As a sergeant in a parachute regiment I took part in serveral night timeexcersises. Once, I was seated next to a Lieutenant fresh from Jump School. He was quiet sad looked a bit pale so I struck up a conversation.”Scared, Lieutenant?”, I asked.He replied, “No, just a bit apperhensive.”I asked,
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Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew werein danger of being boarded by a pirate ship. As the crew became frantic,the captain bellowed to his First Mate, “Bring me my red shirt!”The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain’s red shirt, which thecaptain put on
A young man joined the Army and signed up with the paratroopers. He wentthough the standard training, completed the practice jumps from higherand higher structures, and finally went to take his first jump from anairplane. The next day, he called home to his father to tell him thenews. “So, did
During the World War II, an American warship was attacked by the Japanese. A torpedo was heading towards the ship and a hit seemed inevitable. So the captain told the navigator to go down to the crew quarters and tell a joke or something – at least they would die
The Pentagon decided one day that there were to many Generals, so they decided to offer early retirement to three of them. They called Congress and asked them to voteon a method of determining each General’s early retirementbonus. After voting Congress decided that each man would choose two points of
It was a dark, stormy, night. The Marine was on his firstassignment, and it was guard duty.A General stepped out taking his dog for a walk. The nervousyoung Private snapped to attention, made a perfect salute,and snapped out “Sir, Good Evening, Sir!”The General, out for some relaxation, returned the saluteand
During an Army war game, a commanding officer’sjeep got stuck in the mud. The C.O. saw some menlounging around nearby and asked them to helphim get unstuck. “Sorry sir,” said one of the loafers, “but we’vebeen classified dead and the umpire said we couldn’tcontribute in any way.” The C.O. turned