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候使用海軍學校的學生來做恢復百歲巡洋艦的“臟活”。有一天,海軍派來了20個人,而海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊只派來三個。我取笑一個海軍學校的學生說:“你是說要20個海軍的人才能抵得上三個海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊員?”他反擊說:“不,長官,不是這樣。事實上,是要六七個海軍的人才能管得住一個海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊員?!?