Anybody who's been around awhile will tell you that the concept of the military running on its stomach has got to be a civilian invention (besides, think about it, how the heck can you run while you're on your stomach? Its physcially impossible!). The military really runs on paperwork. Lots and lots of paperwork. Since the advent of e-mail, however, it seems that the level of discourse in military writing has gone right into the proverbial field latrine. For those of you who are not skilled in the martial art of military penmanship, we offer up the US Army's "Guide to Effective Army Writing." Its loaded with example letters and other documents written in everybody's favorite style: military-ese. Don't forget that any correspondence you write should conform to your particular organization's rules for layout & style.