Military Recruiter


The chief of staff of the US Army decided that he would personally
intervene in the recruiting crisis affecting all of our armed services.
He directed a nearby Air Force base that will be opened and that all
eligible young men and women be invited.

As he and his staff were standing near a brand new M-1 Battle Tank, a
pair of twin well built, neatly kept brothers who looked like they  had 
just stepped off an Army Corps recruiting poster walked up to them.  The
chief of staff walked up to them, stuck out his hand and introduced
himself.

He looked at the first young man and asked, "Son, what skills can you
bring to the  best Army in the world?"

The young man looks at him and says, "I'm a pilot!"

The general gets all excited, turns to his aide and says, "Get him in
today,  all the paper work done, everything, do it!"

The aide hustles the young man off.  The general looks at the second
young man and asked, "What skills to you bring to this man's Army?"

The young man says, "I chop wood!"

"Son," the general replies, "we don't need wood choppers in the Army,
what do you know how to do?"

"I chop wood!"

"Young man," huffs the general, "you are not listening to me, we don't
need wood choppers, this is the 20th century and our battles are fought 
with our minds as much as with our bodies!"

"Well," the young man says, "you hired my brother!"

"Of course we did," says the general, "he's a pilot!"

The young man rolls his eyes and says, "Duh! I have to  *chop*
It before he can pile it!"

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