Starting off With a Show And Tell
United StateAair force generals Jack O'Neill and George Hammond walked stridently into the Air Force Academy's main academic building, feeling as psyched up to present the the senior cadets an exciting exposition on their experiences in the airforce as they probably were to hear it. Ever since the beginning of 2010 when the governments of the world had disclosed to their citizens that their airforces had been running an extraterrestrial exploration program for (many different purposes), airforce personnel and airforce cadets around the world had were exposed to this brave new world of career possibilities with the airforce. Never mind just the excitement of flying a fighter-jet in the low-atmosphere skies of Earth—that was nothing compared to the excitement of flying a fighter-function space vessel out in the infinite expanse that was space.
When they entered the large lecture-hall, Brigadier-General Jeremiah Barnes, all the officers, and all the cadets who'd been patiently awaiting the arrival of these two airforce legends stood at respected attention and saluted. Full-Stars-General George Hammond pleasantly said with his grandfatherly smile "At ease, airmen. You don't need to act so formally today—we're doing a 'show-and-tell session' to see if we can turn our experiences into a special honors seminar on the role of the air-force from the beginning of the founding of Stargate Command to the disclosure of the existence of the Stargate and extraterrestrial life." "That's right flyboys and flygirls. We're just gonna share some fun stories involving danger of the type that could end human existence, and of safer casual things like test- flying soooo so fast in next-next-next-generation fighter craft that until 1997, existed only in science fiction in our minds as far as we could fathom" lieutenant-general Jack O'Neill chimed in.
"The whole gang gathered here's quite excited" Jeremiah Barnes commented.
"Barnes, are you running an on-campus faculty-student mafia again? I thought I told you to clean up your act a while ago" Jack O'Neill quipped.
"Sorry, sir, I haven't gone completely clean in how I run this institiution" Barnes played along. "We do still allow-betting and group-betting for small amounts of money. No more than that."
"OK, I guess I'll allow those kinds of activities" O'Neill continued playing along.
Hammond cracked up slightly listening to the two wisecracking about.
"Yes folks, General O'Neill is not only a legendary soldier, but also a legendary wit for as long as I;pve known him."