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Do you know any of these guys? They were heavy junk. I know some of the names. The pictures were taken at Ft Drum for Cold Weather Training. The one with three guys. Left is Chief (a native American...

I was TAD for training

General Louis H Wilson (26th Commandant of the Marine Corps) gave a wonderful toast at the 203rd Birthday Ball at Camp Lejeune in 1978.

"The wonderful love of a beautiful maid; the love of a...

I was in Support company and Alpha, but was tight with a bunch of Bulk Fuel guys from a couple of operations. These guys were all bulk fuelers. Most were probably gone, but it won't hurt. The ranks...

When were you in 8th Engineers? I got out before you joined, but knew a lot of guys in Bulk Fuel that may have still been around. The picture is of LCpl Ray Bennet of Pittsburgh trying to get a...

First picture- Part of the "MOOSE" crew (PFC Wiggins, Lcpl Carty, PFC Knight, and PFC Weaver). Second picture- Me carrying paint thinner across bridge platoons lot. Third picture- the wash rack...

Here's a few pictures of 8th Engineers Support Bn Motor Pool, Heavy Junk, and bridge platoon areas circa 1977-1981.

Driver's License, vehicle regestration, and proof of auto insurance will get you a day pass. You can go all over the place. The places you can't go are marked really well. Better have that insurance...

I don't believe this is what the Corps has become. Rank has it's privelage. Orders regardless how stupid are made to be followed. There's a reason. Just do it. Then take it up the chain of command,...

All the pictures that I have are posted. Hey Doc, shoot me your email and I'll send you the scans. They're bigger.

I had my first Coors beer there in Bridgeport, some little bar. We were in...

I liked Pickel Meadows too, for the little time I was there. I think as permanent personnel, I would have liked it better. I missed showers and real toilets to want to be there as TAD all the time. I...

Here's a shot of the brig from 1979 and 2006

(1) End of the wild ride at a hard surface road (I'm still alive and I need a drink) (2) Cpl George Tharpe of Georgia, This guy was with me throughout my entire 4 years just about. He was super laid...

These are more ride down the mountain pics. This is one of the few times I wasn't driving and was able to take pictures.

These are all of the wild ride down the mountain with Peterson. Again pictures don't do it justice. We had dropped off supplies to some artillery guys and were coming back down the mountain. Peterson...

(1-2) scenery (3-4) views of the valley from higher up (5) a different angle of base camp. I believe this is the start of my horrifying ride down the mountain with Lcpl Peterson

(1) snowbaths again (2) this guy is trying to take a dump. This is a chore out in the cold. Too much clothing to remove. You learn to hold it for as long as possible until you have a fair amount of...

(1) scenery (2) me standing coldly in the snow (3) Cpl Pusha after having slipped in the snow (4) Cpl Pusha busting the myth about the size of black guys. He is writing his name in the snow. (5)...

(1) Sgt Bustamante with a huge pine cone that he has mistaken for his johnson. taken from on top the big rock. (2-5) scenery

(1-5) All of these rae from or of the big rock. There is a photo of an MP busting us for being on this rock in an earlier posting. For GruntDoc -We brought these guys with us, they weren't part of...

7785(1) scenery, (2) There is a cross on this hill (the exact reason, I don't remember, I think a chopper crash or someone dying, anybody now?) (3) The burning stack (4) the burning stack getting...

(1) Mountains from the chopper pad, (2) a view of the base from a mountain side, (3) somebody in permanent personnel's Harley chopper, (4) A CH-53 dusting us. This place was super dusty. When the...

(1) PFC Bill Page and the C-141, (2) permanent base, (3) more permanent base Quonset Huts, (4) mountains across the valley from our tent (5) more mountains. The pictures don't do them justice, These...

I'm going to shoot the moon with my pictures. I'll try and explain most. Some are just scenery. I can't tell you exact places most were taken, just "up in the mountains". A little history. I was part...

Here's a few pics from the Newport and of Norway. Loading Trucks on, a view out the open stern ramp from the tank deck (the ramp got bent and we had to secure it to a bulldozer on the way to...