OUR NAVAL RESERVE UNIT was at the StratCom Base, outside Omaha, for a conference. After dinner at the officers'
club, my buddy and I went to the lounge, where a country
band was playing.
The audience was small, and during a
break I told the female vocalist, "I can sympathize with
your wanting a larger audience." "Oh?" she asked. "What
kind of performers are you?" I challenged her to figure it
out, since our civilian clothes gave no clue. She finally
guessed, "Male strippers?" "It does have to do with cloth,"
explained my colleague. "We're chaplains."
--Contributed to "Humor In Uniform" by Lt. Peter K.
Muschinske