Chapter 48
951
That was a long chapter
On to the next one:
"Correctional facility"
A.k.a. prison
952
Prisoners refurbish
Supplies when they're told
And when they behave
They may get paroled
953
After your sentence
The system must allow
You to resume
Service somehow
954
You can choose to serve
Your squad extra time
In order to honorably
Erase any crime
955
Prisoners sometimes
Are sent internationally
Foreign ones also
Are treated dispassionately
956
Golly, they're generous,
Returning deserters
Can earn you as much as
Seventy-five dollars
Chapter 49
971
Calculating service,
Officers don't count
Time as midshipman
Or cadet in the amount
972
Time in the brink
Or drunk or deserting
Isn't your service
This section's asserting
973
Officers cannot
Take offices or work
If doing so causes them
Duties to shirk
976
You can't join a union
Or let them meet near you
But still, your commanders
Are required to hear you
978
All new inductees
Are tested for addiction
Addition to Warcraft's
Not a restriction
979
The mil can't loan money
To robbers or thieves -
Wow, what a surprise,
Who'd have believed?
980
As a human experiment
They need your consent
Except when they don't
That's really what's meant
981
The number of slaves -
Oops, I meant helpers -
Is less of: three hundred,
Or four times the officers
982
Military members
On active duty
Are usually exempt
From serving on jury
983
The ROTC
Is welcomed by schools
Who want their mil funding
According to rules
985
Soldiers executed
Aren't buried with honors,
Balloons, big bands,
Or beautiful banners
986
Starting this century
Security clearance
Isn't given to criminals,
For sake of appearance
Chapter 50
991
You may be deployed
It seems to appear
No more than two hundred
Days every year
Chapter 53
1031
For oaths of enlistment
Any officer will do
He takes off his Ipod
Before hearing you
1032
Friends of a soldier
Have benefits begin
If killed only 'cause of
A relationship to him
1033
Secretaries sometimes
Can flex their authority
Making officers work for
Athletics or charity
1034
Members must always
Speak freely to congress
And not be subjected
To threats or distress
1035
This eclectic chapter
Now talks about pay,
Savings and interest,
And if you're MIA
1036
If a soldier is missing
Someone is paid
To accompany his family
So they aren't waylaid
1037
The mil will pay lawyers
And even pay bail
If a soldier ends up
In some foreign jail
1038
An Auxiliary Corps
Sixty years ago
Was run once for women
And I'm telling you so
1039
If you serve as a minor
Your service still counts
It's credited to you
In varying amounts
1040
A dependent on you
If you're serving afar
May be transported to hospital
If they're where you are
1041
If you lose a certificate
Of honorable discharge
They'll give you another one
And it's free of charge
1042
Copies of service
Certificates are free
For you or your kin,
Or a named attorney
1043
Service in PHS
Or NOAA
Is counted for retirement
Or computing your pay
1044
If a soldier needs legal
Service, and is poor
The mil will provide it
It's what friends are for
1044a
Judges and others
Can act as notaries
They're always available
And can't take any fees
1044b
Power of attorney
As defined by the mil
Trumps laws of state
Regardless of will
1044c
The same goes for doctors,
But not all respective
Only those accepting the
Advanced Medical Directive
1044d
The same goes for wills,
Or "testamentary"
So long as they're solid
Their legality is very
1045
Soldiers can request
That states withhold tax
So that their accountant
Can sit and relax
1046
If you bring your children
Outside the U.S.
Foster care's provided to
Clean up their mess
1047
A sick member's given
Clothes worth two-fifty,
When expelled it's forty
Which is rather less nifty
1048
This one I don't get
You get twenty-five smackers
For fraudulently enlisting
Which strikes me as quackers
1049
A supernumerary
Is not a civilian
I think it's a term from
The Silmarillion
1050
Head-scratching here;
Special compensation
For Latin Americans to
Enhance cooperation?
1051
They also give money
For attending conferences
So long abiding by
All of their preferences
1051a
If the U.S. is part of
A global coalition
Liasons are expensed under
General permission
1051b
Anyone helping using
Non-combat means
Is given a pen and
A few magic beans
1052
Also, for adopting
They give you 2k
For having your own kids
They're not willing to pay
1053
If they forget to make
An automatic deposit
They'll cover your late fees
So get out of the closet
1053a
If you make plans
And they cancel your leave
They'll cover the damages
They'd have you believe
1054
If they give you lawyers
They'll cover things lost
Because of malpractice
Regardless of cost
1055
If you rent a house
You don't pay the fees
For security deposits
If the mil guarantees
1056
If the mil makes you move
They pay relocation
To move your whole family
To where you're now stationed
1057
When you get a license plate
It comes with insignia
Even if you live in
The District of Columbia
1058
If a military official -
Whatever that means -
Sees domestic violence
He may intervene
1059
If a spouse gets abused
Or the children (poor dears)
They receive compensation
For one to three years
1060
A retired member,
If agreed by bureaucracy,
May go to work for
A fledgling democracy
1060a
The mil provides food
That's warm and delicious
While also ensuring it's
Wholesome and nutritious
1060b
Retirees and dependents
All get IDs
You get a replacement
In your seventies
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