Gunnery Sergeant to President Obama: From now on you’re Private Snowball. Do you like that name?
Private Obama/Snowball: Sir, yes, sir!
Gunnery Sergeant: Well there’s one thing that you won’t like, Private Snowball, they don’t serve fried chicken and watermelon on a daily basis in my mess hall.
Private Obama/Snowball: Sir, yes, sir!
There was a time when that kind of exchange could have and probably did happen. I was going through a special program in the Navy and I can recall the one black kid in the program was called out of formation and told to wear a bandana to cover his teeth so he “wouldn’t give away our position at night”. Hilarious and no one was discharged, court martialed or booted out of the service.