"Before I dismiss you, there's just one anouncement. Private Kowalski, your mother is dead.Dismissed."

The soldier was devastated, of course, and the lieutenant was appalled at the sergeant's heartlessness.

"For Heaven's sake, sergeant, next time you have to inform a trooper of a loved one's demise, please be a little more subtle," he said.

A few weeks later, sorry to say, the sergeant had another opportunity.Lining up his troop, he ordered, "All of you whose mother is still alive, step forward.Not you, Jonhson."

一位班長剛完成部隊的晨間檢查。

『解散之前，有件事要宣佈一下，
二兵卡瓦斯基，你母親已經去世了。解散!』

當然，那位士兵遭受很大的打擊，
而排長也訝異於班長的冷血。

『看在老天的份上，班長，下次你要告訴弟兄 有親人死亡時，請用點技巧，委婉一點。』

幾個禮拜後，很不幸地那位班長又有機會了。 集合了部隊，他下令道： 『所有媽媽還健在的，前進一步。你除外，強森。』