Joined: May 2004
Posts: 56,150
Likes: 11
Campfire Kahuna
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 56,150
Likes: 11
Bunch of youngsters here abouts.
Ft.
Puke Polk, Feb '68. No pics survived but the experience warped me. Little over a year later and see what happened?
I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 19,269
Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 19,269
Fort Puke Lousyanna. Tigerland!!!
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid
ad triarios redisse
My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,509
Campfire Regular
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,509
Basic training Lackland May'66
Cam Rahn Bay RVN 1968,
Loadmaster C-130E's out of CCK Taiwan...
Tom Cruise Sucks..
Old Fishermen never die, we just get reel tired. May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung. May you stay......Forever young
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,803
Likes: 1
Campfire 'Bwana
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,803
Likes: 1
Fort Sill July 29 1998 to 10 October 1998 then onto Fort Jackson for school graduated December 17 1998. Their are picture somewhere my wife has them in a box. Been in 17yrs I will retire 30 July 2018 and we are on our 4th uniform, BDU's, DCU's, ACU's and now MultiCam's.
Somehow missed this thread....
Ft Sill also, Jan & Feb 1977...basic
Ft Sam Houston, March to May 77, 91 B School
Madigan Army Med Ctr, Ft Lewis Wash..91C School, 300F1 Course
May 77 to Sept 78...
Have tons of pics, that I took in AIT, and Advanced AIT, but I'm not in many...as I was the photographer.... and only pics of me in Basic, were in the Yearbook Sorta Thing they gave us...
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 18,170
Campfire Ranger
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 18,170
Odd...I don't remember having access to a camera during recruit training. Maybe the San Diego marines were afforded that, couldn't say.
TRUMP- GABBARD 2024
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 8,573
Campfire Outfitter
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 8,573
Lackland was closed due to Encephilitis outbreak. Did Basic at Amarillo . No pictures were taken.
Last edited by websterparish47; 05/28/15 .
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,509
Campfire Regular
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,509
Lackland was closed due to Encephalitis outbreak. Did Basic at Amarillo . No pictures were taken.
In Feb./Mar. of '66 Lackland was closed for a spinal meningitis outbreak.
They put me on a 90 day hold and I went in May.
HOT didn't even begin to describe it, but it got you acclimated for RVN !!
Old Fishermen never die, we just get reel tired. May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung. May you stay......Forever young
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 7,589
Campfire Outfitter
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 7,589
No Picture but it was in August 1958 at Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA.
de 73's Archie - W7ACT
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 14,712
Campfire Outfitter
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 14,712
Bunch of youngsters here abouts.
Ft.
Puke Polk, Feb '68. No pics survived but the experience warped me. Little over a year later and see what happened?
In the running for top five all-time baddest photos posted here. Love that shot.
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 14,712
Campfire Outfitter
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 14,712
VIDEO
Last edited by kamo_gari; 05/28/15 .
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,803
Likes: 1
Campfire 'Bwana
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 42,803
Likes: 1
Bunch of youngsters here abouts.
Ft.
Puke Polk, Feb '68. No pics survived but the experience warped me. Little over a year later and see what happened?
Good Call Leighton on B Gunn...
Dan's reminds me of this Hollywood Hero..
"I love the smell of Napalm in the morning..."
579 members (1936M71 , 10gaugemag , 1badf350 , 12344mag , 01Foreman400 , 16penny , 58 invisible),
2,519
guests, and
1,503
robots.
Key:
Admin ,
Global Mod ,
Mod
Forums81
Topics1,192,192
Posts18,484,986
Members73,966
Most Online11,491Jul 7th, 2023