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MILITARY TRUTHS

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Page 1: Mil Truths

MILITARY TRUTHS

Page 2: Mil Truths

Try to look unimportantthe

enemy may be low on ammo and

not want to waste a bullet on you

Page 3: Mil Truths

Nevershare a foxhole with

anyone braver

than yourself

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Never forget that your weapon was made by the

lowest bidder; staffed by engineers who could not qualify for any other job

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a Fivesecond fuses

always burn in

three seconds

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The easy way is

alwaysmined

Page 7: Mil Truths

Teamworkis essential;

it gives the enemy

other people to shoot at

Page 8: Mil Truths

If you are short of everything

but the enemy, you are in the

combat zone

Page 9: Mil Truths

Incoming fire has the

right of way

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Nocombat ready unit has ever

passed inspection

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Noinspection ready

unit

has ever passed combat

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If the

enemyis

within range, so are you

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The only thing

more accurate than incoming enemy fire is

incoming friendly fire

Page 14: Mil Truths

Tracers work

both ways

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Professional soldiers

are predictable; the world is

full of dangerous amateurs

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Military Intelligence is a

contradiction

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Minesare

equal opportunity weapons

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When in doubt, empty

your magazine

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The sidewith the

simplest uniforms wins

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Combatwill occur on

the ground between

two adjoining maps

Page 21: Mil Truths

The sidewith the

simplest uniforms wins

Page 22: Mil Truths

The most dangerous thing in the world

is a

Second Lieutenant with a map and

a compass

Page 23: Mil Truths

The more

a weapon costs,

the farther it goes for repairs

Page 24: Mil Truths

The complexity of a

weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the

weapon's operator

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If enough

data is collected, a board

of inquiry

can prove anything

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The weapon usually jams

when you need

it the most

Page 27: Mil Truths

The bursting radius of a

hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range

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There is no such place as a

convenientfoxhole

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Success occurs when no one is looking,

failure occurs when the General is watching

Page 30: Mil Truths

Things that must be together to

work can never be shipped together

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The quartermaster has only two sizes,

too large and too small

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If you have a

personality conflictwith your superior:

he has the personality, you have the conflict

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If you

enter CO's office with an idea, you will leave

his office with his idea

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Two rules of the army.One: The boss is always

Right

Two: when in doubt applyrule one

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