Military rules, by Service

[JohnP]

Military rules, by Service

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

[grunt0311]

So true, so true. Good find

I've been looking at some of the more questionable movies of military guys on YouTube, none to post up, but its a never ending quest.

[RogueNavy]

I love my Greenside brothers and sisters...but they were the ones who went and played in the mud and went days without a shower...while I was always warm and dry, and got 4 hot meals a day!

God, I miss MidRats.

[ingbda01]

Haha, great post. I like the Ranger rules especially.

[RogueNavy]

An Army Ranger does a static-line drop from a C-130, buries his canopy, humps 5 miles through the dark with a 50-pound ruck to engage the enemy, and thinks, "Man, this is some sh*t".

A Marine Force Recon HALOs out of a blacked-out C-5A, paraglides 15 miles, lands in hostile, broken country, humps a 75-pound pack another 15 miles through the dark, digs in, and waits for the enemy to arrive, thinking, "Man, we're in the sh*t now".

A Navy SEAL locks out of a submerged Boomer-class sub, surfaces with his inflatable assault boat and gear, loads up, navigates 25 miles through the dark over open water to a hostile beach, hides his boat for exfil, then loads up his gear for a 30-mile, 3-night infiltration to the enemy's main stronghold, then sets up an ambush position for the Taliban leader intel suggests will be in the area the following week. As he takes the first sip from his canteen, he thinks, "I live for this sh*t".

An Air Force noncom sits behind his immaculate desk with his full mug of cafe au lait, his air conditioner going full-blast, his CD player pumping out the latest Britney Spears CD, and boots up his computer. Realizing his e-mail server is down, he mutters, "Man, how am I supposed to DEAL with this sh*t???"