Here's a list of some of my favorite things to pull on privates, lieutenants, or just new guys in general... add your own too!
For Aviation: Send them off in search of
Can of rotor wash
100' of flight line
A.S.H. Receiver (Hueys used to have ash trays in them...)
Can of frequency grease
Can of squelch
For Artillery: Have them conduct a "boom" check (done by having a LT or PVT stand at the business end of the cannon, and yell "BOOM" into it while someone is inside listening to make sure that the cannon isn't clogged up)...
For Armor: Have them look for soft spots in the armor (by tapping on the armor plates of a tank with a quarter or similar hard object and circling the spots that sound "different".)
For all MOSs: Have them find:
Can of blinker fluid
Chem-light Batteries
Box of grid squares
Blinker battery
I-D-10-T card (if you don't get this, look at it carefully, and try to imagine the numbers are letters...)
Body Armor and Hard Plate wash
Prc E-9 (pronounced Prick E-9)
For PSYOP: Have them find
Tinfoil Caps
Propaganda Ink or Propaganda Markers (while showing them some purported Propaganda)
Can of Loudspeaker Squelch
For SF:
Green Beret Dye (note: Don't let them bring you regular green dye you use to dye clothes with... this is a "special" dye...)
An Alpha Male Fitting (or Glue)(works better if you have some envelopes in your hand when asking for this)
For Navy SEALs:
Flipper Lube/Grease
NoRetreat Spray (You have to understand SEAL mentality in that it is rumored they don't know how to retreat from anything - even if overwhelmed and facing insurmountable odds)
For Coast Guard: One of the things that was done in the Coast Guard, was after a SAR mission, we'd get off the helicopter. The helicopters have piss tubes for the crew for long rescue missions. One of the crew would sit in the pilots seat and use it, while another crew would point out the dripping under the bird from a tube to a new airman "Hey! That might be a fuel leak, go smell that and let me know if it's fuel!" Almost every time, they'd dip their fingers in it and hold it up to their noses...
For Aviation: Send them off in search of
Can of rotor wash
100' of flight line
A.S.H. Receiver (Hueys used to have ash trays in them...)
Can of frequency grease
Can of squelch
For Artillery: Have them conduct a "boom" check (done by having a LT or PVT stand at the business end of the cannon, and yell "BOOM" into it while someone is inside listening to make sure that the cannon isn't clogged up)...
For Armor: Have them look for soft spots in the armor (by tapping on the armor plates of a tank with a quarter or similar hard object and circling the spots that sound "different".)
For all MOSs: Have them find:
Can of blinker fluid
Chem-light Batteries
Box of grid squares
Blinker battery
I-D-10-T card (if you don't get this, look at it carefully, and try to imagine the numbers are letters...)
Body Armor and Hard Plate wash
Prc E-9 (pronounced Prick E-9)
For PSYOP: Have them find
Tinfoil Caps
Propaganda Ink or Propaganda Markers (while showing them some purported Propaganda)
Can of Loudspeaker Squelch
For SF:
Green Beret Dye (note: Don't let them bring you regular green dye you use to dye clothes with... this is a "special" dye...)
An Alpha Male Fitting (or Glue)(works better if you have some envelopes in your hand when asking for this)
For Navy SEALs:
Flipper Lube/Grease
NoRetreat Spray (You have to understand SEAL mentality in that it is rumored they don't know how to retreat from anything - even if overwhelmed and facing insurmountable odds)
For Coast Guard: One of the things that was done in the Coast Guard, was after a SAR mission, we'd get off the helicopter. The helicopters have piss tubes for the crew for long rescue missions. One of the crew would sit in the pilots seat and use it, while another crew would point out the dripping under the bird from a tube to a new airman "Hey! That might be a fuel leak, go smell that and let me know if it's fuel!" Almost every time, they'd dip their fingers in it and hold it up to their noses...
Posted 10 y ago
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What is one of the best prank's you have either done, or heard of someone doing. Late one night while in Iraq 05', and training the Iraqi Army, we had our medic call in from our CP. She spoke with the SFC who was the RTO that night and told him that we found out what was wrong with our radio. We had her say that it was a simple fix and we only need some "B-A eleven hundred November's and some S-T Rings" Well this guy says "stand by" and went looking. About an hour or so later he surprisingly calls us back and said that he woke up 1SG who didnt have any and that he didnt know where they were and said to check with supply. He woke up supply and went digging through the connex of course to no avail... So we told him roger and we ended the transmissions, laughing our butts off of course. Well the next morning the OIC of our group, a MAJ, walks out of his door upon our return and sternly said, "you, you and you, COME HERE, RIGHT NOW!!" Thinking the worst of it, we walked in and stood at attention. He sits down across from us and pulls out a piece of paper. It was the 1594 from the night prior showing that this idiot actually LOGGED IN the BALLOONS and STRINGS... smh he busted out laughing and we all just lost it... funniest thing ever.<br>
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