1. If the
enemy is in range, so are you.
2. Incoming fire has the right of way.
3. Don't look conspicuous: it draws
fire.
4. The easy way is always mined.
5. Try to look unimportant, they may
be low on ammo.
6. Professionals are predictable, it's
the amateurs that are dangerous.
7. The enemy invariably attacks on
one of two occasions:
1. When
you're ready for them.
2. When
you're not ready for them.
8. Teamwork is essential; it gives
the enemy someone else to shoot at.
9. If you can't remember, the claymore
is pointed at you.
10. If your attack is going well, you
have walked into an ambush.
11. Don't draw fire, it irritates the
people around you.
12. The only thing more accurate than
incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
13. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade
is not our friend.
14. If it's stupid but works, it isn't
stupid.
15. When in doubt empty the magazine.
16. Never share a fox hole with anyone
braver than you.
17. Anything you do can get you shot.
Including doing nothing.
18. Make it too tough for the enemy
to get in and you can't get out.
19. Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
20. A Purple Heart just proves that
were you smart enough to think
of a plan,
stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.
21. Don't ever be the first, don't ever
be the last and don't ever volunteer to do anything.
22. The quartermaster has only two sizes:
too large and too small.
23. Five second fuses only last three
seconds.
24. It is generally inadvisable to eject
directly over the area you just bombed.
:-)