Useful October reading!

[gryphonrhi]

What?  I can't be the only one who will find these useful in writing fic this month and/or next.  So, useful sets of laws, with randomly selected examples.  NB:  Do NOT eat or drink while reading these!  Particularly the last two.

First, Murphy's Laws of Combat: (Four links, to four differing lists; as many as 147 on one, and by theme on another.

Comments

[keerawa]

Oh, god, Skippy. Now I need to go read some Generation Kill fanfic.

[gryphonrhi]

I swear, the most terrifying thing about the Skippy's list is the part about 'I've done it or someone else has.'

[vivwiley]

As someone who grew up on a military base, this A Sergeant in motion outranks a Lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on. has the ring of Gospel.

[gryphonrhi]

::nodding emphatically:: Oh, *yeah*! (As someone who spent years playing D&D with military, both enlisted and officers, oh yeah!)