How has a sense of humor helped you in your military career?

I think it is absolutely critical to laugh at things; it helps relieve stress. Granted, there is a time and place to be serious, but there is also a time and place for humor.

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I firmly believe you need to have a decent sense of humor in all walks of life, including or maybe especially in the military. I have worked a few different careers but so far in the 20+ years of work I have (military and civilian) I have experienced more stuff in the military that have either upset me or stressed me out so much that I just had to laugh about it all, if only for a minute or two. It's a good release to laugh about some of the BS we have to put up with.

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If given a choice between laughing and crying, I'll always try to find the funny.

When it got serious I always cracked a joke. It was my way of dealing with stress. It did drive my superiors crazy though. They did not think I took things serious enough.

As a cop for 23 years, you see some "special" things and can be treated "special". Humor sometimes is the only thing you have to keep going. Plus, for the most part, it's the only thing they can't take away.

I used to have a really bad anger problem, was stressed out all the time, and very easily agitated. This caused me to end up yelling at people, throwing things, and even punching walls/doors on a few occasions. With some help from some anger management courses, I have learned to use humor as an outlet. My anger problems are gone, my stress is significantly reduced, and I can handle things much easier now.

Just have to be careful when and where to use the humor. Some people don't like it to much, and it has gotten me in trouble a few times. Not as much trouble as the anger problem would have led me to though. Thankfully I got it in check before it did.

Laughter is better than tears, especially since I had my tear ducts removed when they replaced my heart with a canteen. Sometimes I miss working with the new boots, they'll believe anything.