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  H. Buning July 20, 2011 at 7:24pm

  I was also there in 1972, but a little earlier, Company 086. And most of

  my company took the advice of authority about our

  first liberty and went to the Balboa Park zoo, LoL. I think most of

  us took the opportunity to also wander around downtown in our dress blues and

  try to look salty.
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  Charles Ankerberg July 20, 2011 at 3:26pm

  Company 251...1972
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  Jim Decota July 3, 2011 at 7:12pm

  I agree Everett! What a blast! Where else could you do so many things like fire fighting and shooting guns and so much more as teens! We all arrived with trepidation and worry about all the stories! Yet, in the end we wished it didn't end! There were a few that missed their mommies and a few that were bored! I'll just bet they had a more difficult time out in the fleet!
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  Everett Carl Hopper July 3, 2011 at 1:55am

  Went through Boot Camp in Oct 78 thru Dec 78. Company 194 what a blast.
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  David Kendall May 3, 2011 at 5:08pm

  Went to 2 week reserve boot camp in December of 1970 at the age of 17 while in my senior year of high school.  Company Commanders name was BMC G.G. Kilpatrick. Company RO97 (5097).
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  Larry Penatzer May 2, 2011 at 6:33pm

  By the looks of things, I'm the youngest guy here.  I went through boot camp in January, 1986.  Company 005.  I think it was only about 6 or 8 weeks, but I don't really remember.  Our first company commaner was a first class named Calabrese.  He didn't last too long.  He got replaced in the first couple weeks by BTC Fisher.  After boot, I walked down the road to NTC and went to "A" school.  I don't remember anyone calling it Worm Island.  I mostly remember the planes coming into San Diego airport at tree top level over the base.
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  Pat Henderson May 2, 2011 at 6:19pm

     I went through RTC-San Diego from December 1970 to April 1971.

     I believe boot camp was about 12 weeks at the time, but I arrived in mid December just before the holiday break, then volunteered for Drum & Bugle, so I ended up being there nearly fifteen weeks.

     EN1 Conteras was our company commander in 467 while QMC McLamb was CC for D&B.

     Here's a photo of our D&B training unit getting ready to leave after non-graduation.

  
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  Paul Drewes AD2 May 2, 2011 at 2:55pm

  We walked through Medical. If I remember right
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  RICHARD COFFEY May 2, 2011 at 2:42pm

  I was in Company 076 in 1962

  CC was SFC Bush, thre Companys was on the same day one had a MRC and a GM1 in the other company, Chief Bush had a Green Chevy pickup truck

  Tennessee, Oklahoma and Ohio and a few from other states in our Company

  Retired in 1981 from NS Keflavik, Been working in Aviation every since

  From Rutledge, Tennessee, now living in Belleville, Michigan

  Flying as a DC-8 Flight Engineer out of the Detroit area, and flying all over the World
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  H. Buning May 2, 2011 at 1:24pm

  Ah, memories.....

  And Amen to Mr. Johnson's post...