Rules for Gunfighting (According to the USMC)
USMC:
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 10 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.
Navy SEALS
1. Look very cool in sunglasses.
2. Kill every living thing within view.
3. Return quickly to looking cool in latest beachwear.
4. Check hair in mirror.
U.S. Army Rangers
1. Walk in 50 miles wearing 75-pound ruck 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 ruck while starving.
U.S. Army
1. Select a new beret to wear.
2. Sew combat patch on right shoul¬der.
3. Change the color of beret you decide to wear.
4. See which war-fighters have sexy new cammies. If the Marines have copyrighted theirs, make your own.
5. Plan what new weapons to deploy ten years from now. When that time comes, make new plans.
U.S. Air Force
1. Have a cocktail.
2. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner.
3. See what's on HBO.
4. Determine "what is a gunfight."
5. Request more funding from Congress with a "killer" PowerPoint presentation.
6. Wine and dine key Congressmen, invite DoD and defense industry executives.
7. Receive funding, set up new command and assemble assets.
8. Declare the assets "strategic" and never deploy them oper¬ationally.
9. Tell the Navy to send the Marines.
U.S. Navy
1. Go to Sea.
2. Drink Coffee.
3. Watch movies.
4. Send the Marines.
Quotable Quote:
"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition." — Rudyard Kipling
