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' Murphy's Law ' is cynicism at its very best.

The most widely used anecdote from Murphy's Law would be " what ever could go wrong.....will go wrong ".

The  anecdotes below are based upon the same ideology except that they all centre around the military.

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Friendly fire.....isn't.
Suppressive fire.....doesn't.
If it's stupid but it works.....it isn't stupid.
If at first you don't succeed.....call in an air strike.

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.
If your attack is going really well.....it's an ambush !

The enemies diversion is their main attack.

The enemy will attack on two occasions: When they are  ready & When you are not.

 

There is no such thing as a perfect plan.

Treat a five second fuse as if its a three second fuse.
There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole.
A retreating enemy is just falling back and regrouping.

The important things are always simple and the simple are always hard.
If you are forward of your position, your artillery will always fall short.

If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone.
When you have secured the area, make sure the enemy knows it too.
When you fortify your front, you will get shot in the back.

 

Incoming fire has the right of way.
No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.
The easy way is always mined.

If the enemy is within range.....so are you !

 

The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
Equipment which must be shipped together as a set, never are.
Teamwork is essential: It gives the enemy some-one else to shoot at.

Equipment that must work together, can't be carried together to the battle.
Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support.
Your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

Anything you do.....can get you killed, including nothing.
Make it too tough for the enemy to get in, and you won't be able to get out.
Try to look unimportant, the enemy may not want to waste a bullet on you.

Tracer bullets work both ways.
If you can see the enemy with binoculars, they can see you with binoculars.
If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will get more than your fair share of objectives to take.

 

When both sides are convinced they're about to lose, they're both right.
Military Intelligence is a contradiction.

 

If your advance is going well, you are walking into an ambush.
The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

Your new boots will always be.....'On Order'.
No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie, never stay awake when you can sleep.

Your first meal of the day may also be your last.
If you have a personality conflict with your superior:  He has the personality, You have the conflict.
Don't be the first, don't be the last, and don't volunteer for anything.

The worse the weather, the more you are out in it.
The weather is biased.
If only one solution can be found then it is usually stupid.

If your ambush is properly set, the enemy won't walk into it.
There is always a way, and it usually doesn't work.

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