A VIP was on a visit to a school of snipers for Ranger units.
When the visiting brass hat was about to light a cigarette the school commandant gave terse order to a trainee: "Light it!"
Without aiming the trainee fired his pistol and lighted the cigarette. When the general finished smoking the commandant barked the order:
"Now put it out!" Another trainee fired a snap shot and the cigarette went out.
The raptured general suggested: "May your top marksmen shoot off my hat?"
"Naturally! And the commandant gave a sign to the third trainee who took aim and fired his rifle. But the bullet hit the general. The commandant hissed in disgust: "You wretched bolo, Johnson. You still fail to qualify for marksmanship rating!"