Posted on Oct 24, 2014
PO3 Purchasing Manager
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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!
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PO1 Scott Cottrell
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BT or BM Punch, Box of ball tabs, Tacan Gate key. 50 feet of Flightline, Bucket of prop wash. Heard a lot of them both on Shore Duty and on Ships.
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SN Greg Wright
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I stood the venerable mail buoy watch...in full CBR gear, with a boat hook.
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CAPT Senior Principal Policy Analyst
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Next to the relative bearing grease.
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PO2 Daniel Rogers
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Sure, but you need to fill out an ID10T form from Admin.
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CAPT Kevin B.
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When we pulled our can into Long Beach, the Chief sent me to Serv-Mart for a squeegee sharpener. You should have seen his face when I came back with one. Told the Chief they also had Teddy Bears. Telling me BS and sending me back for one, I returned with the NSN Bear, Stuffed, Theodore. Chief never sent me to Serv-Mart again.
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PO3 Jordan Davis
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My Chief told me to go down to Supply and find him some PU-55-Y. I sat there for a moment and just stared at that sly grin he always had when he thought he was clever.
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PO3 Jennifer McMullin
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Stylus ink
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SN E Robinson
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It's kept in the locker with the prop wash and waterline!
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PO3 Dario de la Cruz
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A little late but just came on to this site....we used to get sent out to do Crustacean reports....(didn't see that one in comments).
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PO1 Sonar Supervisor
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How about getting an HT punch from the General Workshop or Retreiving an XBT after it's been launched or Cranking down the Mast so it doesn't hit the Bridge.
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