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00:00:56 #1 virus of the common cold, laryngitis hackabus.

00:01:45 #2 Pneumothosdex, check.

00:01:47 #3 Anti-proton ballast, check.

00:01:50 #4 Prepare afterburners for blast-off.

00:01:52 #5 Problem in this job is how to keep from disturbing

00:02:22 #6 the parents and getting them in a tizzy.

00:02:33 #7 Rock-a-bye, doggy, in the treetop,

00:02:34 #8 when the wind blows, the cradle will rock.

00:02:46 #9 And so, after answering the $64 million question correctly,

00:02:49 #10 I decided to take a few trips around the world.

00:02:52 #11 About time we threw a little light on the subject.

00:03:10 #12 First thing you gotta do is get their attention.

00:03:14 #13 Comfy?

00:03:16 #14 Have I got your attention?

00:03:17 #15 OK, let's straighten out a few facts

00:03:19 #16 about you and the army.

00:03:21 #17 Now then, oh, excuse me just a minute.

00:03:24 #18 Rock-a-bye, doggy, in the treetop,

00:03:25 #19 when the wind blows, the cradle will rock.

00:03:29 #20 You know, Ralphie, it's a funny thing.

00:03:31 #21 But every high school senior I've ever known

00:03:34 #22 thinks that when he gets into the service, all his buddies

00:03:36 #23 will look like a bunch of lower slobovians.

00:03:39 #24 Of course, there's always one exception.

00:03:42 #25 You.

00:03:43 #26 Actually, they're going to be pretty much like the guys

00:03:45 #27 you're graduating with.

00:03:46 #28 Just plain old characters like Roy Robinson from Jefferson

00:03:50 #29 High in Portland, Oregon, Don Osgood from Page, Nebraska,

00:03:53 #30 Pete Willoughby, Los Angeles State College,

00:03:55 #31 Dick Martin from St. Peter's High in Whatchis...

00:03:58 #32 Oh, pardon me.

00:03:59 #33 Worcester, Massachusetts.

00:04:01 #34 Oh, well.

00:04:02 #35 Nice guys who wash their teeth every day,

00:04:04 #36 get their haircut regular.

00:04:06 #37 Well, fairly regular.

00:04:09 #38 Just a neck trim, please.

00:04:11 #39 Yes, sir.

00:04:12 #40 Just a neck trim.

00:04:17 #41 Well, what do you know?

00:04:18 #42 There was a human being under that pelt, after all.

00:04:22 #43 Another interesting idea, held by a lot of otherwise bright

00:04:25 #44 high school seniors, is that the army has all the right size

00:04:28 #45 clothing, but that it's mainly interested in getting it

00:04:31 #46 on all the wrong size people.

00:04:34 #47 Well, nice comic book stuff.

00:04:36 #48 But actually, the army's no more interested in putting you

00:04:39 #49 into the wrong size uniform than your football coach would be.

00:04:42 #50 And for the same reason.

00:04:43 #51 It's not necessary, it's inefficient,

00:04:45 #52 and it's just plain sloppy. BAM!

00:04:51 #53 In other words, you'd be pretty useless to yourself

00:04:55 #54 or the team.

00:04:57 #55 You know, according to some comic strip artists,

00:04:59 #56 our fiend here, our friend here,

00:05:02 #57 is the kind of non-com you find in the army.

00:05:04 #58 The way they tell it, basic training,

00:05:06 #59 supposed to be nothing but KP, obstacle courses,

00:05:09 #60 and being chewed out by a bunch of sadistic sergeants. Hey, hola!

00:05:13 #61 Hump!

00:05:22 #62 As a matter of fact, the Army's not

00:05:24 #63 about to use inefficient comic strip non-coms or officers

00:05:28 #64 any more than it would use outdated or inefficient weapons.

00:05:31 #65 No, the non-coms you're going to get acquainted with

00:05:33 #66 in basic will be very capable guys.

00:05:35 #67 And they'll be there for just one reason, to help you.

00:05:38 #68 You'll get to know men like paratrooper Sergeant

00:05:40 #69 Mike Cohane, master Sergeant Johnny

00:05:42 #70 Roderick from Okinawa and Korea, Corporal Tommy Webster, a high school senior when

00:05:47 #71 you were a junior, Sergeant Rod McCullum. He carries the Congressional Medal of

00:05:51 #72 Honor. Look as long as we're on the subject let's take a look at basic training

00:05:57 #73 and find out what it's really going to be like. We'll learn a few things at

00:06:11 #74 basic, useful things like how to handle weapons safely and effectively.

00:06:16 #75 And at 700 yards I let him have it. You're taught to use a compass, how to

00:06:25 #76 to read a map.

00:06:26 #77 Very impressive stuff later to the girl of your dreams.

00:06:30 #78 You'll learn how to pitch a camp and how to give first aid.

00:06:33 #79 There's sort of knowledge that other people

00:06:35 #80 will respect someday.

00:06:38 #81 You're also going to develop muscles

00:06:39 #82 that'll be useful later.

00:06:42 #83 Some you didn't even know you had.

00:06:44 #84 But then it's not a bad idea to keep in shape

00:06:47 #85 for recreation, like boxing, football, skiing,

00:06:50 #86 and other sports.

00:06:58 #87 You're going to learn to snap a salute to all officers.

00:07:01 #88 Now, where'd that custom come from?

00:07:02 #89 Well, the way I heard it, the only way one night

00:07:05 #90 could recognize another night under those cast iron tuxedos

00:07:08 #91 was to lift his visor.

00:07:10 #92 It's a sort of hello among military men.

00:07:12 #93 Then one day, you're going to suddenly realize

00:07:15 #94 that you're beginning to look like and act like a soldier

00:07:18 #95 or a man.

00:07:20 #96 And you'll be surprised to find that you're very proud

00:07:22 #97 to be serving your country in the United States Army.

00:07:26 #98 Oh, uh, short intermission.

00:07:28 #99 Oh.

00:07:31 #100 Rock-a-bye, doggy, in the treetop,

00:07:32 #101 when the wind blows, the cradle will rock.

00:07:37 #102 OK, basics finished.

00:07:39 #103 Now what?

00:07:40 #104 Well, according to some comic strips,

00:07:42 #105 more endless months of KP, policing some forgotten posts,

00:07:46 #106 and learning how to artistically goof off.

00:07:50 #107 But mainly, the rest of your army career

00:07:53 #108 is supposed to be spent doing anything

00:07:55 #109 your most unfit for humorous stuff no doubt but not good sense actually the army

00:08:01 #110 wants to send you where you'll be most useful and where you can serve the best

00:08:05 #111 where this will be is determined to a great extent by those interviews and

00:08:09 #112 aptitude tests you took in your first days as a recruit so the chances are

00:08:13 #113 that but wait just a minute maybe you'd like to know before you start how

00:08:18 #114 you're going to spend your army career maybe you'd like to choose the training

00:08:21 #115 you want and not leave it up to chance.

00:08:24 #116 If so, then the Army has a special deal

00:08:26 #117 you'll want to hear about.

00:08:27 #118 It's called Reserved for You.

00:08:29 #119 And in it, you pick the job training you want

00:08:31 #120 before you enlist.

00:08:33 #121 The Army then reserves that position

00:08:35 #122 in the world's finest technical schools

00:08:37 #123 until you complete basic training.

00:08:38 #124 And now, let's go back to those dreams of yours.

00:08:41 #125 How about laboratory work in the medical field?

00:08:44 #126 The Army has some of the finest laboratory

00:08:46 #127 facilities, technicians, and scientists in the world.

00:08:49 #128 Well, that's just one of 127 courses offered by the Army.

00:08:53 #129 How about that dream of working with rockets or atomic power?

00:08:57 #130 How about guided missiles?

00:09:01 #131 You choose it.

00:09:02 #132 The Army's got it.

00:09:03 #133 The only ticket you need to this program

00:09:05 #134 is one high school diploma.

00:09:08 #135 Sound good?

00:09:09 #136 Well, I can make it sound better.

00:09:11 #137 The whole deal is guaranteed by this letter,

00:09:13 #138 written to you by the adjutant general

00:09:15 #139 of the United States Army.

00:09:17 #140 You don't sign anything until that letter

00:09:18 #141 is firmly in your hands.

00:09:20 #142 Fair enough?

00:09:22 #143 Let's see, adventure? Pick your branch.

00:09:26 #144 How about a real elite outfit? Armor.

00:09:29 #145 Tank commander Phillips. Not bad.

00:09:33 #146 Travel? Man, you do ask the nicest questions.

00:09:37 #147 This is Paris, and it's no dream.

00:09:40 #148 It's solid, and it's yours. Ralph Phillips USA.

00:09:45 #149 Sound pretty choice? Your local recruiter can fill in all the details.

00:09:49 #150 Today, if you like.

00:09:51 #151 But remember that you're going to look a lot bigger to the Army

00:09:53 #152 with that high school diploma under your arm.

00:09:56 #153 Oh, quick warning, old Ralphie.

00:09:57 #154 You can only grab one of these special deals

00:09:59 #155 before you receive your induction notice.

00:10:01 #156 So why not call on the Army before the Army calls on you?

00:10:05 #157 Yikes!

00:10:06 #158 What's the matter with you?

00:10:12 #159 You gone nuts or something?

00:10:38 #160 It's reserved for you.