Chapter 41
711
If sent to the U.N.
Don't keep them waiting
Call in advance and
Tell them you're invading
711a
Officers are sent
To the Red Cross
Go there and kick butt,
Show them who's boss
712
The President lends,
To handle unrest,
Soldiers to foreign
Armies distressed
713
Now getting weirder -
Soldiers can be couriers
Or building inspectors
Or amateur worriers
716
The Prez can move members
Between any service
Takes you from here and
Puts there, or the inverse
717
Armed forces members
Can also play sports
The mil can spend moolah on
Activities of these sorts
719
Guys can be sent
To the NAOO
To look at the sky
Or to look down below
720
The President appoints
Any mil officer
To be chief of staff,
Whether a him or her
721
The number of members
Or officers lent
Is no more than twenty
Six point five percent
Chapter 43
741
Members of services
Are differently rank
After sitting all day
In a ship or a tank
742
You know what I meant,
Don't get hysterical -
I'm talking command chains,
For WOs, it's numerical
743
All chiefs of staff
Are ranked by seniority
And over all others
Exert their authority
744
Assigned to the white house
A physician's a colonel
Or maybe a captain
Go check in your journal
747
For mixed service officers
The highest one there
Is the one whose suit matches
The host's silverware
749
The President decides
Which guy's in command
In places with members
Of air, sea, and land
750
You can't give commands
If you're fully retired
Except to the servants
Or gardeners you've hired
Chapter 45
771
Only mil members
Can wear uniforms
So next Halloween
Stick to unicorns
771a
Ex-soldiers' uniforms
Are left at the base
They wear home a suit they
Brought for this case
772
Exceptions are made
On specified occasion
Actors wear uniforms
But not if they make fun
773
Teachers can use them
In order to instruct
But have to ensure they
Are worn with conduct
774
Religious articles
If not too obtrusive
May be worn with a uniform
When need is conclusive
775
Prisoners repatriated
And patients now healed
Are given a uniform
As part of the deal
776
Uniform laws apply
Just in America
And not in strange places
Like outer Mongolia
777
When set for promotion
You might become frocked
Which is better than being
Half-cocked, mocked, or shocked
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