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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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Road wheel air pressure gauge; the Boom Test on the Howitzer (yelling BOOOOOM!!! into the tube to "calibrate it"), a truck wasnt pulled all the way up to a dock, so someone was looking for the dock stretcher, changing the air in tires to match the season, hot air to cold air, vice versa...; exhaust samples; ill have to think of some more<br>
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SFC Bstoff Stoffers
And blank adapters for the howitzers. You had to get a buddy to help you carry it.
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While in the motor pool @ Fort Stewart, GA, my E7 sent a new Pvt. E1 to go get a set of Snow Chains for the (Trac. Vehicle)- the Pvt. was so eager to prove himself, sprinted to the Motor Sgt. To get the Snow Chains for the Trac.- The Motor Sgt. played along with the prank and gave the Pvt. A set of tow chains for a m1a1 Abrams (A Tank). As the Pvt. Dragged the tow chains across the motor pool (sparks flying everywhere) the E7 yells that the Pvt. Stating that those where the chains for the left side and he needed the chains for the right side. (The Motor Sgt. Stopped the prank there)
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for Medical, send them to the Lab for Falopian Tubes....
Headlight repair kit, muffler bearings, 24 channel squelch greese, box of grid squares, chem light batteries, BA-1100-NS, flight line....
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When I was a brand new 2LT, one of the CPTs in our BN tried the old "box of grid squares" prank on me. We were doing home station AT on Red Stone, middle of June, hot as balls. I saw an opportunity and jumped on it. I grabbed a hummer and drove 15 miles back to the armory in Athens. Spent the next 3 hours sitting in the AC cutting up several old maps and putting the "grid squares" in a box. Drove back and handed him the box.
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PO1 Robert Anderson
In the Navy we would send people for relative bearing grease. We once convinced a midshipman that the new guy in the department bought drinks for the rest of the department. Lucky for him it was a small department on a destroyer, so we only soaked him for about $400.
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At BCT I was sent out to find a foot of flight line. Being in my late 20"s and also having been a Boy Scout when I was a kid, I knew all about these pranks. Well anyways I was given my mission and I set out. Went back to the barracks and racked out for about 3 hours, while returning to the training area I picked up a big chunk of asphalt from the side of the road. The DS about lost his sh!t when I reported in and handed him the foot of flight line.
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Well, on the ship when you were new or there was a new E-2 on their first patrol there would always be a succession of pranks...
1. We have to get underway and we need the keys to the boat! Meanwhile you are directed to everyone on the ship, captain included, who directed you to the XO, and on and on till you figured it out. lol
2. We have a helicopter landing and we need a sky hook...lol
3. We need the mail buoy...
4. We need the fire extinguisher for the smoking lamp...
But, the all time funniest prank I have ever seen is when the ET's got one of the new E-2's to report to the bridge (before we are underway) and told them that they have to calibrate the radar system prior to getting under way. This is VERY IMPORTANT and requires a team approach. They then get the E-2 to don the firefighting proximity suit including hood (which if you have never seen one, it is the silver suit with silver hood and gold face shield. It reflects heat and unfortunately also keeps ALL your body heat inside too! And this was in FL! lol) They have this E-2 take the landing flags with him and go out on the pier about 100 meters away. They then piped all crew members to the focsle (the forward part of the ship) to witness radar calibration lol Of course when you heard this you usually dropped everything you were doing for a good laugh). One of the ET's would then go out on the bridge wing and yell down to the poor sap on the pier to do various movements including, and yes I am serious, moving one arm outstretched with one flag in a clockwise direction and the other arm holding the flag in a counter clockwise motion hoping on one foot in a circle. Remembering this guy is wearing a complete proximity suit sweating his butt off! After each command they would run back inside the bridge supposedly to "calibrate the radar" laughing hysterically and taking wagers on what else they could have this guy do. Usually it ended because there would be so much laughter coming from the focsle that he would finally figure it out and slowly walk back to the gangway.
Later when I became an ET myself I just couldn't bring myself to do it to anyone...but it was funny! Actually most people didn't seem to mind it at all. They all said they felt like a part of the crew after they endured a few harmless pranks.
1. We have to get underway and we need the keys to the boat! Meanwhile you are directed to everyone on the ship, captain included, who directed you to the XO, and on and on till you figured it out. lol
2. We have a helicopter landing and we need a sky hook...lol
3. We need the mail buoy...
4. We need the fire extinguisher for the smoking lamp...
But, the all time funniest prank I have ever seen is when the ET's got one of the new E-2's to report to the bridge (before we are underway) and told them that they have to calibrate the radar system prior to getting under way. This is VERY IMPORTANT and requires a team approach. They then get the E-2 to don the firefighting proximity suit including hood (which if you have never seen one, it is the silver suit with silver hood and gold face shield. It reflects heat and unfortunately also keeps ALL your body heat inside too! And this was in FL! lol) They have this E-2 take the landing flags with him and go out on the pier about 100 meters away. They then piped all crew members to the focsle (the forward part of the ship) to witness radar calibration lol Of course when you heard this you usually dropped everything you were doing for a good laugh). One of the ET's would then go out on the bridge wing and yell down to the poor sap on the pier to do various movements including, and yes I am serious, moving one arm outstretched with one flag in a clockwise direction and the other arm holding the flag in a counter clockwise motion hoping on one foot in a circle. Remembering this guy is wearing a complete proximity suit sweating his butt off! After each command they would run back inside the bridge supposedly to "calibrate the radar" laughing hysterically and taking wagers on what else they could have this guy do. Usually it ended because there would be so much laughter coming from the focsle that he would finally figure it out and slowly walk back to the gangway.
Later when I became an ET myself I just couldn't bring myself to do it to anyone...but it was funny! Actually most people didn't seem to mind it at all. They all said they felt like a part of the crew after they endured a few harmless pranks.
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Circa 1960 Historic Prank: Orion Nuclear Powered Rocket/Spaceship Program
SSG Bubba,
I always considered this General Atomics [DoD Contractor] program a fabulous prank ! ! !
You gotta see the test videos of their model Orion spaceship. The core idea was for the spaceship to keep throwing nuclear depth charges out the butt end of the spaceship then use the force of a series of nuclear explosions pushing on the butt end of the spaceship to incrementally drive the spaceship forward at high speed.
Take a careful look at video clip seconds 2 - 4 (pause the video) so you can see the pile of explosive depth charges loaded in a stack inside the vehicle. Then watch carefully as the spaceship throws the depth charges one by one out its butt end flying incrementally higher each time an explosive charge detonates!!!
Now imagine doing this with very high yield nuclear depth charges!!!
This extremely costly boondoggle always brings a smile to my face & tears to my eyes.
Keep in mind the proposed plan was to use this propulsion system for manned spaceflight.
Men - yes!!! Â But you gotta believe me -- no woman is stupid enough to get into this thing!!!
Warmest Regards, Sandy
Low Resolution Model Nuclear Powered Spaceschip Video:
High Resolution Model Nuclear Powered Spaceschip Video:
TED TALK describing the DoD / DARPA / General Atomics Orion Project
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An aviation prank for the new guys, send them to get a roll of flight line. Â Sit back and enjoy them going shop to shop searching and asking, and the looks on others faces when approached by them asking.
Unfortunately I haven't done many pranks in a few years so I bet there are some new and better ones out there.
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The hangar floors have the air connections in the floor grates. We would tell them one of the grates was a ladder to the basement. Funny watching them go through all of the grates looking for a ladder. Even better when they were too scared to ask for help.
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My favorite military prank is when one of my troops gets promoted BTZ (Below-the-Zone which is early promotion, ahead of schedule) or promotion under STEP (Stripes for Exceptional Performance), The Colonel and I give them the great news by saying "you are out of unform" or "your uniform is not within regulations". We let them worry for a couple of seconds and then we pull out their new stripes (new rank).
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We use to send our new troops to the NDI shop, to get the steel toe in their boots inspected/x-ray'd for cracks. The NDI shop would tell them that their boots were unserviceable and then they would put a tag on them saying that the boots were Not Repairable This Station. Its a big red tag. Still makes me laugh to this day remembering all of those people walking around base with those tags on their boots.
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Not a prank, but kids in combat.
Company Maintenance in RVN saw fit to bring in a big hydraulic grease jenny to do all of the tanks in the Company tank park at one go. This thing had about 10 really long hoses ending in a grease gun. It didn't take us long to discover that they would shoot a small blob of grease about 20 yards. In short order every body and anything that could be used as cover was hit by friendly fire as the fire fight broke out. The Jenny was removed that very day never to return.
Company Maintenance in RVN saw fit to bring in a big hydraulic grease jenny to do all of the tanks in the Company tank park at one go. This thing had about 10 really long hoses ending in a grease gun. It didn't take us long to discover that they would shoot a small blob of grease about 20 yards. In short order every body and anything that could be used as cover was hit by friendly fire as the fire fight broke out. The Jenny was removed that very day never to return.
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