Military Rules

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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 & 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 SEALs 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 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 & 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
11. Be sure you learn the first names of all your upper echelon officers and their wives.


US Navy Rules

1. Go to Sea
2. Drink Coffee
3. Deploy Marines

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
From: ComMidEast
Subject: Inappropriate T-Shirts
Ref: Ref. A. 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. "Napalm, Sticks Like Crazy" (Both English and Arabic versions)

4. "Goat -- it isn't just for breakfast anymore." (Both English and Arabic versions)

5. "The road to Paradise begins with me." (Mostly Arabic versions, but some in English. Some show sniper scope cross-hairs.)

6. "Guns don't kill people. I kill people." (Both Arabic and English versions)

7. "Pork. The other white meat." (Arabic version)

8. "Infidel" (English, Arabic and other coalition force languages.)

The above T-shirts are to be removed from Post Exchanges upon receipt of this directive.

In addition, the following signs are to be removed upon receipt of this message:

1. "Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range at 0800 Daily."

2. "Do we really need "smart bombs" to drop on these dumb bastards?"

All commands are instructed to implement sensitivity training upon receipt.

[received April 5, 2009]