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The PowerPointRanger Creed
This is my PowerPoint. There are many like it but mine is 97.
My PowerPoint is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it
as I master my life.
My PowerPoint without me is useless. Without my
PowerPoint, I am useless.
I must format my slides true. I must brief them better than
the other staff sections who are trying to out brief me.
I must brief the impact on the CINC before he asks me. I
will.
My PowerPoint and myself know that what counts in this war
is not the information. We know that it is the number of slides,
the colors of the highlights, and the format of the bullets that
counts.
My PowerPoint is human, even as I, because it is my life.
Thus I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its
strengths, its fonts, its accessories, its formats, and its colors.
I will keep my PowerPoint slides current and ready to
brief. We will become part of each other. We will…
Before God I swear this creed. My PowerPoint and myself
are defenders of my country. We are the masters of our
subject. We are the saviors of my career.
So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy,
but peace (and the next exercise)!

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The Powerpoint Ranger Creed

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