Out of step – Military jokes and military humor blog

During the Vietnam war in the US, feelings ran high both for and
against the war. In one school district, all fifth graders were assigned to
write a letter to “Any Marine, Vietnam”.
When the hundreds of letters were delivered, one Marine opened his and
found the salutation: “Dear War Victim.”

An admiral reprimanded a young sailor who failed to salute him somewhere in the street.

“Why don’t you salute me, sailor?” he asked severely. “You know I’m an admiral.”

“An admiral?” exclaimed the sailor in unfeigned surprise. “And I thought admirals never walk on land.”

Recruits were shocked at the language the sergeant used in their unit. During a smoke break one young soldier asked: “Sergeant, where did you le-arn your language?”

“Learnit, hell, it’s a gift,” proudly informed the NCO.