Humor in Uniform 11/24/2010

[R J]

11/24/2010
I was a young, hard-charging Marine corporal stationed in Okinawa when I took a course in map reading.  After completing it, I reported my success to the company office.  The commanding officer, a crusty Vietnam veteran, congratulated me.  Knowing the major was strict about haircuts, though, I braced myself for a reprimand because I had missed my weekly trim.  Instead, he asked if I could help him out using my new map-reading skills.  Saying it would be a career-enhancing opportunity, he gave me precise coordinates and told me to report back to him with what I found.  Eagerly I pulled out the map and a compass and followed it while daydreaming about a promotion to sergeant.  And then I arrived at my destination----a barbershop.
Charles B. Brown, Jr.

[Sludge]

LOL that sounds about right 

[HayHauler]

Sounds like he might have had those coordinates written down somewhere, like he had given them to others before him. 

Hay 
Jimmyt

[R J]

I had them for Camp Pendelton at 1 time, however it was for a different reason.

I taught compass reading and it was one of 12 different locations the students had to find.