Building Secure, SIR! - NAVY HUMOR - USS BENNINGTON

Building Secure, SIR! - NAVY HUMOR - USS BENNINGTON: "One reason the Armed Services have trouble operating jointly is that they have very different meanings for the same terms;

The Joint Chiefs once told the Navy to 'secure a building,' to which they responded by turning off the lights and locking the doors.

The Joint Chiefs then instructed Army personnel to 'secure the building,' and they occupied the building so no one could enter.

Upon receiving the exact same order, the Marines assaulted the building, captured it, and set up defences with suppressive fire & amphibious assult vehicals, established reconnaissance and communi-cations channels, and prepared for close hand-to-hand combat if the situation arose.

But the Air Force, on the other hand, acted most swiftly on the command, and took out a three-year lease with an option to buy. "

US Marines on the USS Yorktown

US Marines on the USS Yorktown: "Many people believe that the services don't get along because they really don't speak the same language.
Here's an example; So the President orders the Chief of Staff to go out and 'secure' a building.
The Marine Corps Commandant, gets the Navy to bombard the building from off shore, then the Marines land by helicopter, fly through the windows, storm every room with bayonets attached to their M16's and thus 'secures' the building.
The Fleet Admiral has his sailors clean all 'spaces', wax the floors, lock it up nicely and thus 'secures' the building.
The Air Force General, takes out a three year lease with an option to buy and thus 'secures' the building."