Humor in Uniform 11/25/2010

[R J]

11/25/2010
One night at Coast Guard boot camp, a talented shipmate entertained our barracks with uncanny impressions of various officers.   While most of us were in stitches, our recruit company commander warned the comic to stop his antics.  When he was ignored, the overzealous recruit snitched.  The following morning, our resident comedian was summoned to the commander’s office, where he was confronted by the three subjects of his impressions and ordered to imitate them to their faces.  They found his performance hilarious and sent him on his way with one provision:  he tell the “bootlicker” to report to the commander’s office immediately.  That afternoon we had a new recruit company commander when our aspiring comedian was promoted to the “recently vacated position.”
Michael C. Corsen