Man Aloft Training...

[AKP]

Any of you old squids will remember something like this.

I was stationed on an aircraft carrier during the 90's.  Electronics Technician 2nd class.  Our division was in charge of the mast, since it was all of our gear that was on it (radars, antennas, etc).  So in order for someone to go up on the mast, they have to run a request, and be "Man Aloft Trained". 

Man aloft training consisted of, among other things, leaning how to put on a body harness and knowing how to hook on.  This is where it gets good.  The Chief running the training ALWAYS selected the newest, and smallest guy in the training to use as an example of how to put on the harness.  Once he had him all strapped in, he would pick him up, and hook him to one of the overhead pipes... and LEAVE HIM THERE ALL DAY.  All day long other sailors, even officers would come in and out of the shop and look at the poor guy hanging in the harness...  begging to get let down, and just grin. Sometimes spinning him around, or swinging him back and forth... then leave.

We would always let everyone in the department know that training had been conducted that day too... just to make sure everyone got a chance to mess with the guy in the harness.

[Big Rat]

Not very nice, but funny

 
BigRat

[eagl]

It would be more funny if it was a big guy since only spineless jerks pick on the little guy, but I guess I can see squids pickin on the little guy, the whole invertebrate thing shows through eventually.

 

[AKP]

It would be more funny if it was a big guy since only spineless jerks pick on the little guy, but I guess I can see squids pickin on the little guy, the whole invertebrate thing shows through eventually.

 

Big guys got sent out to look for "relative bearing grease" down in engineering, or to the mess decks to learn how to put on a Gaylord Hood....  or to get a bucket of steam... or down to personnel because they need to fill out their ID-10T form.

[M0nkey_Man]

Big guys got sent out to look for "relative bearing grease" down in engineering, or to the mess decks to learn how to put on a Gaylord Hood....  or to get a bucket of steam... or down to personnel because they need to fill out their ID-10T form.

[gyrene81]

It would be more funny if it was a big guy since only spineless jerks pick on the little guy, but I guess I can see squids pickin on the little guy, the whole invertebrate thing shows through eventually.

 

oh geez...whatever    


ever get sent to find 100 feet of fallopian tube?

[AKP]

oh geez...whatever    


ever get sent to find 100 feet of fallopian tube?

LMAO... I remember that one.  But in the electronics world it was A fallopian tube... like for a radar set 

[2ADoc]

One of our favorite things in the Army was to send the new guy for a box of grid squares, I actually had a kid get me a box one time.  He made a copy of a map and the cut it along the lines and came up with a 100 ct box of grid squares, NSN and all.

[eagl]

oh geez...whatever    


ever get sent to find 100 feet of fallopian tube?

No but I almost fell for it when I was told to go find a 50 ft spool of flight line.

[eagl]

On our students first solo flight up to the practice area, sometimes they are issued a ziploc bag from life support to take high altitude air samples...

In the T-37 we'd have our students put their hands up on the canopy and *push*, to deform the canopy enough to make gentle turns.  They never saw us bumping the controls with our knees    Only works with side-by-side seating though, so that one doesnt' work in the T-6.

[Shuffler]

We always used Case Stretcher or Sky Hook.


Sounds like the trainer in the OP taught that young man he can trust no one.

[WYOKIDIII]

First day of A&P school we washed all our planes in the hanger. I sent a guy to the tool room for a bucket of propwash .

[GNucks]

I was sent to get headlight fluid for the Humvees once.

[allaire]

I have heard of new privates getting sent to get batteries for the chemlights before.  Also box of grid squares, keys to the drop zone, cans of elbow grease and winter air for the tires.   

[gyrene81]

back in the day the easiest one to get young boot camp fresh personnel to fall for, and spend a lot of time getting sent across the base by different people...keys to the jeep.

works on young second lieutenants too...