[snippy_about_it]

I received this list from my dear friend bkwells last night and thought it would be perfect to post here today. We love all you guys and gals.

In honor of our living veterans and their wonderful American sense of humor.

---Military Operational Readiness---Rules Of Engagement(ROE)----

US Marine Corps ROE:

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.

US Army ROE:

1. Select a new beret to wear.

2. Sew patches on right shoulder.

3. Change the color of beret you decide to wear.

US Army Rangers ROE:

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 Navy ROE:

1. Drink Coffee.

2. Go to Sea.

3. Drink Coffee.

4. Brief Strike Aircraft.

5. Drink Coffee

6. Watch movie.

7. Make a new pot of Coffee...

8. Launch Missiles.

9. Drink Coffee.

10.Deploy the Marines.

11 Drink Coffee.

Navy SEALS ROE:

1. Look very cool in Gargoyle sunglasses.

2. Kill every living thing within view.

3. Adjust speedo.

4. Check hair in mirror.

US Air Force ROE:

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 1045 tee-time.

[Peanut Gallery]

OH that is so true about... drinking lots of coffee in the Navy! And when you're out of coffee, Mountain Dew will suffice until someone can get more coffee.

[Iris7]

At least thirty - forty years ago Navy coffee was poor but plentiful. Sleep was sparse. Seven day work weeks.

When every warm flat square foot is covered with sleeping men (can't put the "racks" down until after 4 PM) during lunch you are seeing the real Navy. When lunch is skipped to take a nap. The meals are gigantic because they are often missed.

Yesterday's Navy was wooden ships and iron men. How about today? Still Iron Men? You bet.

[Iris7]

The Air Force seems to have been working eight hour days. Imagine.

Hands down the Army had the worst food and the best card players. Never had Air Force chow. The Navy mess on Guam was fantastic. Marines drank too much, unlike swabs who all can hold their likker (grin).

Speaking of Marines, a couple of old ones were selling poppies a few years back. I stopped a minute to BS. Wife was present, the Marines were gentlemen (believe it or not most Marines are gentlemen) and we talked a little of the old talk, but without "colorful" language as there was a lady present.

I fed them the old line "the Marines are part of the Navy". (True, of course.) The reply? "Yeah, the men's part."

How can you not like such great guys?

[TMSuchman]

How right you are.

Now bump for later

[SAMWolf]

Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.

Good rule :-)

[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Folks~

Thank you and God bless to all our beloved veterans. Without you America would not be the the envy of the world.

9. Hurry to make 1045 tee-time.

[Valin]

US Air Force ROE:

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 1045 tee-time.


So what's the problem?

[Valin]

3. See what's on HBO.


It's the Bravo Channel, not HBO!

[colorado tanker]

Hmmm. Wonder if some jarhead wrote that? Just a hunch.

Great thread. Happy Vets Day to all in the Foxhole!

[Professional Engineer]

ROFLOL!

[bkwells]

Great thread today snippy!

[CholeraJoe]

USAF ROE: ROTFLMAO. Been there. Done that. Got the tattoo!