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Soon after arriving at
basic training, we
were marched to the
base barbershop,
where we were told
we’d find a clipboard
with our names on it.
“Next to your name,”
the sergeant said,
“initial it.”
Everyone seemed
OK with this order ex-
cept for one confused
recruit. “Sergeant,” he
said, “what if we don’t
have any initials?”
—Matthew Nazarian
Ocala, Florida

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While serving as chief

medical officer at Fort

Ritchie in Maryland, I

attended a nearby

wedding. Since it was

a formal affair at a

country club, I went

in my officer’s dress

blue uniform.

Once at the club,

I drove up to the

entrance, where the

doorman promptly

came to the passenger

door and assisted

my wife out of the

car. He then made his

way to my side. But

before I could get

out, he pointed to

the other end of the

building and said,

“The band entrance

is that way.”

—Gordon

VanOtteren

Grand Rapids, Michigan

“Highlight the battleship-gray.”

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