war stories

I just read Verchie's entry regarding the construction of his house and coincidentally I planned to share a war story I heard a couple of nights ago.

As having a client which both a public utility company and is owned by the government, some security measures are to be expected. Now it follows that the security chief would have had military experience to be appointed/chosen for the job, and I believe the main security guy is a retired brigadier general of the Pakistan Army. Naturally guys like this have tons of war stories, one of which was shared to an officemate of mine and subsequently related to me so some of the details of this story may be off by a bit.

In any case, a soldier (don't know his rank) went to his commander (I'm not sure if it was the brigadier or his subordinate) for a few days leave for some reason or other. However, this particular soldier's leave entitlement has been used up completely and the commander couldn't just give him time off. The soldier pleaded, but the commander was adamant in his decision. Seeing to end the conversation, the commander said to the soldier "OK, if you get me an Indian tank... I will give you your leave", knowing fully well that the soldier would be hard pressed to get an enemy tank.

After a few weeks, before the requested date of leave this particular soldier came driving down the road on an Indian tank! Shocked, his commander could do nothing but approve his leave.

Still in disbelief, the commander asked how in the world did the soldier get the Indian tank. The answer... he traded for it!