Quick!! Silent!! Deadly!!!

[exlrrp]

Couple of weeks ago, me and Tom (friscokid)took a drive down to Monterey for the day. We stopped at old Fort Ord. Theyre tearing a bunch of it now?its surprising how much is still there. My son been going to school in a classroom almost exactly where my old basic training barracks used to be, I can tell by the retaining wall. We found Tom?s ol basic barracks too?he was in the new ones, self was in the old wood ones.
Got a picture of my pal looking his usual Quick Silent Deadly self?have to keep an eye on him to keep from getting jumped on unawares.

James

[exlrrp]

This is some old reprobate we caught peeing on the door of his old barracks. Some people got no respect!!

[1CAVCCO15MED]

Musta got some on that poor dead plant below the deck. It's gone belly up.

[catman]

How'd these two ever get out of jail? What's going on out there on the West Coast?

Trav

[39mto39g]

Its a shame we had to lose 58,000 fine young men when a button would have worked just fine. Lake Vietnam. Don't let me be in charge.
Got a big stick? big deal if you never use it.
California must still be there, although bearly, How much is gas now?

Ron

[frisco-kid]

An excellent day. It was dumping rain in the Bay Area when we left but the further south we went, the lass rain we got. By the time we got to Monterey, partly cloudy skies.

When we got to Ord, James was the guide as I drove. I was only there for basic training, and we were confined to the company area when not training. Had no memory of the layout. James did basic and AIT there. The only paratrooper I ever met that did Infantry AIT at Ord. Hell, I didn't even know they had Infantry AIT there until I met James.

James found his AIT company area almost immediately. It was easy to find the "New Buildings" basic training company areas, but had to drive around a couple of times before I recognized mine. The proximity of the PT field lit the bulb for me; it was at the top of our company street. Made many trips in the middle of the night to it for some harrassment PT.

We left there and went into Monterey, a town I've always liked. We went down to the small Fisherman's Wharf by Old Town for a seafood lunch. Then walked around Old Town a bit. Monterey dates back to the 1700s and was the capitol of Spanish California. Alot of history there. This is also Stienbeck Country, the setting for some of his most famous books; TORTILLA FLATS and CANNERY ROW being but a couple.

After lunch, we went to a huge antique mall in downtown Monterey and spent an hour or more there. Then it was head home to end a truly enjoyable day. Good weather, beautiful scenery, good food, some good nostalgia, and the company of a good friend. What a day.


Ron: Paid $2.35 for regular yesterday.

[exlrrp]

Originally posted by 39mto39g Its a shame we had to lose 58,000 fine young men when a button would have worked just fine. Lake Vietnam. Don't let me be in charge.
Got a big stick? big deal if you never use it.
California must still be there, although bearly, How much is gas now?

Ron

It's still there butThere aint as much to California now I'm not there any more, don't hardly know how they'll get by.
Dang, Ron, we DID use the big stick--twice. thats why it still glows around Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Don't do that, it puts a cramp on the looting and raping But I gues I'm the only GI that ever thought about stuff like that, the rest were all clean limbed strong jawed Americans. Lrrps were awful, they recruited us for awfulness.
Gas in CA was about $2.39 when I left--here its about $2.19
Tom--we'll cruise the OR some!!

James

[b3196]

Quick Silient and Deadly
That sounds like the after effects to the ole intestinal tract ftom eating the hot sausages Sid had last year on the mountain
Bob K

[MORTARDUDE]

Those sausages were GOOD !! Did we eat that whole big old jar ?
Sure went good with beer for breakfast. Sid / LT are u guys going to have some more ?

Larry

[DMZ-LT]

You betcha we are , just don't seem civilized to drink a beer for breakfast without one or two.Just be aware of which way the wind is blowing when you set up for breakfast.