A little bit of truth

I got this via e-mail from a "friend" of mine...

A tourist walked into a pet store and began looking at the animals on
display. While he was there, a Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant from the local Air Station walked in and said to the shopkeeper, "I'll take a 6114 Monkey,
please."

The clerk nodded, went to a cage at the side of the store and took out a monkey. He put a collar and leash on the animal and handed it to the Gunny, saying, "That'll be $1,000." The Gunny paid and left with the monkey.

Surprised, the tourist went to the shopkeeper and said, "That was a very expensive monkey. Most of them are only a few hundred dollars. Why did that one cost so much?"

The shopkeeper answered, "Ah, that 6114 Monkey, he can rig aircraft flight controls, score 300 on the Marine Corps PFT, set up a perimeter defense and perform the duties of SDO with no mistakes. It's well worth the money."

The tourist spotted a monkey in another cage. "That one's even more expensive--$10,000! What can it do?"

"Oh, that one is a "Maintenance Supervisor" monkey. It can instruct at all levels of maintenance, supervise maintenance at the O & I and Depot level, and even do most of the paperwork. A very useful monkey indeed," replied the shopkeeper.

The tourist looked around a little longer and found a third monkey in a cage. The price tag read "$50,000". The shocked tourist exclaimed, "That one costs more than all the others put together! What in the world can it do?"

"Well, the shopkeeper said, I've never actually seen him do anything but drink beer and play with him self, but his papers say he's a pilot."