Hours are long during deployment and days off come very few and far between, but every once in a while you get enough downtime to get in a little trouble.
A couple of things came to mind right off the bat... Someone had received a water balloon launcher, so that became an opportunity to see how good their aim was. Standing from the top of the CP (Command Post), the soldier would take aim at someone walking or working out on the airfield. This was all good and fun until someone hit a high ranking individual in the chest with one of them. Luckily, he had a good sense of humor and understood what happens when crew chiefs get bored.
Rat traps was another source of entertainment. They had been sent in a care package and it seemed like there was a ton of them. One day when our flights had been cancelled due to weather, we dug them out. Coupled with some old bread the traps were sat along the walkway, but not in preparation for rats. A very feeble attempt at catching birds with the rat traps were made. Attention was quickly lost with that.
Another thing was a box of decorations that were sent for the Fourth of July. They quickly became the backdrops for an impromptu movie.
Although most hours of the day were taken with missions and maintenance, from time to time that little bit of downtime offered a chance to laugh at something dumb, even if it was short lived.
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