Hey Private! Go get me a ......

[Range Coach]

When we would get a newbie into the unit, a few of us would mess with them. We'd tell them to locate a yard of flight line, get a can of beep for the air horn, a bubble glass to level the windshield, go topside and tighten the superstructure bolts, etc. What are some of the ways y'all have messed with newbies?
:devious:

[outlaw3179]

E tool Qualification ;)

[Range Coach]

I thought they had gas powered e-tools nowadays?

[outlaw3179]

Nooooo..theyre solar powered.

[Range Coach]

Oooooh! I forgot. Environmentally friendly Corps.

[outlaw3179]

lol...damn tree huggers !

[Bill Thompson]

I heard a tale that two enterprising Marines that had been sent out for prop wash and flight line, did just that. One went to a prop squadron and got 5 gallons of prop wash and the other brought back Marshall matting. Not sure if it was true, but there are or were such items back then.

[Range Coach]

The best ever was when we would send a newbie comm critter to get the prick (PRC) E-7.

[Future-USMC-LT]

The best ever was when we would send a newbie comm critter to get the prick (PRC) E-7.

I did that once when I was in Army ROTC. One of the senior cadets told me to go up to our training NCO (a Sergeant First Class, E7) and tell him we needed a Prick-E7 for the training the following week. Stupid me, I thought it was an actual radio. "Sergeant, Cadet ***** told me to tell you that we need a prick-e7 for next week's training." "Ok, tell him I'll give it to him in a little bit." Thankfully he knew I was being ****ed with, otherwise I would still be pushing to this day.

[Taz97]

Go get the key to the Humvee and drive to supply to pick up some batteries for the Kem lights

[rproctor922]

We used to have them get
the keys to the training area
Chemlight batteries
ID-ten -T
Grid Squares
Canopy Lights
Blinker Fluid


My favorite was to send them to the motorpool next door and have them ask if the tires had winter or summer air in them. Then they would take out the trash bag we gave them to get exhaust samples.

[bigdog43701]

once sent a fng to battalion supply for a box of grid squares.

[marinefamily5]

I love the prick E-7 one. I was one of the Dumb arse that fail for that one.

[rktect3j]

The best ever was when we would send a newbie comm critter to get the prick (PRC) E-7.
For this to work at 100% you have to send the Marine to the comm shop where the E-7 Marine is waiting. Nothing like a ****ed off Gunny comm guy and a boot newbie.

[Phantom Blooper]

Fallopian tubes and a box of Slick grease....


Semper-Fi! "Never Forget" Chuck Hall :evilgrin:

[Camper51]

left sky hook and a right handed match...............

[awb5711]

Picked up a new PFC at the airport last week. On the drive to base I told him that one Gunny had PTSD and would flip out if you looked him in the eye and that our Master Sergeant liked to be called by his first name!!!

[btwils]

We sent a newbe to supply for a tire shredder, then we called supply and let them in on the joke. Supply told him the Engr's had it and to get it from them. Supply called the Enger's. The Engr's gave him a hack saw. I wont ever forget that. Brian

[Range Coach]

We had a WO named Puhler that worked in the headshed and encouraged us to mess with the newbies. We pushed it too far one day when we sent a newbie to see him. The newbie was told that Chesty Puller's grandson worked in S-3 and we needed to get a message to him. His instructions were to bang on the WO's hatch and request permission to see Peter. The WO asked who the hell Peter was and the newbie replied---you guessed it. The fun and games finally restarted seven months later when the WO rotated.

[spike7451]

Gave a new guy a plastic bin liner (garbage sack) & got him to go to the oxygen bay & get it tested for leaks.....

send a guy to stores for a 'long weight' (wait)....

Jar of elbow grease...

[hoytarcher45]

We sent a PFC to go get a BFA (Blank Firing Adapter) for the howitzer. He came back and asked what color. I told him red. He came back a second time and asked if blue was ok because its all they had.

[Future-USMC-LT]

BFA for the 9-mil? Or a BFA for the mortar?

[SemperFin]

One of my favorites was to send them for the BA 1100 N inflation kit and a left handed crescent wrench. Damn, it sure was funny to watch those fng's run around from place to place.

[zeedawg6]

Don't Forget The Muffler Bearings For The 5 Tons, How B'out A Canvas Stretcher? Or Can Of Liquid Beep Fro The Horn.

[lucien2]

Where do I start?

Axe Qual - Take two boots and put them on their knees and place a hood over their heads and tell them they are both going to chop through a piece of wood and you don't want to be the loser! Before you yell "go" you place their covers (had to take em' off for the hood, right?) on the boards and they chop up their covers! Funniest thing I ever saw! Of course the SSGt or Gysgt are in on it and make them sew up their covers with a sewing kit.

Just one of "many" we had at 2nd Redeye Platoon, 3rd LAAM Bn., like "NBC" qual, Disco qual, jeep qual, embark box qual.........

[AlabamaRon]

There was a new Warrant Officer at MCAS Beaufort who was into airplanes.
One day I sent him to see the new Marine Jet Fighter..a Bee One Are Dee
(B1RD).

[jennifer]

Thank goodness I didn't check in to my first duty station as a PVT. That would've sucked A$%!! I checked in as a PFC and I went to Iraq as a PFC, now that sucked. I was one out of 2 or 3 Marines who was the most boot. : /

[Camper51]

We used to have our unit newbies ask Top to keep an "eye" on something, usually some papers. Imagine their shock as he popped out his right "eye" and promptly placed it on top of the stack and then calmly walked away as if nothing was out of the ordinary.

Oh, he also had special occasion eyes for everything including the EGA for the Marine Corps Birthday.

[Future-USMC-LT]

How come he didn't get medically discharged?

[AlabamaRon]

Camper51, when where you at Camp Smith?

[sgt tony]

how about a can of back blast for the 106s
do any of you rembemer them little things

[Echo_Four_Bravo]

I think my all time favorite was the ID Ten Tango form they needed to check in. (ID10T)

[jennifer]

Go get me a prick-e-six (prick e-6) hahaha

[Camper51]

I was at Camp Smith from March 72 to March 75 HqCo H&S Bn, I believe.

[Camper51]

How come he didn't get medically discharged?

I can't answer that one. He probably was able to do everything asked and needed, thus he remained a Marine until his retirement. He was a Hawaiian and retired while I served with him. Damn good Marine, too.

[AlabamaRon]

Camper, I was also there from 72 to 75. Was with the FMFPac G-4 until I lateral moved to the Camp Comptrollers Office. Ended my tour there as the
Manager of the Camp Package store at Camp Smith. T'was tough duty but somebody had to do it :bunny:

[Sgt0811]

We were at 29 stumps. Told the fng to go find a ST-1. (Stone) Our Section Chief was not a jokeing kind og Sgt. and gave us H-LL.
In the motor pool we had a 90 day wonder. The MT Cpl said that my truck was low on compression. The 90 day said that he had seen 3 cans of compression near the garage. He spent about an hour looking for them until he asked a MT LT. where to get some. We caught H-ll again.:marine: