Military Logic

[OneFreeTexan]

Joe-Bob's first military assignment was to a military induction center, and, because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about the government benefits, especially the G.I. insurance to which they were entitled.
Before long the Captain in charge of the induction center began noticing that Joe-Bob was getting a 99% sign up for the top amount of G.I. insurance. This was odd, because it would cost these poor inductees nearly $30 per month more for their higher coverage than what the government was already granting.
The Captain decided that he would not ask Joe-Bob about his selling techniques, but he would sit in the back of the room and observe Joe-Bob's sales pitch.
Joe-Bob stood up before his latest group of inductees and stated, "If you have the normal G.I. insurance and go to Iraq and are killed, the government pays your beneficiary $6,000," Joe-Bob began.
"If you take out the supplemental G.I. insurance (which will cost you an additional $30 per month), the government pays your beneficiary $200,000," Joe-Bob continued.
"NOW," Joe-Bob concluded, "which bunch do you think they're gonna send into battle FIRST?