What’s the best prank in uniform you've seen? Comment below!

When I first reported on board my ship it was the tradition to send the new guy out to get some fictitious item. I was sent out to get some "Bulkhead Remover". Little did my shipmates know but that I was wise to these sorts of things, but I dutifully went in search of said item. I went to a friend in the Ordinance Department and told him what I had been sent for and asked if he could help me out. We then took a 10 pound practice bomb, painted it OD with a yellow stripe around the nose, put an inert fuse in it and painted Mk 1 Bulkhead Remover on the side of it. I returned to the shop with the requested "Bulkhead Remover" in hand and gave it to PO1 that sent me out for it. Of course everyone freaked out and EOD got called in. They had a great laugh over the whole thing and put my "Bulkhead Remover" on display in their shop. Need less to say I was never again sent for any fictitious item.

We had a nurse Capt that was always pranking everyone. His favorite device was KY Jelly. In your hat, the phone, the toilet seat. On his last day prior to PCS ING, two of the med techs went out to his pickup, slimed the door handles, the seat and the steering wheel. As he left the building most of the nursing staff and med techs were watching from the windows. It is a shame we didn't have a Mike down there. First he got his hands into the KY on the door handles, no sweat, wiped off with a handkerchief. The fun part was watching him slide across the seat and attempting to grab the slimed steering wheel. Priceless payback!

In the '90s, until '96 IIRC, the USAF enlisted had velcro/rank name patches on our BDUs. Lots got turned upside down or swapped to different uniforms. I got called out by my CC for wearing a MSgt patch from my boss as an Amn/E-2 in the DFAC.

I pulled lots of pranks with zip ties. Best prank I pulled was on my boss. We were slow at work. His shirt had the sleeves rolled and was hanging on the back of his chair. My trainer and I put a pair of zip ties in his sleeves. We had to guess at the size as he was a wiry guy but had Popeye forearms. One of his habits when putting his top on was to put a hand in each opening and sort of punch straight out. As I said, we were slow. Early afternoon he cuts everyone but the house mouse (my roomate) out for an early weekend. COB he grabs his shirt, puts his hands in and pushes out. He got about half way. The zip ties stuck tight on his forearms. He couldn't get his arms in amd he couldn't get them out. My roommate is rolling watching him struggle with his arms stuck. Boss was pissed. Come Monday morning everyone knows what happened. Boss is still pissed so in front of the formation calls me out, tells me I'm not allowed to touch a zip tie without permission, and tells the flight to watch out for me to which they all just start laughing which pisses him off more.

I've also taken boots, filled them with water and put them in the freezer. Soaked lots of shirts and hats and froze them as well. That cured the "put your stuff in your locker where it belongs" issues we had.

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