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Comment by Garland Odell Summerall on February 22, 2010 at 11:15pm

Went to Boot Camp twice Great Lakes 2 weeks 1956, Then San Diego Co 357 1958

Comment by Thomas L. Holderfield on February 9, 2010 at 10:46am

1977, Company 902 under Chief Petty Officer Belt, a Parachute Packer. I was the Education guy for the company. Being a little older (already went to college), I managed to get cut some slack as Belt could rely on me for some help. I remember the phrases "smoke 'em if you got 'em" for the smoke breaks and "cokin' and jokin' " for scuttlebutt. I started out here as an enlisted man and, after making it up to E-6, went to Officer Candidate School and got out as an O-3E. Fighting my first real fire was quite a trip! Then the fake wooden destroyer was cool too. After the first week or two, I actually enjoyed boot camp. Except for the food. Green eggs? What was up with that? And only a few minutes to eat it all.

Comment by Robert Ray on January 26, 2010 at 3:10pm

1979. I was the company honorman of company 067. Great bunch of guys. The smell of roasting shoe polish still brings back some good memories.

Comment by Darrell R. McDew on January 25, 2010 at 1:04pm

Graduated Dec.1960 company 60-494, CC was William T. Campbell,BTC
Battalion CO was F.R. Smith,Ens. have many good memories of those days.

Comment by Jimmy Hassell on January 19, 2010 at 2:15pm

My best friend and me joine the Navy together in 8/1966. We were in company 490. The CC was BM1 Hayden. after boot camp my friend was stationed in China Lake, never on a ship, while I became a BT on the Forrestal.

Comment by Robert A. McKay on December 16, 2009 at 11:03pm

Hi Mike, The "Old Salt " bit is in question....true, I enlisted in 1957 but sadly, my first military related experience on salt water wasn't until early 1960 when I rode the ferry from Seattle over to the southern tip of Whidbey Island when I transferred there from Texas. You mentioned some guys crossing the fence. When I arrived at NRTC San Diego the first 6 weeks of training we were in Barracks on the newest section across the inlet bridge from the main camp. The fence that was on the back side of our barracks seperated us form an area where the boot Marines field trained. sometimes , at night we would see & hear them in their foxholes playing war games and naturally we taunted them. One of our Idiots decided that was the easiest way to go AWOL and one night climbed the fence. We heard the commotion and a little later the Marines, politely tossed him , well worked over, back over the fence. We got him to sick bay and never saw him again....hopefully , he only got set back to a later company....never found out...
Mac

Comment by Michael J Sanchez on December 16, 2009 at 10:38pm

I was starting to feel like the Old Salt--thanks for baling me out, Mac. Wow, 1957. 'Must have been quite the deal back then, with the 'political correctness' gone and no war.
Best to you, Shipmate.

Doc

Comment by Dan Brown on December 14, 2009 at 7:33pm

When I got from Richwood Ohio to boot camp at San Diego, I was the second smallest guy in the company. I was a whopping 5 foot 2 1/2, and weighed 105 pounds. I started out at 110, but lost 5 piounds on the three day train trip in July, with the AC blown on the entire train. We had so many recruits on board that we had to DOUBLE rack.

Comment by Robert A. McKay on December 14, 2009 at 7:11pm

I noted that some of the guys below were commenting about the screw-up company 4050, in 1957 it was titled as 4013, if you made it there you were at best turned loose with a Genera l"at the convenience of..." Discharge. rarely one of them actually made it back to main boot training...I have a 1957 co 099 copy of "The Anchor" if anyone needs scans.
Mac

Comment by Robert A. McKay on December 14, 2009 at 7:03pm

Company 1957-0099 company commander was Chief Burns....I was Mail PO....used to sneak candy and cigarettes across the bridge in the mail bag while we were in Quarantine....
Mac

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