The rules of the military branches -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 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. Check hair in mirror.



U.S. 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.



U.S. 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.
7. Fight hard 'cause the air force will get the credit and you don't want them to look bad .


U.S. 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.



U.S. Navy Rules:

1. Go to Sea.

2. Drink Coffee.

3. Deploy Marines.
Misunderstanding terms
One reason the Services have trouble operating jointly is that they don't speak the same language.

For example, if you told Navy personnel to "secure a building," they would turn off the lights and lock the doors.

Army personnel would occupy the building so no one could enter.

Marines would assault the building, capture it, and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat.

The Air Force, on the other hand, would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.

Remember during wars
Things to Remember During a War

1. The only things more accurate than enemy fire is friendly fire.

2. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.

3. Teamwork is essential. It gives them more targets to shoot at.

4. No inspection-ready unit ever passed combat.

5. No combat-ready unit ever passed inspection.

6. Remember: your aircraft was made by the lowest bidder.

7. Never draw fire, it will irritate the rest of your formation.

8. Never share a cockpit with someone braver than you.

9. You are not Tom Cruise.

10. SAMs and AAA have the right-of-way.

11. If you aren't sure, the SAMs are pointed at you.

12. If hit, landing near the people that just shot you down is not a good idea.

13. Close only counts in horseshoes, nukes and proximity-fused missiles.

14. Smart bombs have bad days too.

15. The best defense is to stay out of range.

16. If you are short on everything but enemy, you are in combat.

very good. now which branch of the forces did you say you were joining???

I knew I should have joined the Air Force....Navy was a close second but it was fun anyway

Suz

U.S Navy here...And the second favorite word pass on the 21 MC was "Secure for sea"...That meant to tie down anything that was loose and stow all Marine in one space so the puke wasn't spread all over the ship. The third favorite word passed over the 21 MC was "Set the sea and anchor detail". The FIRST favorite word passed over the 21 MC was "Now liberty call"....

Bushy, we only had a 1MC. Wonder why your older MC was bigger?

whittling, thanks these were great!

1 MC was ships exterior com system (we had it too) and 21 MC was interior com system (bit noisy in [diesel] engine rooms to hear the 1 MC...

We (us Black shoes) were in the engine rooms warming up machinery long before the even called over the 1 MC "Make all preperations for getting underway".

Normally I was already "liting off" engines at 0600 if we were getting underway at 0800.

Brilliant listings! So many of them apply to my time in the Royal 22nd, especially Marine #9 and the Army #5...

I have fond memories of being aboard a few Canadian Destroyers. I, also, have had the honor of "Splicing the Main Brace" aboard English naval ships.