Humor in UNIFORM

The service is known for meting out creative punishments. Here are a few, as witnessed by Redditors:

✦ After being caught staring at a squirrel while in formation at Officer Candidate School, one candidate was tasked with saluting every squirrel he saw until he graduated.

✦ I saw a guy forced to slow dance with a mop for one hour.

✦ After someone screwed up on the firing range, our drill instructor made him face the mirror and yell, “You’re stupid!” “I’m not stupid; you’re

stupid!” “No, I’m not stupid; you’re stupid!” I think at some point the kid really thought he was arguing with himself. ✦ We made a private sweep all the sunshine off the sidewalks. It took him all day.

During World War II,

my Uncle Oliver was serving on a ship in the South Pacific when the crew ran low on food. All the sailors had left to eat was spaghetti—morning, noon and night for an entire month.

At long last, they pulled into

Melbourne, Australia, for supplies. There, the locals greeted them with a grand feast: all-you-caneat spaghetti. —Lynn Labonte Granite Falls, WA Got a funny story about the military or your military family? It could be worth $$$. For details, see page 2 or go to rd.com/submit.