At one Army base, the annual trip to the rifle range had been canceled for the second year in a row, but the semi-annual physical fitness test was still on as planned. One soldier mused, "Does it bother anyone else that the Army doesn't seem to care how well we can shoot, but they are extremely interested in how fast we can run?"

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A Platoon Sergeant and his Platoon Leader are bunking down in the field for the night. The Platoon Sergeant looks up and says, "When you see all the stars in the sky, what do you think, sir?"

The LT replies, "Well, I think of how insignificant we really are in the universe... how small a piece of such a grand design. I can't help but wonder if what we do truly means anything or makes any difference. Why? What do you think of, Sergeant?"

"I think somebody stole the damn tent."

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A quartet of officers from each service get together at a restaurant to work out some standard strategy for potential joint service operations, and the Army officer suggests they start by each working out plans for a given operation than getting back together later that week to see what everyone came up with and compare. He suggests an operation to secure a building and suggests a warehouse across the street, and they break up for the evening. They get back together later that week and exchange written notes, and realize none of them had the same idea for 'secure'.

The Army officer's plan calls for sandbagigng the windows of the warehouse and setting up several machinegun nests and fields of fire.
The Marine officer's plan is for lightning assault from the east at daybreak.
The Naval officer brings a written set of instructions on what order someone should go about shutting off the lights and locking the doors.
The Air Force officer brings a contract for a ten-year lease

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