By Chris Gorde

3. If it's stupid, but works, it isn't stupid

4. Don't look conspicuous; it draws fire...

5. When in doubt, empty the magazine

6. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are

7. Never forget your weapon was made by the lowest bidder

8. If your attack is going really well... it's an ambush

9. No plan survives the first contact intact 10. All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds

11. Try to look unimportant because the bad guys may be low on ammo

12. If you forward of your position, the artillery will fall short

13. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack

14. The important things are always simple

15. The simple things are always hard

16. The easy way is always mined

17. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat

18. When you have secured the area, don't forget to tell the enemy

19. Incoming fire has the right-of-way

20. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection

21. If the enemy is in range, so are you

22. Beer math: two beers times 37 men equals 49 cases

23. Body-count math: 3 guerrillas and 1 probable pig equals 37 killed-in-action...

24. Friendly fire... isn't

25. Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately: Corollary; radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather

26. Things that must be together to work usually can't be shipped together

27. Anything you can do can get you shot; including doing nothing

28. Make it tough for the enemy to get in; and you can't get out

29. Tracers work both ways

30. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire

31. When both sides are convinced that they are about to lose, they're both right

32. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have than your fair share to take

33. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.

34. The side with the simplest uniform wins

35. Murphy was a grunt