy's Law joke at the Army's expence & he defends the Marines... go figure!
j/k
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kenetiks
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Joined: November 21, 2001
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From: Bandcamp
| Posted: 2005-03-23 13:51
lol
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2nd Lieutenant Amadeus
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Joined: March 17, 2004
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From: SC, MI, NC, VA, one of those places
| Posted: 2005-03-23 14:12
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On 2005-03-23 13:38, Tael wrote:
Actually the Marine Corps actually published a Marine only version of the Murphys Laws of Combat as an addendum. hehe its the only service to actually publish their own version officially.
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Hoo-rah!
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