Murphy's Laws of Combat Operations

• Incoming fire has the right of way.
• Automatic weapons --aren't.
• Suppressive fire -- won't.
• If the enemy is in range, so are you.
• If it's stupid and works -- it isn't stupid.
• The easy way is always mined.
• Try to look unimportant -- they may be low on ammunition.
• Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.
• No combat ready unit ever passed inspection.
• No inspection ready unit ever passed combat.
• Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.
• If your attack is going really well, it is probably an ambush.
• Your weapon was manufactured by the lowest bidder.
• the enemy diversion you ignore will be his main attack.
• When you have secured an area, don't forget to inform the enemy.
• Make it tough for the enemy to get in, and you won't get out.
• If you're short of everything but enemy, you're in combat.
• Professionals are predictable, amateurs are dangerous.
• The enemy invariably attacks on only two occasions:
  1. when you are ready for him;
  2. when you are not.

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