WHAT'S UNDER YOUR HELMET? 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
IN A MEXICAN MILITARY SCHOOL, THEY USED TO HAVE LIVE FIRE WEAPONS PRACTICE WITH MORTARS. AS WIDELY KNOWN, SOMETIMES THE MORTARS DON'T EXPLODE WHEN LANDING, SO A SPECIALLY TRAINED TEAM RETRIEVES THE ARMED-BUT-NOT-BLOWN MORTARS TO DETONATE THEM IN A CONTROLLED FASHION. ONE OF THE STUDENTS SAW A MORTAR LYING ON THE FIELD, AND DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE A NICE SOUVENIR, SO IT TOOK IT, AND PLACED UNDER HIS HELMET, TO HIDE IT FROM HIS INSTRUCTOR. THE RETRIEVAL TEAM WENT BERZERK WHEN THEY FOUND THAT IN THE COUNT ONE OF THE MORTARS WAS MISSING AND THE A WIDE BODY SEARCH ON EVERY STUDENT BEGUN. IT TOOK HOURS, AND AFTER WARNINGS ON THE SPEAKER SYSTEM, ADN HAVING NO ANWERS, THE INSTRUCTORS BEGUN INTERROGATING AND HITTING ONE BY ONE ON THE STUDENT'S HELMETS. JUST BEFORE HITTING THE LAST ON THE LINE, THE SARGEANT SAW THAT ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAD SOMETHING UNDER HIS HELMET. CAREFULLY, THE SARGEANT REMOVED THE HELMET, AND FOUND THE MORTAR. THE MORTAR WAS DISPOSED AND THE STUDENT EXPELLED FROM THE SCHOOL WITHOUT HURTING ANYONE (AT LEAST IN THE SCHOOL).Submitted on 01/29/02
Submitted by:
Carlos Teran
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