Posted on 10/08/2007 3:33:35 AM PDT by Renfield
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 even your friends… 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.
Navy SEAL's 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 LT's; 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 tax exemption.
US Navy Rules: 1. Go to Sea. 2. Drink Coffee. 3. Deploy Marines
I do-six ships out of my seven had hull numbers that started with "L".
Hmm. I seem to remember quite a bit about cleaning the bilge and grumbling about khaki oppressors (especially if they made you clean the bilge). I don't remember much about deploying Marines, but that might just be because I was on a submarine. I don't think Marines would like being deployed by submarine.
I thought that was what torpedo tubes were for... ;-)
Actually, another Navy rule I heard was "if it moves, salute it, if it doesn't move, paint it."
Mark
the branches have been pickin’ on each other since the beginning. It’s all said in fun.
Sincere sympathy for your loss.
You forgot one for the US Airforce.
Watch out for ‘friendly fire’ from ground troops.
WWII Vet used to tell me how they would take shots at their own Air Force planes in Germany cause they were giving away their position by ‘waggin’ their wings’ at his unit, to the Nazi troops they were trying to sneak up on.
USMC all the way here, but I had a soft spot for that old Army Timberwolf. ;)
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