Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advisednew recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance.It wasn’t long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones was having a staggeringly high success-rate, selling insurance to nearly100% of the recruits he advised. Rather than asking him about this,the
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The company sergent is briefing the recruits:”For the next ten weeks the commanding officer will be your father,and I will be your mother. Incidentally we are not married, so youknow what that makes you…”
A drill instructor at Airborne school was lecturing a groupof new troops on making a proper jump. He told them:”When I yell Stand Up, you Stand Up. When I yell hook up,you hook up. When you go out the door, yell ‘Geronimo!’ and wait for your shoot to open. Got
At the Russian War College, the general is a guest lecturer and tells the class of officers that the session will focus on potential problems and the resulting strategies. One of the officers in the class begins by asking the first question, “Will we have to fight a World War
A recruit who wasn’t really meant to be a soldier went out to the rifle range for the first time. He missed every target and most of the hills behind them. Despondent, he said to the sergeant, “I think I’ll just go and shoot myself.”The sergeant said, “Better take a
A young soldier was making his first parachute jump.The corporal explained the procedure “You count toten and pull the first ripcord. If the chute doesn’topen, pull the second. That should do it. Then, afteryou land, there’ll be a truck waiting to pick you up.”The soldier checked his gear, called out
It was the age when knighthood was in flower.A young lady was pounding away at a piece ofiron with a sledgehammer. Another young ladysaw her and asked, “What are you doing?”The first one answered, “I’m making socks andsweater for some soldier boy!”