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I have never served in the military (15 years old) but my Uncle has a friend who served in the Navy during Vietnam. Before going into port, the ship would always go under a bridge, and apparently the bridge of the ship would be wicked close to hitting it every time. Apparently they once hatched this plan: There was a new recruit on the ship, and he was greek or something and could hardly speak English. They told him, that the bridge of the ship would actually lower down into the hull when a button was pushed, in order to clear the bridge. They were able to convince the kid and told him he would be the one to press this button. So basically, they stood the kid in front of a button, that merely unlocked a door or something and told him to hit it when they said so. Approaching the bridge... "Okay press the button" *Kid presses button* "PUSH THE BUTTON!" *Kid begins repeatedly smashing button panicking* From there the kid apparently freaked out thinking they were all gonna die and made a dash to the edge of the ship in an attempt to get off it. My Uncles friend was able to stop him ad they cleared the bridge no problem lol.