Posted 14 years ago
Pop_abides
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This is one of 'those' pictures done just out-side of the main gate at NTC -San Diego, got it and had it sent home after graduation and before I got to my next duty... I wanted to be an IC man (Internal Communmications Tech) but was sent to the Repair Division on the Forrestal with out a hope of going to 'E' Division...so I became a Damage Controlman........end of story !
Thanks for all of the likes and loves.................don't we all have a time when we tought we looked our best ? But the Momma nature has her way and BOOM !
I really can't remember which gate, I was just glad to be off base we were in Basic Training so California was all very exotic to a boy from Ohio in 1963..........I wasn't very 'worldly'..................thanks Kevin
Great story, like I say it's been a while ( almost 50 years ) since this was done so the particulars are fuzzy........( I have been asleep since then ) this may even have been done at the 'gedunk' on the base.................f u z z y............
WOW! I have a picture like that as well, got it made just outside of the Rosecrans gate too! I went into bootcamp in San Diego in Dec 1985. Still have that picture! I was a boy from N.C. who didn't know anything about travel, and next thing I know I was in California!!!! What a culture shock, plus pure excitment!!! After boot camp, I attended Radioman "A" school there in San Diego for about 6 months, then headed to Connecticut for Submarine Schools. I loved Cali. and S.D. It's sad to here that the base is basically gone now. Some good memories there? What is there in place of the base now?
Thanks guys, I wish I still looked that good....................Those were the days !!!
Thank you for your service Pop!
Hey Pops, Happy Vets Day! BTW really like your new profile picture.
Happy Veterans Day and Navy Day to you also my friend....let us hope we have many more !
Happy Veterans Day to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Mercant Marine.