"Gee, sir, they never told us the Army would be like this back in basic." New replacements for the Big Red One provide a moment's comic relief as they all get first-hand "briefings" on how to use a toothbrush and new super-paste the Army's come up with for quick dental cleanings. The reports are lined up in formation and all brush literally "by the numbers" under instruction from a Di An base camp Army dentist. Nobody can remember exactly what the Army calls its new tooth goo, but the almost universally popular one is "Yecchhh!"

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