In a Doonesbury cartoon, an officer is standing by the bedside of a Navy sailor who is in sick bay aboard a cruiser. The officer says, “We’ve got you scheduled for surgery at four bells tomorrow! Your surgeon will be Commander Torres.” As he leaves the officer says, “Well, take care, sport. I’ll see you tonight during rounds.”
The sailor is puzzled and says to the officer, “What exactly do you do here?” The officer replies, “I’m the ship’s morale officer.” And wide-eyed, the sailor says, “You mean, a … a chaplain?” And the officer replies, “No. No. I really do cheer people up!”