Everything always works in your HQ, everything always fails in the Colonel's HQ.
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Murphy's laws about War, page 4
186 quotes by Edward A. Murphy about war
One enemy soldier is never enough, but two is entirely too many.
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The worse the weather, the more you are required to be out in it.
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Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss. Whenever you are low on ammo, you can't hit the broad side of a barn.
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The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired.
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The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.
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If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.
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Air strikes always overshoot the target, artillery always falls short.
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When reviewing the radio frequencies that you just wrote down, the most important ones are always illegible.
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The tough part about being an officer is that the troops don't know what they want, but they know for certain what they don't want.
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To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.
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The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is the M60.
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The perfect officer for the job will transfer in the day after that billet is filled by someone else.
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The newest and least experienced soldier will usually win the Medal of Honor.
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A Purple Heart just proves that were you smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive.
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