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A comic about life in the [[Yanks With Tanks|US Army]], starring <s>[[Artifact Title|Private]]</s> Staff Sergeant Murphy. The title of the cartoon is a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Murphy's Law]], and how it relates to life in the military. But despite the exaggerated humor each cartoon is actually a pointed look at how the real-life Army operates both officially and unofficially.
At its height, ''[[PVT Murphy's Law]]'' could be seen every week in the print version of the ''[http://www.armytimes.com/ Army Times]'' newspaper. It could also be read on the [http://web.archive.org/web/20140108044840/http://www.pvtmurphy.com/ ''PVT Murphy'' website]. However, the strip appears to have ceased production in late January of 2012, and eventually the site disappeared. (The link above goes to the [[Wayback Machine]]; if you attempt to visit the original site you will find, as of Spring 2020, a Chinese-language spam site.)
Not to be confused with the [[Web Comic]] ''[[Murphy's Law (webcomic)|Murphy's Law]]''.
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Implied to be quite a few of them in the Army. Every time Murphy's brigade rotates home from a deployment, a beer company executive can be seen [[Catapult Nightmare|bolting upright in bed]] because he [[Star Wars|felt a disturbance in the force]] from the soldiers ''thinking so hard'' about how much they look forward to their first drink in months.
* [[Artifact Title]]: Private Murphy got promoted long ago, and several times since then. His promotion through the ranks is typically reflected in the titles of the printed collections of the comics.
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