A few days earlier, I had instructed my chief medic to perform a "short arm" inspection on all the male soldiers assigned to my company.
I could tell he was embarrassed being told by a female officer to conduct a "short arms" inspection. A "short arm" inspection is a medical examination of the penis to determine if the male has any sexually transmitted diseases.
Laughing I tell him, "Don't be embarrassed. Just get everyone checked out. Let me know if anyone has any problems."
Everyone was surprised when I was first woman selected to command this company. The men at first question my authority, but quickly learned I was a competent and fair commander. I took no bullshit from anyone and I protected my men. The men respected me for that, especially the medics. It seems that under the previous commander the medics had gotten a bad reputation for being lazy and not working hard. I found out that basically no one had ever really given them any responsibilities or told them what was expect of them. Once I instructed them on their responsibilities and told them what was required of them, they preformed outstandingly.
I overhead one of the medics telling another one, "Captain Simmons is okay. She really stood up for us today at the meeting when some one said we were lazy and not doing our jobs. She jumped all over his ass."
The other medic agreed with him and said, "I really would like to jump all over her ass, she is really one hot babe."
"No shit," the other one replied.
Smiling to myself I thought, "Well I guess I am doing my job right, they seem to be respecting me. As to jumping my ass, I did find all of them very attractive and sexy. It has been a while since someone had really jumped my ass."
A few days later my company clerk came into my office saying, "Captain Simmons, the chief medic is on the phone. He would like to set up an appointment with you to go over the results of the medical exams."
"Tell him I will stop by the infirmary at the end of the work day and we can discuss the exams then," I replied knowing that it would also allow me to inspect how they were maintaining the infirmary."
My clerk replied, "Will do, Captain."
As I leave the office I tell my clerk, "That's it for the day. I am headed over to the infirmary and then will go home. Go ahead and take off, I will see you in the morning."
All four medics come to attention as I enter the infirmary. I tell them at ease, as I look around checking out the infirmary remarking, "The area really looks great, I can see you have all done a lot of hard work."
The medics smile and I see they really appreciate that I noticed all the hard work that they had accomplished since the last time I inspected the infirmary.
"What were the results of the short arms inspections?" I ask the chief medic.
Handing me a clipboard with his report he replies, "We had eight soldiers who show signs of sexually transmitted diseases. They were all referred to the hospital for further evaluation. I will monitor their status and keep you informed."