Hello All,
I've been lurking for a while, so I thought I'd join in with an amusing anecdote.
Let me preface this by saying I in no way mean any disrespect to the fine officers serving in our armed forces, but this is how the story went.
I was in Baghdad on a DOD contract. Outside the Convention Center where I worked, and all buildings as well, there were 55-gallon drums full of sand for clearing weapons before entry.
I didn't normally go in through the back door, but one day I did, and the clearing barrel had a target taped over it. Each ring was scored as zero, and there was a column of numbers, all crossed off but the last, under the heading "Days Since Last AD."
Unschooled civilian that I was (and am), I asked the coporal guarding the door what an "AD" was.
"That's an accidental discharge, sir," he replied, "And you know what, it's always an officer."
Cheers!
I've been lurking for a while, so I thought I'd join in with an amusing anecdote.
Let me preface this by saying I in no way mean any disrespect to the fine officers serving in our armed forces, but this is how the story went.
I was in Baghdad on a DOD contract. Outside the Convention Center where I worked, and all buildings as well, there were 55-gallon drums full of sand for clearing weapons before entry.
I didn't normally go in through the back door, but one day I did, and the clearing barrel had a target taped over it. Each ring was scored as zero, and there was a column of numbers, all crossed off but the last, under the heading "Days Since Last AD."
Unschooled civilian that I was (and am), I asked the coporal guarding the door what an "AD" was.
"That's an accidental discharge, sir," he replied, "And you know what, it's always an officer."
Cheers!