Joe, before Jim scuttles this thread, I have to say how much I enjoyed your example of Navy morale-boosting. It reminds me of a boot camp incident.

This was in the days before political correctness, during my first week of boot camp. On the eve of our first Sunday in the Navy, our company commander informed us that we were to attend church services, because the Navy had determined that it was good for our morale. Since sleep was such a rare commodity in boot camp, one of the guys said he didn't belong to any particular religion, and asked if he could sleep in instead of going to church. To which the company commander replied, "The Plan of the Day says that all hands will attend the services of the religion of your choice. If you do not have a religion of your choice, you WILL choose a religion of your choice." Classic.