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

A LITTLE SLIGHT OF HAND

I entered the Army as an E-3 under the Stripes for Skills program in 1974. So, upon arriving at Basic Training, I was made acting Platoon Sergeant. A few weeks later, we were cleaning the barracks and getting ready for inspection that afternoon. I got a small crew of 3 or 4 guys to to volunteer to clean the rest room/shower area. Just before lunch, they reported they had finished the job. So, I went to inspect.

I checked for dust everywhere an then went into one of the stalls. With three of the guys hovering over me to make sure everything I checked was good, I opened the door with the largest stall so they could see. I looked behind the toilet and under the tank. Then I took my hand and using my ring finger I slid it under the lip of the commode. I stood up and they were all watching with amazement at my attention to detail. So then I licked my index finger. I made a face and just said, "Salt!"

Every one on the floor suddenly heard these E-1's groaning from being grossed out. One guy was having Pentecostal conniption fit absolutely grossed out. One man started stomping his feet like he was running in place. Another resigned himself to fall on the floor rolling a bit until he was on his hands an knees ready to heave breakfast. They couldn't believe I would do that. So, I explained how I did it to settle them down. And we all went back to work. To this day, when I'm at home and clean my rest room I remember the prank and smile. I wonder if they smile as well.

I can't say too much but one of out LT's finally earned his right to Pilot our birds. No longer a Co-Pilot is a big deal and to do it as an LT was great. The ranking Pilots Duct Taped him on the outside of his flight suit, put a cargo strap into the binding and used the strap to pick him up with a Pettybone Crane about 10 feet up. The Fire Crew drove into the hanger and let loose with a couple of hundreds of gallons of fresh water. They not only let him down right afterwards, but they cut 1 hand loose and gave him a knife t finish extracting himself. After that they let him buy drinks all night at the O Club.

When I was yeachinhbtech school for RI99125 in Denver, we had one little scrawny Staff Sgt that loved messing with the students. I took a bottle of super glue, glued his boots to the bottom of his desk, his coffee cup to the top of his desk along with his pencil holder and all of his pens and pencils. Rumor had it he had to chisel his boots off the bottom of his desk…

I was in the signal in int 70's. (I was a 36C20 Telephone linemen aka Filed Wireman) When I got to my first duty station in Germany I got ordered to go to SGT X at the radio shack to get frequency grease for channel 49 on the high band. (I was a Ham before I went in.) SGT X told me to tell GET Y yo go clime a channel 49 tower and get it him self.

That is pretty much like us country boys in the barracks sending the newbies on a snipe hunt. No such thing but they would spend a few hours looking for one in the woods lol

In 29 Palms, we had a new comer to the C&E schools arrive on a weekend, we advise them they have HELO watch. They have to be in their dress blues and at the HELO pad waiting for the chopper to land. They would immediately run to the chopper and open the hatch and salute the first officer coming out of the chopper. Unfortunately, that day he went out to HELO watch, the base commanding officer was landing and had this brand new PFC open the hatch in Dress Blues and salute him. The General was so impressed, he meritoriously promoted him 3 days later...

When I arrived to my first duty station in Okinawa, I was ordered to make coffee for the soda mess for 30 days. I found it unjust that I had to make coffee when I don't drink it and hate it. They said it will build character. So, I got the money from the soda mess and went to the PX and got decaffeinated coffee and placed it in the empty red container for the coffee. For 30 days I had the whole communications and electronics maintenance shop drinking decaf. When it was time for me to hand off my 'duty' to the new person, I made a double strength coffee and sat back to watch the show. Needless to say, it was hilarious to see how on edge everybody was that day.

One of the best pranks I've seen was at the fire station. One of the civilian supervisors last 24 hrs shift. A co-worker made a snowball put it in a rag and hid it above the false ceiling with a coat hanger wire over the supervisors pillow at his bunk. By the time the guy went to bed the snowball slowly melted dripping on his head. We could see him swatting the air wondering where the drops of water was coming from. Hehehe

I had a specialist go to the pharmacy to get neck grease. He came and said they did have any and wondered what it used for. Told it help get head out of your butt. Fun

The funniest prank I witnessed was alcohol games. A group of us in the barracks on the weekend playing quarters. You don't want to be the first to pass out. You might end up with one eyebrow shaved off. Just imagine showing up to formation on Monday morning with one eyebrow