MURPHY'S RULES OF COMBAT

• Murphy's Rules of Combat
  (A comprehensive list obtained from various sources)
• If the enemy is in range, so are you.
• If you can see the enemy, they can see you.
• Incoming fire has the right of way.
• Friendly fire isn't.
• The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
• Don't look conspicuous: it draws fire. This is why aircraft carriers are called bomb magnets.
• There is always a way.
• The easy way is always mined.
• Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.
• Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous.
• The enemy only attacks on one of two occasions: When you're ready for them, and when you're not ready for them.
• Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.
• If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed at you.
• If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush.
• The enemy diversion you have been ignoring will be the main attack.
• Don't draw fire, it irritates the people around you.
• When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
• If it's stupid but works, then it isn't stupid.
• When in doubt empty the magazine.
• Never share a fox hole with anyone braver than you.
• Anything you do can get you shot. Including doing nothing.
• Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.
• Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
• 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