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  Donald Sparks November 23, 2010 at 1:18am

  That old bridge leading from Worm Island brings back some old memories. I Trekked back and forth across it starting in August 11, 1977. fours weeks of crossing and during hell week had to stand duty guarding it from possible AWOL's. Funny they shut the whole base down along with the Wave's base in Orlando, Florida. Great Lakes is the only one left as I was also there for BT-A school from Nov. 1977 to Feb. 1978.
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  Larry Penatzer November 22, 2010 at 10:18pm

  I was in Company 005. Reported January 2, 1986. Is that close enough?
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  Paul Drewes AD2 November 22, 2010 at 2:01pm

  After Graduation, We were marching For Chow. It was our Last day at RTC. We asked our CC, to Dropped us on The Bridge,for Push-ups. Kinda a weird request, but he did..And during my time there we never saw a company Dropped on the Bridge, maybe that's why we Did?
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  Mike Gibb November 22, 2010 at 1:23pm

  Looking for any recruits that were in Company 001 - December 1985. CPO Reberra
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  Jim Decota November 7, 2010 at 5:01pm

  The old worm island bridge that I crossed so many times in 72
  

  

  The "new" bridge was built in 92! I wonder what the routine was during it's construction. Was the new one built along side the old one?
  

  
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  H. Buning November 7, 2010 at 3:57pm

  Thanks for the pics, Mr. Decota....the primary training/worm island
  barracks where my company stayed in '72 are gone, bulldozed to
  make room for the airport remote parking lot that's there now. The
  old "R&O" barracks are still standing, part of the community college
  (I think) complex there.
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  Jim Decota November 6, 2010 at 8:51pm

  The plans for Camp Nimitz in the future are for the entire site to become a large resort hotel and water park!
  

  
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  Jim Decota November 6, 2010 at 8:50pm

  The barracks on the NTC side were so much more rustic and historical! I remember these so well!
  

  

  
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  Jim Decota October 24, 2010 at 3:52pm

  I made a web visit via Bing maps and I know what you mean! Funny to see my old barracks on the basic side still standing and the Fire Dept using it for training? I remember marching over that bridge to the advanced side one day and having a seagull that was on one of the street lights make a deposit on my shoulder! The CC said to consider a "good luck" sign! Then he said "since I had already been dumped on, he would cut me a little slack for the rest of the day!"
  Of the three boot camps you would think they would have kept San Diego with it's location and history and not Illinois? Just some more of that "sharp" decision making at the top!
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  Paul Mupo October 17, 2010 at 8:56pm

  What a strange day last Saturday was walking around what used to be NTC/RTC. Never would of thought that this great Command would end up like this. The infamous "worm island" bridge, which still stands, but not even a glimpse of what it once was. The parade grounds where graduation was held is gone and of course the place where we all experienced the Mark V gas mask is gone. I know life must go on, and I would like to end this by saying "Thank You" to NTC/RTC for starting my life out with great respect to this great nation we live in!---> GOD BLESS AMERICA