Chapter 3
121
This quaint little section
Gives Presidents power
To make regulations
Any day, any hour
122
A military Secretary
Can write any list,
Like the top twenty cocktails
Or cheat codes for Myst
123
If fighting a war and
The congress believes it
Personnel is "frozen"
So nobody leaves it
123a
It's President's job
And he also can cause
No reductions in manpower
No 'ifs' or 'because'
123b
Our standing foreign troops
Number two hundred K
Unless allies are attacked
Or the Prez says OK
124
Our forces are required
On any occasion
To intercept drugs shipped
Of illegal persuasion
125
The Sec can move people
With minor volatility
And the Prez major changes
Only during hostility
126
Personnel and functions
Are shifted around
As long as the money books
Are always kept sound
127
A half million here and
A half million there
Soon it's at values
Where someone might care
127a
If big money's spent, like
Fifty mil or more,
It's a special operation and
The HQ keeps score
127b
For helping fight terror
Any foreigner may
Get up to two-hundred
Thousand in pay
128
The Sec may keep secret
Nuclear stories -
This chapter sure looks like
A legal potpourri
129
All rules for personnel
Already been mentioned
Don't apply to civilians
That's not their intention
129a
When filling positions they
Avoid what costs steepest
By hiring only
Whomever works cheapest
129b
But they may hire experts
Whenever they need 'em
And pay travel, salary,
And even per diem
129c
They particularly try not
To fire their medics
Cause even tough soldiers get
Pretty big headaches
130
Mil information
Unless law says so
May be kept unreleased
It's just need-to-know
130a
From nineteen ninety nine 'til
Two thousand and two
They reduced by fifteen
Percent their HQs
130b
For soldiers abroad
The Sec may hide who.
Knock knock. Who's there? Icon.
Icon who? Icon't tell you.
130c
They may also choose not to
Give any acknowledgment
That they have secret info
About any government
Chapter 4
131
The Defense Secretary has
A large under-staff,
Directors, Assistants,
And a spotted giraffe
132
A Deputy Sec is
Foremost appointed -
If the old Sec bails out
Then he is anointed
133
An Under Sec handles
Acquisitions and logistics
He buys and he manages
And he juggles statistics
133a
Even that Under Sec has
His own deputy
So that his workload is
Never in jeopardy
133b
In fact he's got two; one
For acquisitions
And one for logistics
To help make decisions
134
There's another Under Sec
For policy planning
He directs who'll be marching
And who will be manning
134a
This guy's got two Deps
One's Dep of Policy
Appointed to position based
Solely on quality
134b
The second Dep's also
A Dep Sec of Policy
But he deals with security
Regarding technology
135
The next Under Sec is
The official Comptroller
For budgets and such things
He's the controller
136
The next Under Sec is
The personnel manager
He's hirer, therapist,
Trainer, and banisher
136a
This guy's got a Dep, too -
You've heard this before
And you'll hear it again
Many times more
137
The next Under Sec is
In charge of intelligence
That's spying, a job that
Needs all sorts of competence
138
They have for assistants
Nine more Secretaries
Doing jobs assorted
As deemed necessary
139
Another guy's in charge of
Equipment testing
He makes sure the giraffe has
A comfortable nesting
139a
And another's Director
Of Research and Engineering
For Defense, going wherever
The Sec of ATL's leading
140
A General Counsel
Handles things legal
Like checking this code to see
If staff can own beagles
141
An Inspector General looks
In every nook and cranny
But make sure he's not a silly
Redhead named Danny
142
Yet one more assistant's
For WMDs
If they're under your nose
Make sure you don't sneeze
143
The number of workers is
Limited, to its credit,
But the number is quite strange
Just where did they get it?
Chapter 5
151
The Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Have high pedigrees
They talk, give advice, and
May freely disagree
152
The JCS Chairman
Is a man very admirable
Ranking higher than any other
Admiral or general
153
He keeps very busy
Giving plans and directions
Supervising defenses
And reviewing inspections
154
The Vice Chairman covers for
The Chair when he's gone
Otherwise he watches to
See what goes on
155
A Joint Staff is also
Assigned there to help them
They're often kept busy by
The Chiefs or the Chairman
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