John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"It's great to hear all the memories everyone has. It brings back things that I hadn't   thought about in a very long time. Lots of good memories!"
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"That's it, the Flamingo Club. A group of us pooled our money and lived in a beachfront house in Licola and commuted to work. I hadn't thought about any of this in decades. Good to remember some of this."
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"Hadn't thought about her in years....yeah, Humpty Dumpty on the wall
between the Afsouth base and the exchange. On another note: how about
Italo and Erasmo in the downstairs lounge bar at the Afsouth EM Club.
again my yrs there: 69-71"
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"Ref the holidays at Afsouth, there were a lot of varieties of how people worked and what time off they got. There were day workers and shift workers. The day workersat the Afsouth site in Bagnoli got holidays off that the shift workers at the remote…"
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"I had forgotten all about that curve. Usually the backing up at that curve is what woke me up on the trip in. I've noticed that even though the site is no longer used it is difficult to find anything about it online. Others have mentioned this in…"
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"A buddy bought a Fiat 850 with Naples plates on it. We took leave and traveled all over Europe in it. Funny thing, in Paris other cars got out of our way with the Naples plates! I see the cinquecento's (Fiat 500's) are now being sold in the US...but…"
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"Good point about classification....I was told several years ago by a reliable
source within the Navy that the place is no longer used and was declassified etc. Photos on the web showing the entrances sealed etc help substantiate this. I got to…"
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"It's great you had a local for a guide! I worked on a crew with all Italians and after a few months one of them invited me to Rome to visit his family and see the sites, meet the girls, drink etc. It was great! (ah, to be that young again!!!)…"
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on RTC San Diego
"Yeah, I noticed about the S%$T detail in boot to if you didn't smoke so I started.
I quit after boot though. At current prices glad I did."
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on RTC San Diego
"Ref VietNam...I served on the Mekong Delta and have never had any desire to return."
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Allied Joint Force Command Naples
"Attached to the Afsouth Base in Bagnoli and worked at the remote site "Proto"while living in Licola in a group house on the beach! 1969-1971 Worked in system control."
Aug 21, 2019
John Dahlstedt left a comment on Naval Training Center San Diego
"Jan 69 boot co 081 (CC was BM1 Pospisil) then to RM A school. Returned in 1971 to Coronado for SERE school etc. Lots of great memories of the area and beaches. Never been back but understand the downtown has changed considerably...cleaned up."
Aug 21, 2019