Military Humor: What Are The Best Pranks That You Have Witnessed?

During my final winter in the missile field (2003), we were snowed in an extra day. I was working as the seventh man, splitting the day and mid shift while training as a controller. Policy in the field was simple, once off duty, all gear of the relieved shift needs to go back into the ART's quarters. Well, the daytime ART leader left his BDU top draped over a chair in the common area. After the off-duty guys were asleep, the night shift and myself took his top, soaked it in the shower and ran it up the flag pole. The outside temperature was in the teens with a stiff wind blowing throughout the night. I decided I wanted to see the fruits of my labor and crashed on the couch that night. A little before 0600, he came into the common area ready to do changeover. He entered the SCC and came out of it muttering about his shirt and wear it was. He went outside to check the vehicles and at this point, I'm already laughing. He comes back in with his blouse which after six hours flying in the cold wind is stiff as a board. We watched as he struggled to put it on, laughing to the point of tears. Lesson learned: always put your stuff away when you're off duty.

CH (MAJ) Thomas Conner
I was once told to go get 50 feet of chow line and not to come back to work until I had found it. I had already been around the block once or twice by that point in my career, so I did what any member of the E-4 Mafia would do. I went back to my barracks and took a nap before I came back to work and acted like they had "gotten" me!

The best prank I've been involved in, Major, was, unfortunately, played upon me. I volunteered, upon hearing some CPO's expound upon the need for such, to stand mail buoy watch. And so I did, about 20 minutes later. In full class 4 CBR gear. With a boathook.

Sigh.