What is your favorite example of good-natured inter-service rivalry?

I like the one where the Marine and Army General are arguing about who is braver. The Marine calls over a young lance corporal orders him to climb a near by radio tower and leap off. The Marine does and jumps to his death. The Marine General looks at his peer and says "That is bravery". The Army General says "bah, I'll show you bravery" calls over a PFC and orders him to climb the tower and to swan dive into a pile of scrap metal. The PFC thinks about it a minute says "No offense Sir but get bent" and walks away. The Army General looks at the Marine General and says "now that is bravery".

SOCOM HQs in Tampa has special ops personnel from all the services, so there's a lot of rivalry. Last Xmas, a SEAL was newly assigned to a section that had an Army Ranger in it. The Ranger noticed the SEAL was sort of down about being new in town at the holidays, so he decided to help him out. He shows him an ad in the paper for a Xmas River Tour (the Hillsborough River runs right through downtown Tampa) and asks him if he wants to go. The ad gave the address and said $300, cash only. So they agree to meet up there Sat night.

The SEAL arrives first, and it's a small building next to the river. He walks in, and a woman says "do you have the $300?" The SEAL shows her the money, and she says go through this door to start the tour. The SEAL goes through the door, and is hit on the head with a baseball bat and knocked out. Two men take his money, tie his hands behind his back, and toss him in the river. While that is going on, the Ranger arrives, and the same thing happens to him, and he is tossed in the river shortly after the SEAL.

As they float down the river with their hands tied, the cold water wakes them up. They float alongside each other, and the SEAL looks at the Ranger and says:

Do they serve any food on this tour?


And the Ranger replies:


They didnt last year.