Infantry Rules:
1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
2. Be aggressive enough, act quickly.
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 calibre 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. Shooting your enemy in the back is preferable. They don't see you and start returning fire. The only unfair fight is the one you lose. In ten years nobody will remember the details of calibre, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
12. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your intention to shoot.
SAS Rules:
1. Walk 50 km wearing 75 kg 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.
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; they can get you killed.
6. Curse bitterly.
Air Force Rules:
1. Have a cocktail.
2. Look very cool in sunglasses.
3. Check hair in mirror.
4. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner.
5. See what’s on Foxtel.
6. Ask "what is a gunfight?"
7. Request more funding from Government with a "killer" Power Point presentation.
8. Wine & dine key MPs, invite DOD & defence industry executives.
9. Receive funding, set up new command and assemble assets.
10. Declare the assets "strategic" and never deploy them operationally.
11. Hurry to make the 13.45 hrs afternoon tea-time prior to daily stand-down.
12. Make sure the base is as far as possible from the conflict but close enough to have tax exemptions.
Navy Rules:
1. Go to Sea.
2. Drink Coffee.
3. Deploy Infantry
