Murphy’s Laws of Combat

 

• If the enemy is in range, so are you.
• Incoming fire has the right of way.
• Don’t look conspicuous, it draws fire.
• 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 invariably attacks on two occasions:
  a. when you’re ready for them.
  b. when you’re not ready for them.
• Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.
• If you can’t remember, then the claymore is pointed at you.
• The enemy diversion you have been ignoring will be the main attack.
• A “sucking chest wound” is nature’s way of telling you to slow down.
• If your attack is going well, you’ve walked into an ambush.
• Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.
• Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing.
• Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you won’t be able to
  get out.
• Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.
• If you’re short of everything but the enemy, you’re in a combat zone.
• When you have secured the area, don’t forget to tell the enemy.
• Never forget that you weapon is made by the lowest bidder.