The base might have been reclaimed, but the Neptune Bar was still alive and well last time I was in Subic Bay.The Clark Air Force Base where I flew in to catch my ship, and its base overseas at Subic Bay Philippines have both been reclaimed by the Philippines.
The Army doesn’t want happy soldiers. I’m convinced the constant friction and hoops of garrison create irritable (but conditioned and controlled) fighters ready to let all that angst out after S1 kept losing your leave or promotion packet.Thank you, Streeper541. I have a brother who served 22-years in the Navy. Another brother who served 8-years in the Air Force, and my 19-year old youngest son is currently serving in the Army in the intelligence field at Fort Lewis/McChord in Washington. Finally, thanks to real nice letter from then President Richard Nixon, I was inducted and spent two years in the army 1972-1974. And believe it or not, the attached photo is of me right after graduation from Basic Training. Don't I look happy?
If someone told that young man back then, “Someday, you will be known as Pipestud,” would he have believed it?Thank you, Streeper541. I have a brother who served 22-years in the Navy. Another brother who served 8-years in the Air Force, and my 19-year old youngest son is currently serving in the Army in the intelligence field at Fort Lewis/McChord in Washington. Finally, thanks to real nice letter from then President Richard Nixon, I was inducted and spent two years in the army 1972-1974. And believe it or not, the attached photo is of me right after graduation from Basic Training. Don't I look happy?
The Coast Guard is a great service! Only bested in their small size by the Space Force now.I've got quite a robust military history in my family as well @pipestud
I served 9 in the USCG and another 3 in the TXSG. My wife retired from the USCG w/20. My little brother did a hitch in the Army. Two of my uncles served; one a Marine the other in the Navy. Two cousins were both Naval aviators. Both of my grandfathers were Navy men, one continued on as a Merchant Marine.
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This is us last year at her retirement ceremony.