G.I. Joe #37

When Sgt. Rocky Roscoe, the athletic instructor and former decathlon champion, takes charge of training the troops, his enthusiasm for physical conditioning quickly spirals into chaos—a discus flies wild, a hammer throw goes spectacularly wrong, and the men find themselves caught between his well-meaning demands and their own creative misunderstandings. As Roscoe pushes harder with an obstacle course designed to whip "B" Company into shape for a track meet against "Charley" Company, one soldier finally calls him out: if he's so good, why doesn't he run the course first and set the example himself? What unfolds is a hilarious collision between Roscoe's glory-day determination and the realities of military PT gone sideways.

When Private Windy spots an attractive woman leaving Sergeant Gruff's orderly room, he's determined to win her heart—only to discover she's the sergeant's sister, Gwendolyn, a WAC on furlough. Armed with roses, chocolates, and poetry signed "Your Secret Lover," Windy launches an elaborate romantic campaign to sweep her off her feet. But in true G.I. Joe fashion, his smooth moves lead to a hilarious collision course he never saw coming.

Pvt. Joe Burch spins a swinging G.I. take on "Hansel and Gretel" for his eager bunkmates, complete with wisecracking soldiers and a scheming witch who's more interested in running up an outrageous bill than anything sinister. When two runaways stumble upon her gingerbread house, they discover that outsmarting a con artist beats any forest danger—and sometimes the real lesson comes from heading back where you started.

When Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan receives a letter from his sweetheart Mabel—the girl he's been dreaming about marrying while stationed away—the news shatters him completely. As his unit watches helplessly, Weepy spirals into despair, and his absence from reveille the next morning sets off a chain of events that lands him in a court-martial. The story examines how a single letter can wound a soldier more deeply than any battlefield enemy, and what one officer learns about the true cost of broken promises sent through the mail.