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If anyone would like to share more memories of the days at MCMWTC (Pickel Meadows) there is a group on Facebook called "Pickle Meadow Memories). I know I misspelled Pickel, but we are jarheads not...

The thing I remember about the instructors is how you all would sneak down from the mountain and knock on the back door of the club kitchen to order a to go meal when you were supposed to be eating...

Ken,

Thanks for the help. I am not the most techno inclined sometimes.

The name of the Facebook group is "Pickle Meadows Memories"

I know I misspelled Pickel, but what do you expect from an old jarhead?

Let me know if you cannot find it. My facebook name is Dan...

Hey Mountain Man,

I guess you know about our group on Facebook, I don't remember if we have any former instructors.

They are probably too busy doing mean things to the neighborhood cats. LOL.

Hey all,

We have a group on Facebook with some fun stuff from Pickel Meadows troops from the past and present.

Come join us.

The group name is "Pickle Meadows Memories".

I know I...

Were you permanent personnel or training unit in 79?

I was there from April 79 to June 80 Permanent personnel in supply.

What years were you there?

I was there from 1979 to 80 in supply.

I remember they had a small airport in Bridgeport, but the sign off the main drag pointing to the airport had a picture of a 747 on it. I don't think they landed many of those there.

Sgt Dickerson was in our hotch. He had a TV that would come on in the morning as an alarm clock and it would always come on to the beginning of the rerun of Mr. Ed, so we would hear as we woke up "A...

Ken,

That fire is something I will always remember. We had scaled up the gully with the fire being to our left side. We were supposed to keep it from jumping across the gully.

We had stopped...

Ken,

I remember Ferris, but he was a Master Sgt (Top) worked in charge of Supply.

The accident involving the two guys I remember well. Keiser put his face into the windshield of the jeep. I...

Thanks for this picture. The infrastructure changes, but the landscape stays the same. I used to love to watch the storms roll in over those mountains.

Our Facebook group is hard to find because this old Marine who set it up forgot that it should be spelled Pickel Meadows not Pickle Meadows.
Anyways if you type in the wrong spelling you should find...

Ken,

Thanks for posting the great picture of the base.

I remember the 3 mile PFT run we had on March 15, 1980 there on Hwy 108 up towards the falls.

The Hwy was covered with patches of...

Jimmy,

Thanks for visiting this thread and posting something.

You can share old memories here, or you can join our group on Facebook.

Just type in Pickle Meadow Memories and you will...

Thanks for the detailed story of the shooting at the club.

This is the first time I had heard some of those details and it has been 30 years ago.

The item about having to have a license to...

SgtHMH,

It would be great to get a post from the General on our Facebook group. I know the Marines there would love to read about the generations of Marines who came through the base.

Thanks.

Thanks for posting the link to our group on Facebook, Ken, I guess it would have helped if I spelled it the correct way.

It should be Pickel not Pickle.

Opps.

There is always three ways...

This is a request to all current and former staff and guests at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.
I have started a group on Facebook called "Pickle Meadows Memories" and would like...

Mountain Man,

I remember the 1SG David was in charge of the softball team summer of 79.

Who was the 1LT that was in charge of the instructors corps during that time?

Whenever we had guard...

Texas,

Can you tell us about the new BEQ's that were errected in 85?

On the picture, it looked like they were build on the area that used to be occupied by the Supply warehouses up towards...

Ken,

I don't know if you remember, but I used to work at the club as a short order cook.

The night of the shooting I was off. I missed all the excitement and didn't know about it until the...

Ken

Yes the base theater was in the same building with the PX and the one chair barber shop. Do you remember Erick the old barber who would tell stories of how he fought with the resistance in...

Hey all,

Great to hear form you all after 30 years.

I worked in Supply back in the day. I was the jerk who hassled everyone about returning gear when they left our fair haven.

I visited...