Double Maneuver (Command Decision)
The soldier was tired and sleepy from a long train ride in a miserable old-day coach. On top of this, two fussy old ladies were keeping him awake with arguments about a window. One wanted it closed and the other wanted it open. This fuss finally brought the conductor.
"Conductor," said the one, "if that window is opened, I'll just freeze to death."
"And if it's kept closed," whined the other, "I'll suffocate."
However much the conductor tried, he couldn't settle the argument and finally he turned to the GI for help.
"It's you, soldier, who can help me. What would you do if it were a military problem?"
"In the Army we handle such problems like a double-prong attack: open the window and freeze one of them, then close it and suffocate the other."