[Jack Hydrazine]

Oops! I forgot to supply the link. More stories there.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626509

[Chainmail]

In the motor pool: find a can of muffler bearings.

In the Air Wing: looking for a spool of flight line.

In the artillery battery: the keys to the phone box or to find a Battery Adjusting Wrench.

[Manly Warrior]

Oh my, now having fun is no longer politically correct. I guess the box of grid squares, a can of track tension and the like are cause for issue.

I suppose giving our new LT ( when I was an Infantry NCO) a ball peen hammer and having him tap the armor of our Bradley for soft spots would be a capital offense.

Going too far, as in the Maritime example, is going too far, but most is just enough to keep folks sane enough to enjoy life!

Whatever!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Welllll, it’s a good thing the wiper wasn’t then told to “Go unlock the keelson.”