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"As a San Diegan (North Clairemont resident) and a former NSCC volunteer officer (PARCHE Division, NTC and GUNFIGHTER Squadron, NAS/MCAS Miramar), I hope you read the PDF file I attached to this discussion thread.NSCC SW Region sent this to the San…"
"So are you a "boots on the ground" San Diegan? Or trying to do this by remote control?"
"Yes...but she remains CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC because of structural issues...other than McMillin employees, no other persons are allowed ON or IN Recruit..."
"Excerpt graphic from NSCC SW Region's proposal:"
"A few years late in your lament..."
"Welcome to 2015, Shipmate...I shot this at Camp Nimitz (Worm Island) on December 26, 2014...SDFD cadets learning to pack and haul hoses up ladders and stairwells of Barracks 88 & 89...training continues and the predominant color here is turnout…"
"Then that would be considered TRESSPASSING... It's NOT the Navy's property any more (hasn't been since the gates closed in 1997), and The Corky McMillin Companies (a major San Diego real estate developer) owns RECRUIT - lock, stock & barrel...As in…"
"RECRUIT's "hull" is NOT ALL METAL...it's thin SHEETMETAL attached to plywood with rivets...her frame is mostly wood, with some structural steel bracing. RECRUIT is a BUILDING that happens to look like a ship..."
"RECRUIT is currently getting a much-needed paint job and exterior restoration...the work started in mid-November 2014 and should be completed by February 2015..."
"Photo I took on 12/26/14 of the much needed paint-out and exterior restoration of USS RECRUIT (TFFG-1)...the work is being done by volunteers from the USS Midway Museum and local active duty Sailors...funding for the work was provided by The Corky…"
"USS Recruit – Under Restoration
– AUGUST 29, 2014USS Recruit Beautification Project
The Corky McMillin Companies has joined forces with the USS Midway Museum to get the USS Recruit looking “ship shape” again. McMillin reached out to the USS Midway…"
– AUGUST 29, 2014USS Recruit Beautification Project
The Corky McMillin Companies has joined forces with the USS Midway Museum to get the USS Recruit looking “ship shape” again. McMillin reached out to the USS Midway…"
"I'm a long-time -- and naturalized -- San Diegan...got here in 1976 as a recruit (CO 77-022), then BE/E student at SSC in 1977 and left there as an undesignated SA after flunking-out of the course (infamous Module 14, for those interested)...didn't…"
"Seafarer's pretty much kaput.
No one answers their listed phone number and their distribution warehouse is up for sale."
No one answers their listed phone number and their distribution warehouse is up for sale."
"As a retired JO1 that published a few command cruisebooks over the years (The Anchor falls into that category), here's how it works:Getting a replacement copy of boot camp memory book some years down the road isn't much of a high-priority item in…"
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Jon Yim, thanks for the information on the yearbooks you provided. I was lucky enough to connect with an old boot camp ship mate that had a spare Anchor Book for our company. He had ordered one while in boot camp and they sent him two of them, and thank God for that and Thank God for an old friend who has turned into a new friend again. Terry Kline has given me an Anchor Book. But Jon, I thank you for providing the information and looking at your page. It looks like you have become somewhat of an historian for the Navy San Diego! Again, Thank You.
Welcome aboard shipmate, May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas!