onsdag, august 31, 2005

Lalala - enkle deviser for den som graver en skyttergrav

  1. If the enemy is in range, so are you.
  2. Incoming fire has the right of way.
  3. Don't look conspicuous: it draws fire.
  4. The easy way is always mined.
  5. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.
  6. Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous.
  7. The enemy invariably attacks on one of two occasions: 1. When you're ready for them. 2. When you're not ready for them.
  8. Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy someone else to shoot at.
  9. If you can't remember, the claymore is pointed at you.
  10. If your attack is going well, you have walked into an ambush.
  11. Don't draw fire, it irritates the people around you.
  12. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
  13. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer our friend.
  14. If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
  15. When in doubt empty the magazine.
  16. Never share a fox hole with anyone braver than you.
  17. Anything you do can get you shot. Including doing nothing.
  18. Make it too tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out.
  19. Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
  20. A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.
  21. Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last and don't ever volunteer to do anything.
  22. The quartermaster has only two sizes: too large and too small.
  23. Five second fuses only last three seconds.
  24. It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.
  25. Tracers work both ways.
  26. If God had meant for us to be in the Army, we would have been born with green, baggy skin.
  27. Friendly fire - isn't.
  28. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
  29. The side with the simplest uniforms wins.
  30. Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps.
  31. Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate -- the bombs always hit the ground.
  32. Odd objects attract fire - never lurk behind one.
  33. Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.
  34. You don't win a war by dying for your country. You win a war by making the other son-of-a-bitch die for his. (Gen. Patton)
  35. A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit. (the Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.)
  36. When you're short of everything but the enemy, you're in combat.
  37. Never trust a private with a loaded weapon, or an officer with a map.
  38. Any ship can be a minesweeper... once.
  39. "You, you, and you: Panic. The rest of you, come with me. And Finally:
  40. In the midst of the battle, when everything seems hopeless, keep in mind that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder."