At the maritime museum we occasionally use midshipmen to do the “dirty work” of restoring a 100-year-old cruiser. One day the Navy sent a crew of 20 men, while the Marines sent a crew of three. Teasing one Navy midshipman, I said, “You mean it takes twenty Navy guys to do the work of only three Marines?” “Sir, no, sir,” he snapped back. “The truth is, sir, it takes six or seven of us to supervise each one of those Marines!”
在海事博物館我們有時(shí)候使用海軍學(xué)校的學(xué)生來(lái)做恢復(fù)百歲巡洋艦的“臟活”。有一天,海軍派來(lái)了20個(gè)人,而海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)只派來(lái)三個(gè)。我取笑一個(gè)海軍學(xué)校的學(xué)生說(shuō):“你是說(shuō)要20個(gè)海軍的人才能抵得上三個(gè)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)員?”他反擊說(shuō):“不,長(zhǎng)官,不是這樣。事實(shí)上,是要六七個(gè)海軍的人才能管得住一個(gè)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)員?!?