Lowery AFB, Denver, CO.

Carswell AFB, Ft Worth, TX. Nice base, new hospital closed to get even with House Speaker Jim Wright. Ft Worth is a great city although hot as hell in the summer.

Interesting that it was the last page to get to Lowry AFB.

That was a nice Navy unit there that was the start of the Rocky Mountain Navy.

Olongapo, aka NAS Cubi Point/Subic.

I have fond memories of Willow Grove AFB. My first shop was next door, I spent half my time talking 18 year olds off their first deployment from spending ALL of their money on stupid things. I also used to go to air shows there as a child with my dad and brother

San Vito, Italy ! That is all.....

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K.I. Sawyer AFB Gwinn MI. Closed in 95. After closing, Marquette Co. took it over.
The cantonment area is essentially a ghost town. Buildings full of asbestos, vandalized and stripped. There was a nearly new medical facility that is destroyed by strippers. The housing area was taken over by slumlords and now is often referred to as "Little Detroit".
All in all, a huge loss for the community. Only the government can spend money like this and then piss it away.

I miss the base and the 52s. Nothing like driving across US2 and seeing that big beautiful plane filling your rear view mirror.

Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey. Was the Home of the Signal Corps when I was there, in the early 70's. Was closed in 2011.

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Carswell AFB, Ft Worth, TX. Nice base, new hospital closed to get even with House Speaker Jim Wright. Ft Worth is a great city although hot as hell in the summer.

Still a pretty active Joint Reserve Base there, Navy and Air Force Reserve and ANG.

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Brunswick NAS.

I enjoyed my time at Brunswick. Stayed in the BOQ while our ship was being built at Bath Iron Works. The CHENG and I were the only ones there for a long time.

Can't remember the base skipper's name (this in '80-'81) but he was a Captain, african-american, and played one hell of a game of racketball. As hard as I tried he cleaned my clock with alarming regularity. Great guy!

As an aside, the nearby Ramada Inn's night club (30+ minute drive) was always packed with available and willing wimmin. Locals called the place "The Ram-It-In!"

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Papa Joe's

Haven't thought about that place in years. Didn't they have those big superwet burritos, or was that some other place down the road?

Only went there a couple of times ... and not to eat. Had strippers in there one night. Swapped a ships lighter with a Canadian from one of their four submarines,the Ojibwe, which I still have. The Acey Duecy club on base wasn't for excitement, as all I ever saw was a bunch of dudes, but cool to hang casually after liberty call on a slow day.

Yeah, that wasn't the burrito place then. This was out the main gate, take a right. Down a couple of miles on the left hand side of the road. Monster burritos and booze.

Clark AB, 78-82

I was born at Fort Ord, and fondly remember growing up around the sand dunes, but my favorite was Fort Amador in Panama. Right by Kobe beach and the pelican islands (I think thats what we called them at the end of the causway). I learned to golf at the course on Amador, and played a few round with General Clayton, the commander (1974 I think). I tasted my first mangos there, fresh off the tree in the backyard, chased iguanas off the patio, and killed every fer de lance that I saw. Good times...

Marine Barracks, US Naval Station Keflavik, Iceland. July 1978 - July 1979

What a view.

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Clark AB, 78-82

I've heard the stories of Clark from guys that were stationed there. That place was no doubt the wild west of the US military.

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Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey. Was the Home of the Signal Corps when I was there, in the early 70's. Was closed in 2011.

We lived in base housing at Fort Monmouth 1970-1972. I was in 4th and 5th grade at the time. My father taught TV and radio repair at a Signal Corps school after returning from Vietnam. During the summer, my dad would drop me off at base gym and I would spend all day at the indoor pool there.

Reese AFB, Lubbock, Texas. They had fighter training here. In WW2 glider training. Miss the people it brought in.

Kulis

Agree Presidio was remarkable.

Had no idea that Keflavik NAS was closed.