Jack Reacher's Rules

“For the infantry it all came down to simple arithmetic. If you could inflict two casualties for every one you took, you were ahead.”

“To fail to take the battle to the enemy when your back is to the wall is to perish.”

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Think like the enemy; be the enemy.

When contemplating the offensive, the first thing you must plan is your inevitable retreat.

If your attack is going too well, you have walked into an ambush.

Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps.

Never leave enemy ordnance usable.

“All plans fall apart as soon as the first shot is fired.”

Friendly fire isn’t that friendly.

If you can’t attack at one end, you have to defend at the other.

Incoming fire has the right of way.

Double back to positions the enemy thinks are abandoned.

If you’re surrounded, that simplifies your problems.

“A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.”

Gen. George S. Patton