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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

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 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:  
 
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:  
 
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. 
( And I Love This Next One.....or why I joined the Navy LOL)   
US Navy Rules:  
1. Go to Sea. 
2. Drink Coffee. 
3. Deploy Marines
 
Go Navy!   

And the next...  (You've got to love the military, and God bless them all.)   
U.S.  Navy Directive 16134 (Inappropriate T-Shirts)   
The following directive was issued by the commanding officer of all naval installations in the Middle East . 
(It was obviously directed at the Marines.)   
To:  All Commands 
Subject:   Inappropriate T-Shirts   Ref:  ComMidEast For Inst 16134//24 K  

All commanders promulgate upon receipt:
The following T-shirts are no longer to  be worn, on or off base, by any military, or civilian personnel, serving in the Middle East:  

1.  'Eat Pork or Die'   
   [Both English and Arabic versions]
2.   'Shrine Busters'   
   [Various.  Show burning minarets or bomb/artillery shells impacting Islamic shrines.  Some with unit logos.]
3.   'Goat  - it isn't just for breakfast any more.'   
   [Both English and Arabic versions]
4.   'The road to Paradise begins with me.'      [Mostly Arabic versions, but some in English.  Some show sniper scope cross-hairs.]
5.   'Guns don't kill people. I kill people.'   
6.   'Pork.  The other white meat.'   7.   'Infidel'   
The above T-shirts are to be removed from Post Exchanges upon receipt of this directive.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You left out the most important one. The U.S. Coast Guard!

FORMER DI FROM PI said...

#14-THIS IS MY RIFLE, THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE,IT IS MY LIFE.

ginn said...

Kay Griggs has some more stories about the military. Most aren't as comical as these.

Anonymous said...

US Army chant:
"This is my rifle... this is my gun.
This one's for killing... this one's for fun!"

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
You left out the most important one. The U.S. Coast Guard!

December 24, 2014 at 1:10 PM

thats a joke.

anybody who has been to boot camp remembers many cadences. the most motivational ones I have heard are from the marine corps.

you went to boot. good for you. and then most of you hid out waiting for your enlistment to be over and screwing over you buddies to get promoted so you can do less work.

most vets don't have to brag about their service to anyone else, except maybe their buddies who they served with, and they certainly don't write books blowing their own horn and trying to make a buck off of people they may have killed.

there is no honor in that.

Anonymous said...

So what exactly is your point 11:20?