"I was in the Blue Jacket Choir, late summer, early fall of 1969. It was great to go to sing the National Anthem and then watch the Bears play on two of those weekends. There were other great memories as well."
"Thanks, Jim, for your response to my e-mail. Glad it brought back some fond memories. Need some more? Do you remember the Friday night "smoker" where we would go and watch other recruits beat each other to a pulp in the boxing ring? Do you…"
"I remeber trying out for the Blue Jacket Choir in the Sping of 77. Co 006. After all of those marching parties it was quite a change!. I tried out and the guy said, Hey man, sing it!" It did not become part of the choir. I remeber it well. G Hunt…"
" Recruit Choir was our barracks 337 neighbor at NTC-RTC San Diego during early 1971. I was in the drum and bugle corps at the time, playing bass drum instead of string bass.
I recall both organizations looked really sharp in their Preble…"
"What is really interesting is that I remember all these guys! We had a blast....! The back side has names of some of these guys... Which I'll download later. I'm in the upper right corner.
Attention on Deck.......... Admiral,Honor Grad,…"
"I was in the Blue Jacket Choir October & November, 1967 under the direction of Dr. Williams. One of the highlights each Sunday at the base chapel was listening to Mr. Hansen play his organ improvisations following the morning's service. We were…"
"You returned some clarity to the memories Richard! I had forgotten about the aiguillete, white gloves, and spats(leggings)! Although I was in the BJC in 72 nothing much changed, including Dr Williams! We got to go off base a few times. One was a…"
Some of my best times during the 3 years, 8 months and four days in the Navy was in the BJC, from the audition session with Dr. Williams to the morning of my last day at boot camp when all of us guys of the graduating class, in dress uniform, formed…