How Officers Are Made!

AJChenMPH

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ONE OF MY first duties as an Air Force officer was to set up a field medical-training program at our hospital. I conducted a class in triage -- sorting out battlefield casualties according to the likelihood of survival. We had applied theatrical makeup to several airmen to simulate different wounds. Pointing to one of the "casualties," I said to the group, "This man has severe brain damage. What would you do with him?"

Came this reply from the back of the class: "Make him an officer!"

Contributed to "Humor In Uniform" by Capt. Thomas L. Patterson

Provided Courtesy of Reader's Digest.
 
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