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

  Went to Boot Camp twice Great Lakes 2 weeks 1956, Then San Diego Co 357 1958
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  Thomas L. Holderfield 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.
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  Robert Ray 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.
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  Darrell R. McDew 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.
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  Jimmy Hassell 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.
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  Michael J Sanchez 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
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  Dan Brown 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.
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  CHARLES W HORTON JR December 1, 2009 at 7:43pm

  I went through Boot Camp here in 1979. I was in Drill Company 305??? I was living across from Cameron Hall and my main CoCdr was BTCS KEYS. I was a part of the Adjactent Staff.
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  Therron Snyder November 15, 2009 at 8:13pm

  Company 217 Sep '86 to Nov '86
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  Dennis Ehli November 4, 2009 at 5:53pm

  I was in boot camp in November 1972. We even got to go home for Xmas. I remember the hardest thing to do was to go back to boot camp after our leave. I was sent Hawaii to serve on the USS Sperry, a subtender. Spent 3 years on that ship!