Military Courage
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Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Generals were standing in
front of a rappelling tower with a Navy Admiral. The Air Force
General says to the others, "My men are the most courageous of
the Armed Forces."  "Ha!", said Army, "My men are the most
courageous and I'll prove it."

Army calls a Private over from the tower. He tells the Private,
"I want you to jump off that tower- no rope, no parachute."
"Yes, Sir!!!", the Private yells and proceeds to climb the
tower. The Private walks to the edge, yells "Hoo-ahh!", and
jumps off the tower.  He is killed instantly upon impact.

"That's nothing.", the Admiral said, bored. He calls a Seaman
over.  "Son, I want you to jump off that tower- no rope, no
parachute. And I want you to do it with style."  "Yes, Sir!!!",
the Seaman yells. He climbs to the top of the tower, walks to
the edge and jumps. He executes a swan dive that would make Greg
Louganis proud, hits the ground and dies on impact.

"Hmmph,", the Marine growled, "Ya'll obviously forgot the Marine
Corps was here", he said (yelling "Marine Corps!" as all Marines
tend to do.)  He calls a Lance Corporal over. "Marine, I want
you to jump off that tower and make the Corps proud!"  The
Corporal yells, "Ooh-rah!", by way of response and runs to the
tower. He grabs an M-60 and ammunition belt on the way and wraps
the belt around himself in the Pancho Villa style. He climbs the
tower and walks to the edge. Upon reaching the edge, he throws
two grenades into the air, yells "Semper Fi Do or Die!", and
jumps off. He starts shooting the M-60 in mid-air, clipping
treetops and yelling the entire way down.  His impact is
obscured by the two exploding grenades. When the smoke clears,
only little pieces of the Marine are left.  The others are
impressed and nod their heads in admiration.

The Air Force General says, "That ain't nothin". The others turn
to face the General, their faces in disbelief. The General calls
a Senior Airman over who was cleaning latrines.  "Son, I want
you to jump off that tower- no rope, no parachute."  The Airman
looks the General in the face and says, "Kiss My Butt!"  As the
airman walks off, the Air Force General turns to the others and
says, "Now THAT'S courage!"