SOON AFTER I RETIRED from the Air Force, I went to work in a warehouse where several other military retirees were employed. One day we received a large crate too big to fit in our storage area. A retired Army sergeant major immediately took charge. After 45 minutes of rearranging items and using various lifting devices, he finally got the crate in place. “And that’s how the Army gets things done!” he boasted. “That’s the Army way,” said an Air Force retiree. “The Air Force would have made the delivery person put the crate away and gone for coffee.”
–Contributed to “Humor In Uniform” by George D. Schoenthal