A Few Quick Facts

[Music] [Applause] this is a picture of you the average American Soldier nothing unusual but there are some things you may not know about yourself that are pretty amazing for example you are 5 in taller and 20 lb heavier than any Knight of King Arthur's Roundtable you know more about maps and Compasses than Christopher [Music] Columbus you are a more accurate shot with your rifle than Daniel Boon [Music] himself and with your automatic weapons you have greater Firepower than a whole platoon of Napoleon's finest and in addition to all this you know more about making beds than the average American [Music] housewife all in all you're quite a guy in fact you're quite a lot of guys how far does a bullet travel before it hits a jet 150 y uh-uh a little bit further the bullet starts to travel here back home in the mines and the Mills when the parts of the unmade bullet begin their Journey to the factory total distance to the factory 11,700 mil finished bullet shoves off for California 3,000 M more across the Pacific to Australia add another 6,700 mil then 2100 M by air by truck by mule and up to the front on the back of a man and this is where we came in range 150 yd plus 23,500 [Music] mil casualties not caused by bullets caused by sickness avoidable sickness in the United States Army one of the great causes of sickness is diarrhea and denter one of the greatest causes of diarrhea and dissenter is the dirty mes kit cow come and get it and boy fill her up [Music] as I was [Applause] [Music] saying as I was saying dirty mess kits and you ain't kidding brother [Music]