The Seven P's

[The Commonwealth of Rhodesia]

My senior history teacher in High School has something called the "Seven P's." They are:

Prior
Proper
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor
Performance

I would like players to keep this in mind when writing military RP as I've seen too many posts that essentially show a bunch of troopers sitting around shooting the bull when someone throws open the door and says, "Get your gear, we're invading the other side of the world in five minutes!" This is completely unrealistic as an operation like that requires tons of planning and if it were conducted on such short notice as that those involved would most certainly get annihilated. If you're conducting a major commando raid using less planning than The A-Team going to brunch you've got some problems. Take, for example, the Son Tay raid on North Vietnam. Those involved practiced for months in advance using 1:1 models of the complex they were assaulting. It wasn't a SWAT-style "Kowalski, Jenkins, Davis, you come with me - we're hitting North Vietnam in fifteen!"

So please, for the sake of your own men, give them a little time to practice.

[Aksum]

Err... Piss?

[The Commonwealth of Rhodesia]

As in "piss poor." It's like saying "really shitty."

[Garinagu]

This is a catchphrase in my family.  I can't tell you how many times I've heard that.  Except we leave out the "Prior", so it's only the Six P's.

Anyway, on a more related note.  Don't wing it.