Posted on Oct 24, 2014
Anybody know where I can find a bucket of steam and bottle of bulkhead remover?
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Have you ever found yourself on mail buoy watch?
Ever been handed a kapok life vest and broom and told to fend off any monkeys that try to board during a Suez Canal transit?
How about being sent after the elusive ID10T that the chief needs right away?
I'd like to hear some of the other service gags run on the new guy. Let's hear em please!
Ever been handed a kapok life vest and broom and told to fend off any monkeys that try to board during a Suez Canal transit?
How about being sent after the elusive ID10T that the chief needs right away?
I'd like to hear some of the other service gags run on the new guy. Let's hear em please!
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our best was K9P sent a poor airman in Kunsan S Korea in the middle of July for some our line chief called the 80th FS guys to give them a heads up they sent him somewhere eles he finally ended up with the SP's they had him put on a full mop suit and with long tongs and a 3 pound coffee can filled with water they told him that is was very deadly and if it slashed it would be a major environmental issue he had to walk about 3/4 of a mile back to where we where it was funny as heck. a yard of flight line was also a good one.
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Sgt Derek Feldman
The other thing we used to do with new recruits was with the dash60 power cart it used a jet engine to generate power for the Aircraft and when you turned on the master power switch it would start dumping fuel in to the engine you normally hit the master on waited 5-10 seconds then hit the start it would turn over make a small bang and blow smoke out the top as the jet came up to speed but if you hit the master on and waited it would blow fire out the top about 10-30 feet in the air so during the training on how to do it you turned on the master on then talked about the safety of the unit and what to do if it made a loud boom and blew fire out the top you told them to run like hell because it was going to blow up then talked about the last time it happened the whole time the master power is on dumping jet fuel in to the engine then you turned it off and walked away telling the new airman to start it up he would turn it on wait then start it with a very loud boom and fire out the top it was classic to watch them run for their life's..
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When I first arrived at my fist unit, my new team leader sent me to supply for a box of grid squares. I took the wind out of his sails when two hours later, thanks to the supply room needing to get rid of some old maps, I returned with three maps worth of grid squares. He wanted to smoke the crap out of me as I stood there with that "I'm not that stupid, and I will fulfill the mission" smile.
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How about a can of P-E-P-S-I? I need a box of grid squares. A key to the impact zone (for field artillery). or... we need to change out the spring/summer air for fall/winter air in the tires.
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I had a new private get a piece of chalk and a hammer and tap for soft spots in the bed of a 5 ton dump truck. It was funny until my LT asked him what he was doing and he ratted me out.
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When I was a MM2 on the USS Dalhgren DDG 43, we were lighting off the day before getting underway. I was the Top Watch for #1 Engine room which also served as Main Control for all 4 main engineering spaces. As we were lighting off, I sent our brand new messenger to the Captain's stateroom to get the keys to the Main Engines so that we could start them up....lol. He did and the skipper sent him to the XO who then sent him to the Chief Engineer. I did get a call from the Captain and he told me to stop doing that as he was laughing....through the call.
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1. Go to supply and ask for a box of ST-1S. (I still get people with that one, including seasoned senior NCOs)
2. Go ask the mechanics for a tube of lanyard grease.
3. Go to S3 and get the keys for the DZ for tonights jump.
4. Putting the cheap specialty designed "Cherry" helmet on the new 5 jump chump that he has to wear throughout the day inincluding before, during and after the jump.
5. Unit patches, nametapes sewn upside down on BDUs. (Mysterious how gremlins work during the night)
6. Having the new guys shake or in one instance that I recall, take down a tree so we can find where we are on the map during land nav. (The rest of us knew where we were)
7. Have the guy with the trumpet play revelry at 4 in the morning in the barracks even though wake up wasnt until six. (I happened to be that guy. I was not very well liked for a week after that, had to keep the trumpet locked up for a month due to threats)
8. Have the gun section smartass jump the M60, tripod, t&e, pintle, sincgars, and a box of blanks along with the 40lbs in his ruck and his lbe. Bird does 2 race tracks and I distinctly remember losing my balance, threw the static line at the safety because of this loss and going out the door practically backwards. Forgot what I said to my section chief but this was his funny form of corrective action. (This was when counsling statements were rarely used though I do recall that whatever i said may not have warranted a counsling statement even under todays standards)
9. Chute log book shows that Mickey Mouse packed your chute yesterday.
10. Telling your new 2lt who is in front of you waiting for the green light on a daytime jump "Hi, my name is xxxxxxx, and ill be riding your chute out today!"
Those are just some of the ones I recall. I left out a couple of the most common ones.
MY 2 Bits.
2. Go ask the mechanics for a tube of lanyard grease.
3. Go to S3 and get the keys for the DZ for tonights jump.
4. Putting the cheap specialty designed "Cherry" helmet on the new 5 jump chump that he has to wear throughout the day inincluding before, during and after the jump.
5. Unit patches, nametapes sewn upside down on BDUs. (Mysterious how gremlins work during the night)
6. Having the new guys shake or in one instance that I recall, take down a tree so we can find where we are on the map during land nav. (The rest of us knew where we were)
7. Have the guy with the trumpet play revelry at 4 in the morning in the barracks even though wake up wasnt until six. (I happened to be that guy. I was not very well liked for a week after that, had to keep the trumpet locked up for a month due to threats)
8. Have the gun section smartass jump the M60, tripod, t&e, pintle, sincgars, and a box of blanks along with the 40lbs in his ruck and his lbe. Bird does 2 race tracks and I distinctly remember losing my balance, threw the static line at the safety because of this loss and going out the door practically backwards. Forgot what I said to my section chief but this was his funny form of corrective action. (This was when counsling statements were rarely used though I do recall that whatever i said may not have warranted a counsling statement even under todays standards)
9. Chute log book shows that Mickey Mouse packed your chute yesterday.
10. Telling your new 2lt who is in front of you waiting for the green light on a daytime jump "Hi, my name is xxxxxxx, and ill be riding your chute out today!"
Those are just some of the ones I recall. I left out a couple of the most common ones.
MY 2 Bits.
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having a new guy to the unit find the "soft spots" in the 113's. Tap on the side with a hammer and mark the "soft spot" with an x, in chalk. The best part was, we were a wheeled maint Co.......never had to do so many push ups.....
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