All the rules

Here's the complete list of rules. The list was getting too long, so I simplified it in the 12 rules above.

• Rule 0: Always double-tap
• Rule 1: Always have an escape plan.
• Rule 2: Be aware of your surroundings.
• Rule 3: Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.
• Rule 4: Always have a backup plan.
• Rule 5: Never get caught.
• Rule 6: Keep your mouth shut.
• Rule 7: KISS: Keep it simple, stupid.
• Rule 8: 7 Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
• Rule 9: Plan, execute and vanish.
• Rule 10: Always invest in good quality.
• Rule 11: Trust your gut.
• Rule 12: Always carry a knife.
• Rule 13: Do one thing at a time.
• Rule 14: Pick your battles…
• Rule 15: Simple and light equals freedom, agility and mobility.
• Rule 16: Target dictates the weapon and the weapon dictates the movement. ("Mack" Machowicz)
• Rule 17: Use ACTE: assess the situation; create a simple plan; take action and evaluate your progress. ("Mack" Machowicz)
• Rule 18: Don’t believe what you’re told. Double check.
• Rule 19: Hide in plain sight. Blend in.
• Rule 20: Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
• Rule 21: The more sophisticated the technology the more vulnerable it is to primitive attacks. People often overlook the obvious.
• Rule 22: If you’re happy with your security, so are the bad guys.
• Rule 23: “Bad guys attack, and good guys react” is not a viable security strategy.
• Rule 24: An adversary is most vulnerable to detection and disruption just prior to an attack.
• Rule 25: Low-tech attacks work (even against high-tech devices and systems).
• Rule 26: Never mess with a man’s coffee.
• Rule 27: Don’t spend time trying to move your opponent, just move yourself.
• Rule 28: The quality of your friends always matters more than the quantity.
• Rule 29: Always provide correction in private and praise in public.
• Rule 30: Opening the door for a lady is not optional.
• Rule 31: You can do big things with a small team.
• Rule 32: Don’t go into debt.
• Rule 33: Do not publish your life online, keep your life private.
• Rule 34: The GORUCK Rule - Under promise and over deliver.
• Rule 35: Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. (Morihei Ueshiba)
• Rule 36: You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain. (Miyamoto Musashi)
• Rule 37: To know ten thousand things, know one well. (Musashi)
• Rule 38: You are what you do when it counts.
• Rule 39: If you think it was too easy, it was a trap. Look for jumping guards coming from the sides.
• Rule 40: The bad guys don’t obey our security policies.
• Rule 41: If there’s a question about if it’s necessary, remove it. Less is more and more is lazy. (Jason McCarthy, GORUCK founder)
• Rule 42: Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action.
• Rule 43: Never do the same thing twice.
• Rule 44: Always take care of your team first, then your gear and finally yourself.
• Rule 45: Check the crowd: who is staring at you, who is all the sudden silent when you enter.
• Rule 46: Always sit with your back to the wall, even when there are mirrors you can use.
• Rule 47: Never take the elevator.
• Rule 48: The solution is in the problem.
• Rule 49: Fail to Red Team and everything will go according to plan—right up to the point it doesn't. (Red Team Journal)
• Rule 50: If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
• Rule 51: Don’t play by the rules.
• Rule 52: Don’t become predictable.
• Rule 53: Our fucks are our fucks alone to give. (Patrick Rhone)
• Rule 54: Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
• Rule 55: Act, don’t react.
• Rule 56: Shitty situations inspire brilliant solutions.
• Rule 57: Establish baselines. Look for anomalies. Have a plan.
• Rule 58: If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.
• Rule 59: Expectations = Disappointment. Don't expect anything.
• Rule 60: You don’t have to like it, you just have to do it.
• Rule 61: Understand. Anticipate. Adapt. (Red Team Journal)
• Rule 62: Real attackers will make you patch your people.
• Rule 63: First you check, then you double-check. Finally you commit.
• Rule 64: He who angers you conquers you.
• Rule 65: Find a way to succeed.
• Rule 66: Clap only when you are impressed.
• Rule 67: Once is an accident, twice is... Huh… No, I don't believe in coincidences. Twice is enemy action. (overwrites Rule 42).
• Rule 68: Add things until it starts sucking, take things away until it stops getting better. (Frank Chimero)
• Rule 69: GLBYS: Gary, look before you sit.
• Rule 70: If you can't be smart, you better be strong.
• Rule 71: Be hard to break.
• Rule 72: Every time you train, train with the motivation and purpose that you will be the hardest person someone ever tries to kill. (Tim Kennedy)
• Rule 73: Tremendous detailed planning, violent execution.