Comedian Bill Hicks gets an honorary rank in the Navy . `` I was eating for free and , as they say , ( having ) a place to lay your head was wonderful , lights out , lights on , '' Cosby said , telling his laughing audience that he learned discipline in the Navy , among other things . `` Urinate in one urinal and continue to do so in that same one -- discipline , '' he joked . Cosby joined the Navy in 1956 , without a high school diploma . Cosby credits his service in the Navy with teaching him what he needed . He says finishing boot camp was the first time his parents let him benefit from anything .
Comedian Bill Hicks gets an honorary rank in the Navy . Cosby joined the Navy in 1956 , without a high school diploma . Cosby credits his service in the Navy with teaching him what he needed . He says finishing boot camp was the first time his parents let him benefit from anything .