Hey Gunner Lind, I went thru BHC around April of '88 for '46's.

Sgt Trisch(sp) was one of my insructors, and then later served with him in HMM-162.

Also do you ever make it back to Dexter? I live in East Prairie, and would be honored to buy you a round!

Edited to ad...Now that I think of it, I think you may have givin me my first page 11!
Darrin

Darrin,
I certainly remember Sgt Trisch. If I remember right he was a 46 instructor. Help me out here if I'm wrong. Along with Gunny Fisher and SSgt Jordan...Ring a bell?
Good old East Prairie, man that is great. We were in the same football and basketball conference but it was too far to go PARTY in each other's towns. I wonder if Dexter is still kicking East Prairie's ***...Just kidding.
I was a Junior the year Dexter went to the final Class 3A state championship game in 1971. We went to Marshall to play Chillicothe. They KICKED our asses all the way back to the buses. Jeez, what a slaughter that was. Their front defensive line was like 240 pound average. Anyway, I was glad we had some 180 proof to warm us up cause it was freezing outside.

Semper Fi,
Steve...Pensacola
USMC 1972 - 2003

Yes Sir, Sgt Trisch was a 46 inst. The only other one I can remember was a Hispanic Marine. He was a Sgt when he came aboard, and then I was on the rifle range with him about 7 years later and I believe he was a Gunny then, but just can't remember his name.
Yes Dexter(along with most of SeMo)is still whupping up on EP, But hey least we'll get ya in the parking lot after the game!!

Darrin

to FrmrJhead. I joined in1961 and ended up at Millington around Sept. of 61. I rememberit as you say. I was lucky enough to get a field jackit. But most had to wear their over coats, I remember when it rained The formations with their soaked utility covers and overcoats waiting to march off to their schools looked like the defeated German Army
I was a 6441 and ended up at New River. I was hoping for fixed wing A/C but ended up in helicopters they did have their advantages when it came to liberty. S/F

I was at NAS Memphis from Jan 86 to Oct 86. Attended the old BEE and A school there. went through BEE in the lockstep program and A school self-paced. Somebody mentioned getting boarded. Yep, me too. To this day I don't understand transistor theory. I remember in those days we could smoke in the carrels in the classroom.

I met my wife while going to school there (she graduated from GSE school) and we've been married for over 19 years.

Was just in Millington this week Took a few photos. Any of you remember this?

Those were the days.... jetway cleaners... rock study... SSGT Bartholomew, SGT houser(later @ HMM 365 we called him Doogie)Lots of great times... never did barracks support... Me and a buddy would clean Navy offices till 1300, sneak back in the barracks and hide in our rooms or go hang at the px...we thought we were $hit hot.... little did we know...

dude on weekends me and a buddy would go and shoot claybirds on base... 5 bucks got you a round

Wow You guy's can really bring back some good old memories. I did 2 tours @ Millington My first was in 88 as an Airframes Stud. I was the Senior Lance corporal on the base, I had 3 yrs TIG and over 3 1/2 yrs TIS. As I walked into the "Hilton" some one yelled out Newbee on Deck!! As the DNCO walked out and saw the good cookie on my chest (They went by PEBD then), He chewed the watch a new bung hole.
My second tour was in 92 as a Sgt. attending Group paced instructors course.
The hot spots when I went to millington were Silkie Sullivans, The PO Club, e-club, the "SHANKER" and the diner next door.
Alex

Reminds me when we showed up at MCAS Beaufort with 33 months TIG as PFC... Something similar from one of the 24 month Sargents who had not been to Nam yet.

Chuck USMC Cpl
'63 - '67

Last night at work, I suddenly thought of the time I ended up in the naval hospital at NAS Millington in, I believe, early 1979.

I had been feeling bad -- physically, not psychologically -- but held out and was worried about being accused of malingering. I woke up one morning to find a rash on my back (in addition to feeling like death warmed over), so I went to sick call.

Turned out that I -- and a lot of other folks -- had mononucleosis. I ended up at the hospital for a week in "respiratory isolation" with four other sufferers in the room. Except for regular checkups, and the occasional cut or bruise, and the ongoing fun I had with dental at various locations (fell out of the top rack my first night at Parris Island, and broke a tooth), it was my only major encounter with the medical establishment in the military.

It wasn't all bad; they treated us OK, and I got a week off and watched the miniseries "Roots." That was the last hospitalization I've had. (Knock on wood.)

Just prior to me getting to HMM-263 MY First Helo Squdrn, They had just had the GREAT SGT Give away, they said the cutting score for Sgt in that last promotion was in the LOW 1,200's So I spent the next 18 months as a Cpl. and Was promoted to SGT in NOV 89 and remained a Sgt till I left the Suck in 97 Thank you Military Draw Backs and a melding of MOS's from 6142 to 6152 A/F Div and a Frozen MOS to Boot.

My class picture from AO school Aug 91; notice I am not only the only female Marine...I am the only FEMALE in the whole Class!!!

Birds we trained on during AO school:

Great Pictures Cyn. That brings back memories.
To show my age in AO school we had an A-4 to work on. You got an A-7 and a F-14 damn it!!
Here's a picture for you!!!

How about trying Corsairs and Avengers? Seems just like a few years ago.

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To show my age in AO school we had an A-4 to work on.

Loved those planes.Oheady,maybe you remember since we were there at the same time.Those squadbay barracks that got condemned while we were there;did you happen to live in those until they made us all move?And,if so where did you get moved to?

Don't know why they choose me,maybe it was because the length of my school;but they moved me over to the WM barracks on the first floor.Course they moved the WM's up to the 2nd and 3rd floors...the bastids.

Man, I remember those old open squad bay's. Had to spend a few nights in them in 1979. Nasty then, would hate to see them later on in the years....

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Man, I remember those old open squad bay's. Had to spend a few nights in them in 1979. Nasty then, would hate to see them later on in the years....

In 77,I only remember them closing one...did they decide a little paint on 'em and they'd be GTG for a few more years?

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Originally posted by GMANPHX:

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To show my age in AO school we had an A-4 to work on.

Loved those planes.Oheady,maybe you remember since we were there at the same time.Those squadbay barracks that got condemned while we were there;did you happen to live in those until they made us all move?And,if so where did you get moved to?

Don't know why they choose me,maybe it was because the length of my school;but they moved me over to the WM barracks on the first floor.Course they moved the WM's up to the 2nd and 3rd floors...the bastids.

Yeah GMAN that was Barracks 238 and I lived in them. I left in early Dec so I never got moved out of them. I remember one night when we were field daying we had a rat in the laundry room. Man what a blast!! 20 Marines chasing that SOB around with mops and boots. We finall got his little *** too!! A couple of friends of mine lived in those fancy 3 story barracks over by the chowhall. Lucky Bastids!!!