Great Lakes 1989.

Does this look like a Happy Camper?

Ok Bart, didn't want you to be the only one with a pic. So I found mine.

San Diego 1975

You aren't supposed to smile in those pictures.

Bart, you do realize you now have a bunch of old geezers all over the country digging through old boxes and whining to the women folk "ma, I can't find my boot camp graduation photos from 1948..."

July 1990?
Damn Dave,I gotcha by six months.... Boot.....

I know... That's why I did it.

Sept '03

Guess which campfire member this is?

T LEE

Ingwe

Beat me to it...

I don't know, looks like northern Dave though.

I know! I can't believe how incredibly old you are! And how young I am, compared to you....

Lmao!

I wanna see Evil Twin's "Southern Comfort" tank crew pic again!!!!!

Yuck it up Junior...

unless they changed things since i was in, those US badges on that enlisted AF uniform are for officers. enlisted had a circle around them when i was in.

Series 2066 out of MCRD San Diego in 1988.

Boot.

Company 371 out of Great Lakes in 68. My picture is long gone.

Great Lakes 1965, no pictures.

I'm surrounded by senior citizens!

Wish I still had my pics. At an ex-gf's that I had to get out of there.

Began boot camp the 1st week of December, 1983.

Platoon 228 in 1960.......... now you younguns just hush. I was in THE OLD CORPS.

1979. Platoon 3048, MCRD San Diego.

Gene wasn't your first duty station on a Yangtze River gunboat?

About 2 weeks after boot camp in a bosun's chair painting the racing stripe on CGC Ironwood (WLB-297)

Dang - only curdog and Scott F have me beat so far!
Don't know how to post pic's - but Leonard Wood 1973.

Alright there PaPaw...
I have to say that I'm proud just to be around you guys.
Thanks gang...

I'm in this group...2nd row 3rd from right. Best group of guys I ever spent time with....and all damn high class shooters! Five are gone...3 killed VN...1 in Europe in auto crash. Photo taken Camp Perry, Ohio 1962 at National Matches! We beat the schitt out of the USMC that year!

ARADCOM AMU by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr

So am I!! I had no idea my friends were that old!!!

The were changed. and are now back to the circles. And they are polished now instead of the brushed finish. I think that changed back to these around 5 years ago.

Ft. Campbell, Ky., August 1970
Thankfully, no picture can be found.

Plt 2018
MCRD San Diego
March 1980

I am not that old, I joined when I was five.

Great Lakes - started March 25, 2002

No pictures I'm aware of.

Ingwe, oh wait my bad, I was thinking of the Revolutionary war.

And thank you to each and everyone of you.

Dang Bob! You look to be about 15 in that photo!

And I still don't look a day over 25!

Fixed it for you.

No Scott! That's how old I feel!

I am praying you forget about my comment before Quemado. I am to old to run.

And I am too old to attempt a chase!

Just figured you were like Audie Murphy and joined the Corp when you were 15

RE: Revolutionary War...It is possible that it was later in his career, maybe near retirement.......


(duckin')

My Pops. Korea.

Damn ingwe, how did you end up with my picture?

Lost them all in the hurricane AFAIK.

You nailed it Dave. It was nearly 50 years ago so cut me a little slack.

Fort Jackson, South Carolina - April 1966

I am still looking.

MCRD Parris Island, SC 1977 Platoon 3080

StarchedCover

USAF BMT Sept. 1972 Lackland, AFB.

Age is a relative thing.
I suppose you have noticed those spanish american war clothes he is fond of.
I think he has been trying to tell us something.
reincarnation.

Nov. 1963 Parris Island (no Hollywood Marine here)

Ft Jackson, 1984

Ft. Jackson, SC as well. January 1972, C-10-2.


No picture from those days but just imagine Brad Pitt at 19 in a uniform, that would describe me fairly well...

FT, ORD, Calif. Feb. 1959, all my pictures burned up in 1982 house fire. rio7

The pic is probably around here somewhere (the wife keeps up with that stuff, not me).

MCRD Parris Island, 1996, 3Bn, Kilo Company, Platoon 3069.

Dco 1/38th INF
Harmony Church
Ft Benning GA
July 1983-Nov 1983

MCRD, San Diego, Platoon 2173, 1969

The plates for my boot-camp pix got broken during the early Ice Age.

Ft lost in the Woods MO 1981.....


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The Gas Chamber!!!!!



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Oct. 1972.

Our paths may have crossed...

Parris Island, SC Dec 1995. Platoon 3040

I've enjoyed the pics guys. Thank you for your service to our country, from the bottom of my heart. God bless you guys.

MCRD, San Diego

November, 1957.

AMEN!

Damn, sure is a bunch of Jarheads here!

Yeah, and isn't it amazing how they all had tiny heads and gigantic ears... said the former sailor.

U.S.Army, Basic Training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, 1959.

I haven't the faintest idea where any pictures are. Too many moves over the years.

L.W.

I went to Sheppard for Jet 1&2 maint.

Your graduation was the second coldest I've felt.

USAF, 3707 Basic Training Squadron at Lackland, Aug-Nov 58. No pix.

Thank goodness there are at least to sailors here to keep them in line.



In all fairness this is directed at one Jarhead who just happens to be one of the finest friends anyone could ask for.

6th Inf Div
Fort Lewis, Wash
Aug, 1969

lost the pics in a house fire in 2005

Hey, I was in the 3707th from June through August 1956. In those days they had some eight week basic, then on to tech school, but mine was the full twelve weeks. Actually, we did the first half in the 3707th, then transferred to the 3725th. Never knew the reason.

Paul

No pix? Do you recognize the barracks? Barracks #1304. 3707th.

First duty station out of bootcamp at Marine Barracks Rota Spain circa 1973. I'm the PFC on the right wearing my "Army gloves."

No, don't recognize it specifically, but it's exactly like several hundred others just like it on the base. Those buildings were built during WWII with an expected lifespan of 5 years, some of them were still going in the 1990's.

I'll be damned! A colored photograph!

lol!

Holy christ okie, you got a jaw on you!

Shaped exactly like a Marine too.

How did they say? "twisted steel and sex appeal"?

Speaking of myself of course...

Fort Knox KY, AUG 1973.

First leave after graduation...1968

Woody,

I really wish we would go back to a uniform similar to those...maybe different material...but those look more like a military uniform versus a business suit.

Not long after leaving jump school at Benning

1966 Lackland AFB Basic Training, 1966 Keesler AFB Computer School.....obligatory flight jacket and scarf photo. Was on exactly three military flights in four years. Two of them to and from Germany.

I certainly agree just haven't been able to warm up to the newer version since I see plenty around here living close to the AFB. Hardly wore the dress blues more than a few times even though I had two deployments in four years but 1505's was the travel uniform of choice since we all flew standby in those days..Not much need for dress when you spend 24 months in jungle fatigues and a hot flight suit.

The USAF has a long history of dinking around with uniforms. As I mentioned earlier, I joined in June 1956. We were perhaps the first BT flight to be issued a mix of what was army cotton khaki with blue belt, hat, and silver colored insignia, and the new 505 light cotton summer uniforms. The 505s were an abomination, light basket weave cotton that looked like they had been slept in by 1000 hours. Worst was the pleated jungle jacket that comprised a Class A uniform. In certain combinations, the uniform of an E-1 Airman Basic had no military insignia whatsoever, just basic bus driver. You younger folks just visualize an airman in shorts with knee sox and a pleated jungle jacket. Mercifully, this combo was lost to history.

Better were the blues. The dress blouse was military and classy, and the blue Ike jacket, brought over from the army but blue, was a good looking and very functional piece of gear. Predictably, it was abandoned at some point. Also not regular issue, but authorized, was a dark blue wool shirt.

There was rumor that the 505s were designed by a group of generals' wives. It was also felt that the USAF of the 1950s wanted to adopt a more corporate look, sort of a military version of IBM. IMO, none of this contributed to morale and a general military bearing. It sucked.

Paul

A good friend of mine 11 yrs my senior went through AF boot in about '54 and said his first issued shoes were brown. Guess they spent hours removing the finish and were given black dye to comply with issue regs. The uniforms of that day did peg the suck meter.

Guess it could have been worse. Can you imagine running around the flight line wearing... bell bottoms?

Dave I went to Chanute for Jet over 2 maint.

Woody, you got it right.

1956 USAF Basic, Part II.

We were issued two pair of work shoes or boots. One pair was the smooth black leather brogans which we were required to spit shine. The other was a pair of army combat boots, rough raw brown leather with a two buckle flap on top, which we were also ordered to dye black and spit shine, after cutting off the flap with a razor blade!

Imagine if you can how many cans of Kiwi it took to put a shine on raw suede leather, but we did it. There was one flight that was also required to scrape and spit shine the soles. We heard that they wore out fairly quickly after basic training.

Actually the army boots were good, functional footwear. Very comfortable and wore a long time.

The odd uniforms didn't stop there. For fatigues we were issued mechanic's coveralls, but they were starched in an attempt to give them a semblance of military appearance. The instructors has theirs tailored.

The trainees' coveralls and brogans were topped with a jungle helmet. Probably functional protection from the Texas summer sun, but a goofier, unmilitary look for basic trainees is hard to imagine.

Paul

When I went through basic I was issued 1505s, summer blues, and winter blues, and cotton fatigues. The newer light blue shirt and AF blue trousers were coming in and the 1505s were being phased out. In the 80's the AF issued wash and wear fatigues that were probably the best overall for work wear. When TDY you just pulled them out of the dryer, gave them a shake and hang them up. The camo BDU's were not aircraft maint. friendly. The bellows pockets caught and ripped when working in tight areas like wheel wells. Changing the Master Sergeant stripes pissed me off. I said "if I want to look like Slim Pickens in a western movie I would have joined the Army"!!!

Wish they'd done that sooner. I remember ironing fatigues using spray starch and then go crawling around airplanes.

Paul39,

Those double buckle army boots you were issued were the M1943 model!!!They were meant to replace the regular Army Garrison boot and the rough out M1942 boot. And to replace those ridiculous M1938 Leggings that were a disaster to lace up!

To the topic of uniforms, just prior to my arrival at Ft Bragg in spring of '85, they had discovered a warehouse full of OG-107 jungle fatigues left over from Vietnam. There were enough "forgotten" uni's there to issue every member of the 82d and supporting units 2 pair, plus tons available off post.
They were great in summer compared to regular BDUs
Makes one wonder what other "forgotten" treasures our military has out there

Uniforms? From the time I arrived at Ft. Jackson in '81, to the time I was discharged in '84, we went through 4 types of uniforms; We started with the Pickle Suits, then on to Camouflage Jungle Fatigues, then to OD Green Jungle Fatigues, and finally to BDU's. I was starting to wonder if I was in The Army or a Government Fashion Show.

Had they transitioned out of wooden ships by then?

My two daughters and I have been sitting admiring the views, and I am here to say every last one of you who posted a pic is MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW !!!! So say WE

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.

Ask and ye shall receive

1st platoon , B company, 2nd battalion, 3rd Brigade. Fort Leonard Wood 1970.
Most commonly known as Fort Lost in the Woods, MO.
Still don't miss the snakes and crunch bugs.

Fixt.

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?

Fort Puke Lousyanna. Tigerland!!!

Basic training Lackland May'66




Cam Rahn Bay RVN 1968,

Loadmaster C-130E's out of CCK Taiwan...

Tom Cruise Sucks..

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...

Odd...I don't remember having access to a camera during recruit training.
Maybe the San Diego marines were afforded that, couldn't say.

Lackland was closed due to Encephilitis 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 !!

No Picture but it was in August 1958 at Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA.

In the running for top five all-time baddest photos posted here. Love that shot.

Good Call Leighton on B Gunn...

Dan's reminds me of this Hollywood Hero..



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