Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 18, 2009

Don’t worry, you probably won’t need them any more.

He better know where “Kandahar” is.

Wonder if he gets frequent spy-er miles? :D

Effects or gear.

@Yukoneric: that’s “effects,” as in, “the stuff distributed to your next-of-kin on the event of your untimely demise.”

So, is Jeff going to meet up with our previously-harassed helicopter mechanic soon?

Oh, good question. But we have to wait for him to break a helicopter first, though.

I hope he has havok’s I-phone with him, he may need to use some of it’s apps.

Does the iPhone have a death-ray app yet? That might come in handy.

is that a man???

does the clerk’s gender really make any difference?

She is clearly female, and altough we are lead to believe she is in the army that cannot be correct as female soldiers are only allowed to wear ear ring while in class a, b or dress uniforms.

She must be in the airforce.

umm no AF, notice the combat patch. I think only Army does combat patches.

Potrz; good point. Probably just an oversight by the artist. It happens.

Or the artist didnt care. He probably didn’t know the cartoon would be over-analyzed.

^ also a good point, as it really is not important to the story.

The ARMY is military - the others (Air Force, etc.) are quasi-civilian support forces FOR the Army. You guys didn’t know that? I knew that.

I had thoght of mentioning that but thoght better of it.

Doesn’t Jeff work for the CIA?

OH; chill, choll! It’s somebody to talk to. Maybe JAD could start a blog, as a therapeutic journal…