The chief of staff of the US Air
Force
decided that he would personally intervene in the recruiting
crisis
affecting all of our armed services. He directed a nearby Air Force

base that will be opened and that all eligible young men and women be

invited.

As he and his staff were standing near a brand new
F-15 Fighter, a pair
of twin brothers who looked like they had just
stepped off a Marine
Corps recruiting poster walked up to them. The
chief of staff walked up to
them, stuck out his hand and introduced
himself.

He looked at the first young man and asked, “Son, what
skills can you
bring to the Air Force?”

The young man looks
at him and says, “I’m a pilot!”

The general gets all excited,
turns to his aide and says, “Get him in
today, all the paper work
done, everything, do it!”

The aide hustles the young man off.
The general looks at the second
young man and asked, “What s
kills to you bring to the Air Force?”

The young man says, “I
chop wood!”

“Son,” the general replies, “we don’t need wood
choppers in the Air
Force, what do you know how to do?”

“I
chop wood!”

“Young man,” huffs the general, “you are not listening
to me, we
don’t need wood choppers, this is the 20th century!”

“Well,” the young man says, “you hired my brother!”

“Of
course we did,” says the general, “he’s a pilot!”

The young man
rolls his eyes and says, “So what! I have to chop it
before he can
pile it!”