Chapter 22
441
The Director of NIMA must
Feel insignificant
Half this section
Reassures he's important
442
NIMA makes every kind
Of map and pic
This section says these
Should be accurate
443
Its Director spends money
To sell its info -
To sell? Isn't that the
Reverse of how cash flows?
444
The CIA sometimes
Gives NIMA support
Service and personnel
And things of that sort
451
The Defense Secretary
Asks NIMA for charts
And maps, or buys them
If sold with pink hearts
452
Pilot charts state
By whom they were made;
Accept responsibility,
Don't be afraid
453
These maps can be sold
As a matter of course
And profits used to pay an
International source
454
They trade these maps
With some other nation
A mutual exchange of
Geo information
455
They sell maps at ratios
One to five hundred K
But no finer, and only if
The Sec says OK
456
Map information is
Presented face value
You can't sue for errors
This section won't allow you
457
Any information that
NPIC collected
From the sixties or earlier
May not be inspected
461
Another strange section
About unions or something
And whether to consult them
Before they start hiring
462
They manage schools
To train new recruits
And help them to learn how
To button up suits
467
Definitions are given
For your conveniency
NIMA stands for National Imagery
And Mapping Agency
Chapter 23
480
Whenever reports are
Submitted to Congress
A copy is also sent
By email; that's progress
481
Surveys are conducted
Using methods not hard
To ensure no discrimination -
Except the Coast Guard
482
Every quarter year
Readiness is reported
On training, morale,
And other things assorted
483
Another report is
For funds that got transferred
All details of from where
And to where are answered
484
Each year the cadet who
Most often complains
Must go 'round the country
And count the airplanes
485
Joint war games played
With another armed force
Are reported so lessons
Can be reinforced
486
Each four years strategies
Are sent for review
And new ones are planned for
A decade or two
487
How time was spent
Is carefully checked
That length of each mission
And service was correct
488
On even years, they check
The magnetic spectrum -
It might vanish, and they're ready
For whatever may come
489
Money is budgeted for
Each military museum
They already spent it
You may as well see 'um
Chapter 31
501
This chapter talks about
Enlistment, and re-,
And goes on for too long
As you will soon see
502
Before any officer, an
Enlistee can swear,
And I don't mean they curse -
They do that anywhere
503
Recruiters may show up
At a high school or two
Or you may see a poster
"Uncle Sam needs you"
504
The insane and the drunk,
Felons, and deserters
Are usually not welcomed
To join by recruiters
505
Seventeen to thirty-five
(Seventeen, with consent)
Up to six years for minors
Or for re-enlistment
506
A term of service may
Come to be extended
To six months after
Any warfare is ended
507
You continue your service
While injured or sick
If not from misconduct
Or some sort of trick
508
To re-enlist you must be
Honest and faithful
The opposite is usually
Considered disgraceful
509
Voluntary extension
Is up to four years
All benefits will wait
So please have no fears
510
For a limited time,
So you better act now,
There's a bonus for signing
This section tells how
511
You can also sign up
And first finish college
They'll even give stipends
To help you gain knowledge
513
To find length of service
This isn't the one,
It's more clearly written
In 651
514
You can't be offered money
Beyond what your pay is,
You can't say you're coming
And send one of your nieces
515
When trying to re-enlist
An officer, warrant,
Retains rank, unless dismissed
For actions abhorrent
516
If starting as one thing,
And midshipman later,
You continue as you started
Less time on the freighter
517
A small fraction of soldiers
Can make the big bucks
The other 96 percent
Are plain out of luck
518
Temporary enlistment
(We're told what that's soon)
Can be made only during
A month with a moon
519
Temporary is explained
To be usually limited
To adults during wartime
Plus a six month period
520
During recruitment
You're given a test
They only want average
People, more or less
520b
In general, funds may be
Used to enlist
You can give me the money
And I wouldn't resist
520c
If I don't get the money,
Which would be a big shame,
They'll use it for goodies
And to play party games
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