Had to laugh about the Papa Joe's strippers. There was a time at Mare Island when one of the military clubs (there were quite a few and my memory as to which one is rather cloudy... I think it was the EM or CPO Club in the mid '70s) had strippers. The place was packed at lunchtime. And yes, many of we officers were admitted. But a few of the spousal units objected to this form of entertainment and finally got the ear of one of the various Command COs and that was that. LOL

Two ammo depots I worked at have been closed under BRAC, Seneca (near Rochester NY) and Savanna (NW IL). I've visited both several times and it's kind of sad.

Airfields where there is no longer any flying are covered in this fine site:

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/

Here's Alameda:

http://www.airfields-freeman.c..._Oakland.htm#alameda

And I just learned Mare Island had a strip:

http://www.airfields-freeman.c...kland.htm#mareisland

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Originally posted by bald1:
Had to laugh about the Papa Joe's strippers. There was a time at Mare Island when one of the military clubs (there were quite a few and my memory as to which one is rather cloudy... I think it was the EM or CPO Club in the mid '70s) had strippers. The place was packed at lunchtime. And yes, many of we officers were admitted. But a few of the spousal units objected to this form of entertainment and finally got the ear of one of the various Command COs and that was that. LOL

By the time I got to Mare Island, the enlisted club wasn't a thing although I probably saw more women there than any other base club I've been to INCONUS. It could get festive at times. Generally if stuck on base, I preferred the Marine's club. Older, quieter and generally with older Marines who had quite interesting military stories if you could get them to open up. OH, there WAS one other club and don't even remember anything about it except I went one night when they had an up and coming comedian perform.

Naval Station, Charleston, SC
Roosevelt Roads, PR
Myrtle Beach AFB!

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
Ft. Ord,CA It was right on the Monterey Bay, so much to do and see. The women, I had way to much fun there

+1

It seems so long ago now (because it was. ) General Hal Moore was post commander then.

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
Ft. Ord,CA It was right on the Monterey Bay, so much to do and see. The women, I had way to much fun there

Yeah, and don't forget the cheap beer at Stilwel Hall and the boardwalk at Santa Cruz where the co-eds liked to hang out. Good times for sure.

Jim

Bad Tolz, Germany. I was only at the Flint Kaserne for a month for PLDC, but what a cool place. Beautiful area, lots of interesting history. It's an office park now.

Clark AB, Philippines. I spent a couple years there in the 80s and visited several times in the 90s after it was closed.

Brunswick NAS.

Loring AFB, Maine.

NSGA Edzell, Scotland

Hahn Air Base, 50th TFW, Germany

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Originally posted by mushoot:
NSGA Edzell, Scotland

mushoot, what branch and when? I was a Matman, '69-'90

Bergstrom Air Force Base, outside of Austin, TX. My wife and I, when we were stationed at Fort Hood as lieutenants and dating, used to drive down to Austin to spend the weekend. We'd stay at Bergstrom, and oftentimes they'd give us O-6 quarters.

Several years later, in the mid 90's, we were stationed in Panama. We really had a good time at all the bases, Fort Clayton, Albrook AFB and Howard AFB, all in close proximity and all now closed.

Rodman Panama (port visits) was a huge base but not much there. They bused us to Howard AFB for shopping and theater and Ft. Kobbe Army Post for the club. Howard had a club but the Ft. Kobbe one was much better. Excursions into Panama City were always fun.

Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Refit Site One Holy Loch Scotland. I was in Boat Operations there 1985 - 1987. This base consisted of a Submarine Tender(the USS Hunley AS-31 relived by the SS Simon Lake AS-33 when I was there)and the floating dry dock USS Los Alamos AFDB-7 anchored in the middle of Holy Loch. Between them were two YFNB barges which housed SUBRON-14 and Boat Operations.There were also three yard tugs there operating from the SUBRON-14 barge, the Piqua YTB-793, Natick (YTB-760). and SAUGUS (YTB 780) as well as a huge floating yard crane.

Ashore wasn't really a base insomuch as it was a few buildings throughout the community that were operated as NSA Holy Loch. The EM club was hopping EVERY night filled with Wee Scottish Lasses and us horny squids. It was closed in June 1992.

Keflavik NAS, Iceland.
Bitburg AB, West Germany.
MINSY, Vallejo, CA.

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Originally posted by uvahawk:
Loring AFB, Maine.

Went up there one weekend to play in a basketball tournament in '89 (I think). Beautiful drive over from NY. I wouldn't have minded being stationed there, but alas I was Army, and while lucky enough to be stationed at Griffiss AFB (only because it was close to Ft. Drum and had facilities for our aircraft which Drum did not have), Loring would have been too much of a commute.

My vote goes for Griffiss. While I hated my time in the Army, I loved my time at GAFB. Lots of great memories and lots of great friends made that I still keep in touch with. It was shut down in the early 90s thanks to Slick Willie and is now a business park. Our old barracks is gone and even the road it was on was reclaimed (though the last time I drove through you could still barely see where it was). The trees and bushes that were around the barracks are still there though and I can still imagine the buildings being there. I did take some "now" pictures from the same vantage point that I took some "then" pictures way back then. It's really sad to see the differences in the two.

Lots of the old buildings are gone, including the base chapel which was right next to the hospital. My friends were married there and we held the funeral for their son (my God son) there as well.

My favorites: Presidio Base, San Francisco. We used to go to the PX there with my dad.

Treasure Island: I hate how it went to the San Francisco politicians and their cronies.

Alameda Naval station. Just because.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
My favorites: Presidio Base, San Francisco.

Presidio is beautiful. Awesome (and difficult) golf course.