The U.S. Navy answers the question:

[HawkerHurricane]

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

SHORE PATROL:

@#$# $%%^ &$$##@@$% CHICKEN!!!!


Naval Education and Training Command (NAVEDTRA):

The purpose is to familiarize the chicken with road-crossing procedures. Road-crossing should be performed only between the hours of sunset and sunrise. Solo chickens must have at least three miles of visibility and a safety observer.


Special Forces Command (SEALS):

The chicken crossed at a 90 degree angle to avoid prolonged exposure to a line of communication. To achieve maximum surprise, the chicken should have performed this maneuver at night using NVGs, preferably near a road bend in a valley.


Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS):

Due to the needs of the Navy, the chicken was involuntarily reassigned to the other side of the road. This will be a 3-year unaccompanied tour and we promise to give the chicken a good-deal assignment afterwards. Every chicken will be required to do one road-crossing during its career, and this will not affect its opportunities for future promotion.


Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA):

Despite what you see on CNN, I can neither confirm nor deny any fowl performing acts of transit. Questions? Please see the SSO.


Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC):

This event will need confirmation; we need to repeat it using varied chicken breeds, road types, and weather conditions to confirm whether it can actually happen within the parameters specified for chickens and the remote possibility that they might cross thruways designated by some as 'roads.'


Naval Surface Reserve Force (NAVSURFRESFOR):

The chicken should log this as a GCC sortie only if road-crossing qualified. The crossing updates the chicken's 60-day road-crossing currency only if performed on a Monday or Thursday or during a full moon. Instructor chickens may update currency any time they observe another chicken cross the road.


Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR):

The purpose is not important. What is important is that the chicken remained under the OPCON of COMSIXTHFLEET and did not CHOP to the theater on the other side of the road. Without CHOPing, the chicken was able to achieve a seamless road-crossing with near perfect, real-time in-transit visibility.


Theater Air Control Center (TACC):

We need the road-crossing time and the time the chicken becomes available for another crossing.


Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI):

What chicken?


Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM):

The chicken was instructed to hold short of the road. This road incursion incident was reported in a Hazardous Chicken Road-Crossing Report (HCRCR). Please re-emphasize that chickens are required to read back all hold short instructions.


Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEASYSCOM):

Recent changes in technology, coupled with today's multipolar strategic environment, have created new challenges in the chicken's ability to cross the road. The chicken was also faced with significant challenges to create and develop core competencies required for this new environment.


NAVSEASYSCOM's Chicken Systems Program Office (PMS400CSPO):

In a partnering relationship with the client, helped the chicken by rethinking its physical distribution Strategy and implementation processes. Using the Poultry Integration Model (PIM) CSPO helped the chicken use its skills, methodologies, knowledge capital and experiences to align the chicken's people, processes and technology in support of its overall strategy within a Program Management framework. The CSPO convened a diverse cross-spectrum of road analysts and retired chickens along with MITRE consultants with deep skills in the transportation industry to engage in a two-day itinerary of meetings in order to leverage their personal knowledge and capital, both tacit and explicit, and to enable them to synergize with each other in order to achieve the implicit goals of delivering and successfully architecting and implementing an enterprise-wide value framework across the continuum of poultry cross-median processes. The meeting was held in a park-like setting enabling and creating an impactful environment which was strategically based, mission-focused, and built upon a consistent, clear, and unified Mission Need Statement and aligned with the chicken's mission, vision, and core values. This was conducive towards the creation of a total business integration solution. The Chicken Systems Program Office helped the chicken change to continue meeting its mission. The actual crossing of the road has not occurred, however, due to the number of action items still open from the meeting.

[xray s]

1. It is always nice to see....

...our tax dollars at work!:)

(I would guess that Halliburton was contracted to come up with the 'NAVSEASYSCOM' explanation, and they were paid by the word :) :))

Always nice to hear from you HH!:hi:

[patdem]

2. Was in process of responding when I dissapeared??? (2 s or 2 p?)

I was tearing when I read this....so much process...the question does not matter as long as the answer sounds 'effective'...this is EVEN funnier then the religious reasons...the answers are truly astounding...as I am sure the answer to every question put to any military would dredge up the same 'answers'...lol...my side is hurting...and tears are causing my otherwise flawless face to imagine wrinkles....:bounce:

[mike_c]

3. dude, you rock....

I need to find a way to make this required reading in my university classes. Unfortunately, I teach entomology, but now that I think about it, that might actually work best. Yeah. Bookmarked for late night soul searching....

[HawkerHurricane]

4. early morning humor kick

nt

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. evening kick for HH..

Great stuff!

[proud patriot]

6. LOL

Very funny ..I'm passing this along to mey dad ..