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GI Insurance
Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new
recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI Insurance.
It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones had almost
a 100% record for insurance sales, which had never happened before. Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to Jones' sales pitch.
Jones explained the basics of the GI Insurance to the new recruits, and then said: "If you have GI Insurance and go into battle and are killed, the
government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have GI
Insurance, and you go into battle and get killed, the government only has to pay a maximum of $6000."
"Now", he concluded, "which bunch do you think they are going to send into battle first?"
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win
them. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.
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