So the Marines, the Seals, and the Air Force were all asked to do a joint mission...

There were three key buildings that needed to be taken over in order to for the operation to succeed, and Superiors from the three fields wanted to gauge the performances of their respective subordinates. So they set a deadline, and convened the day after the deadline to compare notes. The the officers in charge of the marines gave their briefing first.

"Alright, we are able to confidently report a successful mission. We did it with a full battalion but our casualties are at 4 out of all that were sent in, none of them suffered life threatening injuries. On the first day of the Operation we went in with an offer to assist the tenants in moving out, but with the firm message that it was a necessary acquisition that was going to happen either the easy way or the hard way. Some accepted our offer and we assisted them in leaving and relocating, but others stayed. The next day, we did have to go through the eviction process and things did get rough. but the building is ours with some damage and mild resistance."

Each unit nodded their assent and the officer in charge the the seals chose to go next.

"Well our mission was over much quicker and cleaner than the Marines, no hard feelings guys. and we only suffered one casualty out of the twelve seals, but she will make it. We went in on the first day, and as the same with the marines and quite a few people laughed. Over the next few days we went in at night quick and quiet and 'extracted' as many as we could each night until the rest either left or were removed. The building is ours with only minimal damage."

After a few nods of acknowledgement the Officer for the seals sat down pretty smugly. Then the officer for the Air Force division got up and went on with the briefing.

"Well um.. our operation was finished on the first day." this got a few eyebrows from the marine and Seals officers. "and out of our team of four, we are glad to say that no one was harmed."

"What did you do, bomb the building with a UAV?" asked a marine officer.

"No, part of the requirement was to keep collateral damage to a minimum. And before you say anything else, no ordinance was fired, there were no casualties on both sides, and there was no damage to the building" This got dead silence from the room at large. "And they did accept our first offer" the Air force officer finished with.

"What was your offer" The seals officer asked now taking it seriously. After all, they did outperform his unit as far as the numbers went. As the Air Force officer thumbed through the notes, the other officers keenly listened on the edge of their seats.

"Well, after we pulled up the blueprints, got an idea of the layout, and were able to make the necessary adjustments to our plan. We came to them with an offer of fixed installments for the next 20 years totaling up to 80% of the going market value for the building with options to cash out in one lump sum at 65% if they chose the first option we can get a decent mortage to- *yeah you get where this is going*



Heard this one from my dad retiree from the Air(chair) Force 30 years (the term he prefers for his occupation was Egghead). Maybe different versions out there.