Some guidelines for your next PBEM

[Woofers]

With apologies to the original author (whoever that is). These may have popped up before, but it's always worth a refresher...

1) The important things are always simple; the simple things are always hard.

2) Friendly fire - isn't. (definitely seen this before!)

3) Suppressive fire - isn't.

4) If your attack is going well, it's an ambush.

5) The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: when they're ready, when you're not.

6) When you have secured the area, make sure the eenemy knows it too.

7) Incoming fire has the right of way.

8) Field experience is something you get right after you need it most.

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

10) If at first you don't succeed, call in a fire mission.

11) Airstrikes always overshoot the target, artillery always falls short.