[brityank]

One colonel "dressed down" a lieutenant colonel when he spotted the subordinate using a finger puppet to play with a child, Reges said. A few days later, the lieutenant colonel was involved in a house search.

"He told me he wished he had some puppets because the four kids in the house were terrified when our guys went through," Reges recalled. "I gave him a set of new ones, and he stuck them in his cargo pocket. He wasn't going to get caught short again."

Why are there so many flaming morons in the upper ranks? Scrambled eggs on their bills addled their brains?

[GlennBeck08]

That’s what I was going to post!! :)

[Shelayne]

Thanks for the PING!

What a great idea! You can get finger puppets very inexpensively. I know IKEA sells cute sets for $6.95, and there are sets with animals and families. I bought a set for my little nephew. They are a lot less bulky than hand puppets and they could fit quite a few of them in their cargo pockets.

I am going to remember that for the next care package that goes to Iraq. :^)

[Girlene]

What a great idea and a great article! Thanks for the ping, brityank.

[ASOC]

Maybe, just maybe, the good COL was thinking the man should have been searching the house for items that can kill soldiers and not playing with the kids.

Just maybe.