MURPHY'S LAWS OF COMBAT
Submitted by Chris Gorde

1.  You are not Superman...(especially Marines and fighter pilots!)
2.  Suppressive fire -- won't
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