Murphy's Laws for the Military.

All of us have heard of Murphy's Laws.....Let's see as to how it is relevant to the armed forces.

* Never share a bunker with anyone braver than yourself.

* Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

* Five-second fuses always burn in three seconds.

* No battle plan ever survives after contact with the enemy.

* Friendly fire ain't friendly.

* The easy way is always mined.

* Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.

* If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone.

* Incoming fire has the right of way.

* No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.

* No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.

* If the enemy is within range, so are you.

* The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

* Tracers work both ways.

* Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs.

* Military Intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

* Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

* When in doubt, empty your magazine.

* The side with the simplest uniform wins. 

* Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps.

* If your advance is going well, you are walking into an ambush.

* The most dangerous thing in the world is a Lieutenant with a map and a compass.

* The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired.

* The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.

* If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything.

* To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.

* The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is the one you are trained with.

* The bursting radius of a hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range.

* The crucial round is a dud.

* There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.

* The density of fire increases proportionately to the curiosity of the target.

* Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the General is watching.

* Things that must be together to work can never be shipped together.

* The Quarter Master has only two sizes, too large and too small.

* If you have a personality conflict with your superior, he has the personality, you have the conflict.

* If you enter the CO's office with an idea, most likely, you will leave hos office with his idea. 

My take

Nothing but the truth!

Tailpiece.

Got up at a 10' past 6, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10.

First went to Jimmy's studio, got the documents ready and then, off to the Devaswom Office to get the order regarding the allotment of the 'Aadhyaathmika Hall' for my aunt, Indirakutty and her friends (There would be 30 of them, from Tvpm) for their 'Narayaneeyam Recital', on 09 Jul.

The usual evening chores, thereafter.