The following tweet starts out like a normal “comedian” tweet. It really does.

Comedian lives life. Comedian makes observation about something that probably happens to scores of other people. Apple iPhones. Keeping up with technology. Keeping up with the … you know.

But then she — Justine Cabulong, that is (as you can see in her Twitter bio) — drops a reference that would mystify and/or intimidate most upstanding American civilians.

But, that’s simply because Ms. Cabulong isn’t one of these aforementioned “civilians”. Not even close.

She’s a former Marine lieutenant who served in Mongolia and Afghanistan (and also a current captain in the Marine Corps Reserves) and is now a production coordinator at “The Daily Show” — which finds her doing a number of things, among them warming up the audience prior to the show with a brief comedy routine.

“I feel like the Marines was a good preparation for ‘The Daily Show,’ actually,” she told The New York Times recently. “The show is high tempo; it’s pretty chaotic; you have to work together. We might be on the road, not be getting much sleep. But at the same time, it’s not a war zone here. No one is shooting at us. Yes, the printer might have just died, but we can call the printer guy.”

Cabulong isn’t alone either. She got the gig as part of the show’s program to offer internship-like opportunities to veterans working full-time jobs who wanted to get into the television and entertainment industry.

More from The New York Times:

In 2013, American Corporate Partners, a mentoring nonprofit group, asked Mr. Stewart to take a veteran under his wing and help find that person a job in television, which involved making a few calls.

“Jon said he wanted to help, but wanted to do more than just drop his name,” said Sid Goodfriend, who runs the program.

Instead, the staff of “The Daily Show” developed an intense five-week immersion program to give veterans a crash course in their business, with behind-the-scenes looks at areas including talent booking and editing.

They put out word to veterans’ groups but did not mention that the boot camp was at “The Daily Show,” an attempt to weed out fans and focus instead on veterans who really wanted to work in the industry.

“There are well-worn channels into this industry that are closed off to veterans,” Mr. Stewart said. “You get into the television industry generally by going to certain colleges known for having good television programs, getting internships and getting to know people who work in the industry. A lot of veterans never had that opportunity because they were busy at war. This is a way to give them that chance.”

He added that the veterans he had hired had been assets and “way less whiny” than most of his hires.

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