[xNavspook]

Ed, I couldn't resist:
:)

An old Sailor and an old Marine were sitting at the VFW arguing about
who'd had the tougher career.

"I did 30 years in the Corps," the Marine declared proudly, "and fought
in three of my country's wars. Fresh out of boot camp I hit the beach
at Okinawa, clawed my way up the blood-soaked sand, and eventually took
out an entire enemy machine gun nest with a single grenade.

"As a sergeant, I fought in Korea alongside General MacArthur. We
pushed back the enemy inch by bloody inch all the way up to the Chinese
border, always under a barrage of artillery and small arms fire.

"Finally, as a gunny sergeant, I did three consecutive combat tours in
Vietnam. We humped through the mud and razorgrass for 14 hours a day,
plagued by rain and mosquitoes, ducking under sniper fire all day and
mortar fire all night. In a firefight, we'd fire until our arms ached
and our guns were empty, then we'd charge the enemy with bayonets!"

"Ah," said the Sailor with a dismissive wave of his hand, "all shore
duty, huh?"

[Delta 21]

HA!!!

All shore duty, indeed! I Love It!

[weikel]

Yes judging by the ROTC people I know at my school( a limited and non statistically valid sample) the Navy has the best officiers.