MOST EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT LIFE, I LEARNED IN THE INFANTRY Written by Cpl (ret) "Durty" Dan Leger

• Any fool can be uncomfortable.

• Leadership is more than just a position you hold.

• Respect goes both ways.

• Rank has no bearing on a person's abilities, nor is it a reasonable indication of their competence.

• Regardless of what we look like on the outside: we all bleed the same colour -- our guts look the same, too.

• If you want to find the easiest way to do something, find the laziest person to do it.

• You can delegate authority, but you can't delegate responsibility.

• Bad driving is better than good walking.

• Pain is your friend -- it lets you know you're still alive.

• Never stand when you can sit.

• Never sit when you can lie down.

• Never volunteer for anything -- chances are you'll get picked anyway.

• Teamwork is essential -- it gets the job done and it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at. (In the case of my new civilian life -- it gives the boss somebody else to yell at.)

• Social interaction is a lot easier when everyone is wearing a name tag.

• You can take a man out of the army but you can't take the army out of a man.

• Not paying attention can get you killed.

• There is no problem so insurmountable that cannot be solved with the proper application of high explosives. (That's a joke, I don't advocate blowing things up as a way to solve your problems--unless it's a big tree stump or a rock.)

• War sucks.

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