Humor in Uniform 3/17/2010

3/17/2010
One of the fighter pilots at my base in England, tired of being kidded about his baldness, tried one worthless miracle cure after another. Finally he settled for growing his remaining hair long and combing it over the top of his head. The taunts continued, however, until the day they were overheard by a visiting General. Walking up to the pilot, the general soberly commended him for adopting the official Air Force solution to his problem. Then, turning to the tormentors, the general removed his hat to reveal three wispy stands of hair carefully combed over an otherwise bald pate. “This, gentleman,” he said with a smile, “is what we call tactical redeployment of available forces. Francesca Bartholomew