Posted on 08/25/2017 4:16:21 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Marine Corps Rules:
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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 and 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..
Navy SEAL Rules:
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1. Look very cool in sunglasses. 2. Kill every living thing in sight. 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:
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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 and dine 'key' Congressmen, invite DOD and 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 tax exemption. 11 Always have ICE CREAM.
US Navy Rules:
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3. Insert SEALS.
4. Deploy Marines.
5. Launch Aircraft and Missiles 350 miles away from fighting.
6. Drink more Coffee.
....Go Navy !
10. Make sure the base is as far as possible from the conflict, but close enough to have tax exemption. 11 Always have ICE CREAM .. ........................ ???? Come back to Daddy, you know, the USAAF, we’ll teach ya how to use naughty language properly, and when you have to go to the tropical climate you will appreciate ice cream in mermite cans. Its great for cooling your boots.
Hubby is an army vet...Vietnam, and those marine rules sound like his. lol
probably...no dogs were mentioned
Great thread.
Proud to be a squid.
I retired from the Air Force in 1971 with 21 years of active duty. I have been receiving my retired pay check for 46 years. That means I have been on the USAF payroll for a total of 67 years and counting. Crunch your figures and enjoy bragging rights.
US Army Ordnance Corps guidelines: (based on my brief experience)
1. Fix all the toys the infantry, armor, and artillery break and send them on their way.
2. If every repair job is high priority, no job is high priority.
3. You might get yelled at for going over your budget but you’ll get court martialed for not fixing everything.
4. Your mechanics are smarter than you are. The lieutenants are expendable, the radar repair tech is not.
5. Your unit has no defensive ability.
6. Deploying in the woods will only draw attention to your unit.
Those are Bill Jordan’s rules of gun fighting. IIRC, they are in his book.
Worth a bookmark~!
Lol lol lol!! Go Navy!!!
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