June 20, 200421 yr Couple of these don't really apply to FA, but are still funny1. You are not a Superman2. If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid3. When in doubt, empty your magazine4. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you5. Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you6. Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder7. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush8. No plan survives the first contact intact9. Don't look conspicuous - it draws fire (This is why aircraft carriers are called "bomb magnets")10. If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed toward you11. Try to look unimportant - they may be low on ammo12. All five second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds13. If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short14. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack15. Recoilless rifles -aren't16. Suppressive fire - won't17. Friendly fire - isn't18. If the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU!19. The important things are always simple20. The simple things are always hard21. The easy way is always mined22. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat23. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy24. Anything you do can get you shot, including doing nothing25. Teamwork is essential, it gives the enemy other people to shoot at26. Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out27. Incoming fire has the right of way28. No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection29. No inspection-ready unit has ever passed combat30. Ambushes never draw the enemy, NDPs do31. Tracers work both ways32. Beer math is: two beers times 37 men equals 49 cases33. Body count math is: two guerrillas plus one portable plus two pigs equals 37 enemy killed in action34. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire35. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectives to take (precedent generates expectations)36. Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately37. When both sides are convinced that they are about to lose, they're both right38. All-weather air support does not work in bad weather39. The bursting radius of a hand-grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range40. The only terrain you actually control is the terrain covered by your two feet41. Man-portable designated equipment never says how many men42. The law of the bayonet says the man with the bullet wins43. REMFs are everywhere44. Precision bombing is normally accurate within plus or minus one mile45. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs46. The best tank killer is another tank; therefore, tanks are always fighting each other and have no time to fight the war47. Murphy was a grunt
June 21, 200421 yr rofl, omg thoes r great, arn't they on the inside of the booklet for opposing force
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