Doctrine Man helps military men and women chuckle at life

"Doctrine Man" is a comic superhero whose crusade against the military services establishment is spreading via Facebook. Doctrine Man has been steadily gaining a global following among the military services rank and file and printouts have been seen at the Pentagon. Doctrine Man is the latest in a long-line of military caricatures created to mitigate the harsh realities of life within the military. Article resource – Doctrine Man to the rescue – Facebook comic makes military friends by Money Blog Newz.

Doctrine Man understands

Last summer Doctrine Man appeared on Facebook, created by an Army offer.According to the brand new York Times, the officer (who’ll remain anonymous) was working with individuals who "just didn't get it" and he needed an outlet to vent his frustrations. Without naming names, he lampoons military doctrine with gags that service members from generals down to the lowliest private can relate to. He said the Doctrine Man Facebook updates spark dialogue with other officers with whom he discusses issues via private e-mail. His superiors do receive any viable information that is received from his site and use it how they need to.

Status update of Doctrine Man

The Doctrine Man comic strip is drawn in stick figures, but the message is more significant than the graphics. The Facebook superhero is best describes as, “Able to leap useless acronyms with a single bound, faster than a lumbering field manual, more powerful than a cheese enchilada in a staff huddle.” Making the war zone feel like home, a soldier wearing a hula shirt to combat, and an officer selecting somebody for a special operation by simply throwing a book at the first soldier who walks by; are just a couple of the situations you might run into with the Doctrine Man comic strip.

Laughing about life

Doctrine man isn't the first, and by far isn't the last, example of a minion accepting his life and laughing over it. Bill Mauldin for example made Willie and Joe cartoons during World War II while in Europe. Others include Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22″ and Richard Hooker’s “MASH,” novels which were made into major motion pictures. "Beetle Bailey" has been continued by several different people since it began in 1950, and some believe Doctrine Man might follow within the same path.

Information from

Facebook

facebook.com/pages/Doctrine-Man/110598432306650

New York Times

nytimes.com/2010/11/19/us/19pentagon.html?src=twrhp

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mauldin