Ed_The_Gypsy
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Ft Monmouth is gone? I trained there in 1967.
Lots of that went on, for sure.Ft Lewis has merged with McChord AFB, now Lewis-McChord Joint Base.
Presidio is closed, my sister got married there right b4 it closed. Phenomenal Officers ClubJust checked and I joined the Army at the Presidio, CA which I think is now closed.
No, there was some discussion about putting a baseball field there but so far it's emptyIs Oakland Army Terminal still around? Was processed thru there going/coming to RVN.
No, that's one I missed. I did spend some time at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Kadena AFB, Okinawa and Andersen AFB, Guam. Plus Osan AFB, South Korea.
It is being used as the Kingdom on the Walking DeadFt Mcpherson GA - is now mostly owned by Tyler Perry
There was an abandoned Nike site on a hilltop not too far from where I grew up in Southern California. A friend and I used to crawl under the fence and go exploring, it was amazing (the radar towers and underground missile storage w/elevators were still accessible, etc).It began as a coastal artillery site in World War I, and during the cold war it was the primary (almost only) defense for NYC with Nike-Hercules surface-to-air missiles.
OCS at NAS Pensacola
NAS Brunswick, Maine
NS Roosevelt Roads
Everywhere else I was stationed is still open or just changed its name. I also visited Fort Sheridan in the 80s when my uncle was there.
That probably is quite rare. I could have matched it if I had stayed in. I decommissioned my first boat, USS George Washington (SSBN-598), after 3.5 years of active duty. My second, USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), was decommissioned 8 years later, but I was long gone by then.Ha!
USS VINCENNES (CG 49)
USS CURTS (FFG 38)
I'd guess it's kind of rare for someone still on AD under 20 years to have two former ships decommissioned.
OCS or AOCS in Pensacola? i was commissioned at AOCS in 1978...was there an OCS later?