1. Recoilless Rifles aren't
   
2. Suppressive fire won't
   
3. Friendly fire isn't
   
4. Automatic weapons aren't
   
5. Interchangeable parts won't
   
6. You are not superhuman
   
7. Keep it simple stupid
   
8. Incoming fire has the right of way
   
9. If it's stupid and it works, it isn't stupid
   
10. If the enemy is in range, so are you
    
11. Try not to look conspicuous, it draws fire
    
12. One thing at a time
    
13. When in doubt, empty the magazine [USA specialty]
    
14. The easy way is always mined
    
15. When unsure of the enemy's location, look behind you
    
16. In war, all the important things are simple, and all the simple things are important
    
17. Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous
    
18. Fortify your front well enough and you'll get your ass shot up
    
19. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo
    
20. The enemy invariably attacks on only two occasions: when you're ready for them, and when you're not
    
21. If you can't remember, the claymore is always pointed in your direction
    
22. Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at
    
23. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy
    
24. All warfare is based on deception; the main problem being to fool the enemy and not yourself
    
25. The bridge you've been trying to destroy for the last three months will fall on its own accord three days after you abandon it
    
26. Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you
    
27. Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing
    
28. Make it tough enough for the enemy to get in and you won't be able to get out
    
29. The enemy diversion you are ignoring will turn out to be the main attack
    
30. A sucking chest wound is nature's way of telling you to slow down
    
31. All of your five second grenades will have three second fuses
    
32. If you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in a combat zone
    
33. If each side is convinced that they are about to lose, then they are both right
    
34. The only thing more accurate than enemy incoming fire is friendly incoming fire
    
35. Communications will always fail the minute you need the support
    
36. If it can go wrong, it will
    
37. No combat ready unit ever passed inspection
    
38. No inspection ready unit ever passed combat
    
39. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush
    
40. Don't look at it as being vastly outnumbered, think of it as having a wide target selection
    
41. Close only counts if you are on the receiving end
    
42. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself
    
43. No battle plan survives contact with the enemy
    
44. If there is no possible way to misinterpret an order, someone will find a way
    
45. Discretion is the better part of valour. Retreat is the better part of discretion
    
46. No matter how much you carry, you will always run out of something
    
47. The amount of cover you have in front of you is directly proportional to the chances of someone coming up behind you
    
48. There are only two times you can be killed: when you're alone and when you're not
    
49. No matter how good you are, there is always someone better, faster and younger than you
    
50. Never assume anything
    
51. The careful application of terror is also a form of communication
    
52. Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for
    
53. There is always one more SOB than you counted on
    
54. Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate
    
55. The further you are in advance of your own positions, the more likely your artillery will shoot short
    
56. The supply officer has only two sizes: too large and too small
    
57. If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap
    
58. The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions
    
59. Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't
    
60. The only time suppressive fire works is when it is used on abandoned positions
    
61. There is nothing more satisfying than having someone take a shot at you, and miss
    
62. If your sergeant can see you, so can the enemy
    
63. Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant'
    
64. All battles are fought at the junction of two or more map sheets
    
65. Logistics is the ball and chain of armoured warfare
    
66. The army with the smartest dress uniform will lose
    
67. There is always a way, and it usually doesn't work
    
68. Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep
    
69. Remember, a retreating army is probably just falling back and regrouping
    
70. If at first you don't succeed, call in an air strike
    
71. Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan
    
72. Things that must work together can't be carried to the field that way
    
73. The enemy never watches until you make a mistake
    
74. One enemy soldier is never enough, but two is entirely too many
    
75. A clean and dry set of BDUs is a magnet for mud and rain
    
76. Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss; whenever you are low on ammo, you can't hit the broadside of a barn
    
77. The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired
    
78. Field experience is something you don't get until just after you need it
    
79. No matter which way you have to march, it is always uphill
    
80. If enough data is collected, a Board of Inquiry can prove anything
    
81. The one item you need is always in short supply
    
82. The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it
    
83. The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator [USA]
    
84. Airstrikes always overshoot their target, artillery always falls short
    
85. When reviewing the radio frequencies that you just wrote down, the most important ones are always illegible
    
86. The weapon that usually james when you need it the most is the M60
    
87. The perfect officer for the job will transfer in the day after the billet is filled by someone else
    
88. There is no such thing as a perfect plan
    
89. Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both
    
90. Tracers work both ways
    
91. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will get more than your fair share of objectives to take
    
92. Military intelligence is a contradiction
    
93. Weather ain't neutral
    
94. The cavalry doesn't always come to the rescue
    
95. Napalm is an area support weapon
    
96. If your flank march is going well, the enemy expects you to outflank him
    
97. Sniper's motto: Reach out and touch someone
    
98. Killing for peace is like screwing for virginity
    
99. The side with the simplest uniforms wins
    
100. The bursting radius of a hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range
     
101. All-weather close air support (CAS) doesn't work in bad weather
     
102. The combat worth of a unit is inversely proportional to the smartness of its outfit and appearance
     
103. The crucial round is always a dud
     
104. There is no such place as a convenient foxhole
     
105. If your positions are firmly set and you are prepared to take the enemy assault on, he will bypass you
     
106. Odd objects attract fire -- never lurk behind one
     
107. The more stupid the leader, the more important the missions he is ordered to lead
     
108. Success occurs when no one is looking,k failure occurs when the general is watching
     
109. The enemy never monitors your radio frequency until you broadcast on an unsecured channel
     
110. The seriousness of a wound is inversely proportional to the distance to any form of cover
     
111. the purple heart just goes to prove that you were smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive
     
112. Whenever you drop your equipment in a fire-fight, your ammo and grenade always drop the furthest away, and your canteen always lands at your feet
     
113. The number of soldiers you have with you in a no win situation is the number of stupid ideas you'll hear to get yourselves out of it
     
114. When you have sufficient supplies and ammo, the enemy takes 2 weeks to attack; when you are low on such, the enemy decides to attack that night
     
115. To steal information from another is called plagiarism; to steal information from the enemy is called intelligence gathering
     
116. Always remember: Your weapon was made by the lowest bidder!
     
117. The most dangerous thing in the world is a 2nd Lieutenant with a compass.