Military Joke

Another true story. I was on an exercise at the NTC in the Mojave desert. I and a female soldier were assigned to drive a jeep 30 miles out into the wilderness to set up a RDF (Radio Direction Finder) kit. After the 2-hour ride, the first thing I had to do upon arrival was to relieve myself. With no cover in the desert, I announced my intention, asked her to turn around, went behind the Jeep, and proposed that if she also had to go, I would be a gentleman and turn my back for her. Well, that wasn't good enough for her. She set out to cross over to the other side of the ridge to be out of my sight completely, about 200 yards away. I proceeded to set up the antenna for the radio by myself. At about the time that she probably got her pants down, I heard the unmistakable sound of helicopters come from her direction. A few moments later, she came storming back, mad as a bucket of hornets, It was Attack Helicopter doctrine at that time for a hunter-killer team of AH-1 Cobras to hover behind a ridgeline out of sight, while the UH-58 Kiowa scout helo would use its periscope to peak over the ridge for targets. So while she had sought privacy from me, she ended up being a spectacle for the 10 guys in the helicopter team! My laughing and I told you so!" didn't do anything to improve our working relationship."