Humor in Uniform 1/31/2011

[R J]

1/31/2011
When my family lived on Okinawa, one of the biggest events of the year was the military’s Fourth of July celebration, which culminated in a spectacular fireworks display.      One year, as we joined the early evening crowd on the improvised midway, we watched with alarm as three tipsy airmen headed for the commanding officer.  One of the men ambled up to the general and, without even a salute, cheerfully swatted his arm.  “Say,” the airman inquired, “what time do the fireworks start?”   The general eyed him coolly for a moment then replied, “Any minute, son, Any minute.”
Meg Faville

[Jess from VA]

In my entry level JAG school (in which 98% are/were direct appointees from civilian life with no prior training) we had one Californian who kept addressing an instructor Major as  "Yo Maj."  This did not last.