new solider?

Question

what fun things can i do to a lost brand new soldier. nothing like hazing, but something non physical or hurtful. (like going to find something never invented)

Answer 1

Send him/her for:

Cans of propwash.

Reels of gridline.

Left- and right-handed smoke benders.

A PRC E-7. (say 'prick E-7')

Answer 2

When I was in the Marines we used to tell the new Privates that they had to qualify with an ax for "close combat purposes". We would place a quarter on a log , hand the Private a nice sharp ax, and blind fold him. Then tell him to hit the quarter with the ax while blindfolded. But when we would put the blind fold on we would take off his hat ( cover) and place his hat over the quarter. He would be chopping away cutting his own hat to shreds and then have to walk around all day wearing a chopped up hat. It is funnier than it sounds, and yes, I fell for it when I was a new Private.

Answer 3

Well you can have them look for the following, but hope the others play along, if they play along you can have him running around for hours:

A box of Grid Squares

A paper stretcher

Chemlight Batteries

A Prick E-8...there use to be a radio, might still be called a Prick E-7, have him go ask the 1SG to help him look for a Prick E-8

In Korea one of the guys in the Motor Pool got a new PVT to go ask the Motor SGT for a Big Black Ground Guide...the Motor SGT was a Big Black Guy

If you are doing Land Nav or in the Field doing movment...while looking at the map have him go shake a tree so you can see where you are at...

I got yelled at by my PLT SGT for being 9 min proior to formation...I had to go see him after PT (The guy was a real prick) a PVT asked me what he did to me...I told him he stamped my Meal Card: NO DESERT...I forgot about it...at chow that night the PVT asked me how is the SFC going to know? I said "Know what?" "If you get dessert or not?" That was funny...

Remember a PVT will beleive about anything you tell them...have fun...but keep it clean

EDIT: I was gotten as a PVT with the "Prick E-8" one...I was a brand new Medic in an Infantry Unit...my SR Medic sent me to the Motor Pool to ask the Motor SGT, he sent me to the S-4 to talk to the Supply SGT, who sent me to the S-1 to talk to the SGT there, who told me to go ask the 1SG for help...I knocked on the 1SG's door, he asked me what I wanted, I told him Iwas looking for a Prick E-8...he got this look on his face and asked me who sent me...he started laughing...yea they got me...

Answer 4

Have him gather up an "exhaust sample" in a trash bag and take it to the motor pool. "Boom check" by yelling boom into a tanks barrel. Send him to go find a box of grid squares. I fell for the PRC (prick)-E-7 deal myself. I almost caught myself at the very end while I was staring at his color and figured out his rank and hence the joke. Almost... My new PSG smoked my bags...

Answer 5

Send him to the platoon daddy looking fora PRC-E7
Have him get you 150ft of flight line
Jump up and down on a tank to check the air suspension.
Go look for a 1Delta10Tango wrench
Do the head space and timing on a radio

Answer 6

chemlight batteries
keys to the drop zone
gallon can of concentrated rotor wash
check the air pressure in the road wheels

my favorite: check for soft spots on the armored vehicals with a sledgehammer (got a Lt. with that one)

Answer 7

Send him looking for a can of military bearing grease. Or 50 feet of chow line

Answer 8

5 gallon can of steam

A/C filters for the HUMVEE

Square buffer pads (for the corners)

small box of grid squares

Blank adapters for the (Howitzers, mortars)

In flight projectile wrench