Lord Stanley
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Military Rules
Subject: Military Rules
Marine Corps Rules:
1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
2. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enough.
3. Have a plan.
4. Have a back-up plan, because the first one probably won't work.
5. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
6. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose caliber does not start with a "4."
7. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
8. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend.
(Lateral & diagonal preferred.)
9. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
10. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber,
stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
13. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your
intention to shoot.
US Coast Guard Rules
1. Look very cool in sunglasses.
2. Kill every living thing within view.
3. Adjust Speedo.
4. Check hair in mirror.
US Army Rangers Rules:
1. Walk-in 50 miles wearing 75 pound rucksack while starving.
2. Locate individuals requiring killing.
3. Request permission via radio from "Higher" to perform
killing.
4. Curse bitterly when mission is aborted.
5. Walk-out 50 miles wearing a 75 pound rucksack while starving.
US Army Rules:
1. Curse bitterly when receiving operational order.
2. Make sure there is extra ammo and extra coffee.
3. Curse bitterly.
4. Curse bitterly.
5. Do not listen to 2nd LTs; it can get you killed.
6. Curse bitterly.
US Air Force Rules:
1. Have a cocktail.
2. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner.
3. See what's on HBO.
4. Ask "what is a gunfight?"
5. Request more funding from Congress with a "killer" Power
Point presentation.
6. Wine & dine 'key' Congressmen, invite DOD & defense industry
executives.
7. Receive funding, set up new command and assemble assets.
8. Declare the assets "strategic" and never deploy them
operationally.
9. Hurry to make 13:45 tee-time.
10. Make sure the base is as far as possible from the conflict
but close enough to have the tax exemption.
US Navy Rules:
1. Go to Sea.
2. Drink Coffee.
3. Deploy Marines
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moe24
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RE: Military Rules
Ooh Rah!!!
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Owl 69/70/75
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RE: Military Rules
I remember years ago, sitting around with a bunch of other junior officers, bitching about the XO, and somebody observed, "Have you ever noticed, if it's a movie about the army, it's Audie Murphy killing Germans; if it's a movie about the marines, it's John Wayne hitting the beach; if it's a movie about the air force, it's Robert Mitchum flyling bombers; but if it's a move about the navy, it's all the junior officers sitting around bitching about the XO?"
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02-18-2010 03:45 PM |
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T-Monay820
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RE: Military Rules
(02-18-2010 03:45 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: I remember years ago, sitting around with a bunch of other junior officers, bitching about the XO, and somebody observed, "Have you ever noticed, if it's a movie about the army, it's Audie Murphy killing Germans; if it's a movie about the marines, it's John Wayne hitting the beach; if it's a movie about the air force, it's Robert Mitchum flyling bombers; but if it's a move about the navy, it's all the junior officers sitting around bitching about the XO?"
One word, all caps: TOPGUN. Fly Navy!
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T-Monay820
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RE: Military Rules
(02-18-2010 12:08 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote: Subject: Military Rules
Marine Corps Rules:
1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
2. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enough.
3. Have a plan.
4. Have a back-up plan, because the first one probably won't work.
5. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
6. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose caliber does not start with a "4."
7. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
8. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend.
(Lateral & diagonal preferred.)
9. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
10. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber,
stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
13. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your
intention to shoot.
10.b. When in doubt: "Hey diddle, diddle. Marine Corps up the middle!"
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