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John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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."
John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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"
John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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…"
John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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…"
John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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…"
John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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…"
John Dahlstedt commented on Douglas Karr's group 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."
John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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…"
John Dahlstedt commented on Douglas Karr's group RTC San Diego"Ref VietNam...I served on the Mekong Delta and have never had any desire to return."
John Dahlstedt commented on Douglas Karr's group 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."
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Naval Training Center San Diego
Naval Training Center San Diego (NTC San Diego) (1923–1997) is a former United States Navy base located at the north end of San Diego Bay.
John Dahlstedt commented on Renee Simpson-Bell's group 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."
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Allied Joint Force Command Naples
For those who served at Allied Joint Force In Naples Italy on the Bagnoli/Agnano base. You may not have been stationed at Afsouth but at one of the other commands on the Bagnoli/Agnano base. If so, tell us what command and Years you served there.
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- Petty Officer Second Class
- Where were you or your family stationed?
- San Diego, AFSOUTH Naples (proto), Coronado, Mekong Delta
RVN, Saigon RVN, San Francisco.
- Veteran of Foreign War
- Vietnam
- Current Status with the US Navy
- Honorably Discharged
- Start date of your service
- December 5, 1968
- End date of your service
- September 23, 1972
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 9:24pm on May 20, 2013,
Lindsey E. Ford HMC (SW) said…
Welcome aboard!
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