19 Years Ago Today.......

[EMC45]

I stepped off the bus at Great Lakes IL RTC. 5 years later I hung up my Seabee uniform, 4 years after that I put on the uniform of the Air Force. in 2011 I hung up the uniforms for good. Thanks to all who served.

[eveready]

Thank you for your service Sir

[white eagle]

Thank you and all who served
god bless

[pworley1]

Thank you for your service.

[lefty o]

i dont miss great mistakes! lol

[duckey]

Thanks for your service....I'm nearing the end as well...time flies

[Friends call me Pac]

Well done

[jabo52521]

Congrats!!

[Ranger Green]

It was 27 years ago and at Fort Benning, GA for me. I got hung out 4 years ago but it was a good ride.

Thanks for keeping the wolf away from the door.

[flydoc]

Dad did his basic at Great Lakes; he was a SeaBee during the Korean War. Still have his cap, patch, and a picture of him driving a Jeep on an airbase he was building in Morocco, hanging over my reloading bench. I got to play rugby at the base, and got to reduce a poor recruit's broken nose during that game. I went into the Air Force too, but always have had deep regard for the Navy.

[w5pv]

Thank you for your service,God bless you and all the others that have sverved our great country.

[johnc486]

28 yrs ago, I retired at Ft Benning, Ga, 20 yrs before that, took basic training there. Much appreciation to all who have and are presently serving this great country, may we see better days ahead.

[SSGOldfart]

Thank you for your service

[1Shirt]

Congrats Evan! Paul
1Shirt!

[Bob Busetti]

I was waiting to be shipped out of Great Lakes 1967 to a ship off Vietnam. One morning a chief came in the barracks and picks out 5 of us and says pack your bags & report to me. So we did. The chief says your all Seabees now, your going to Morocco. Off we went. Didn't go on a ship for 3 years. spent last few months aboard the Hermitage LSD 34. Came home. It was a good tour for me. However my hat is off too those who had to go to southeast Asia. Thank you for your service.

[leadman]

Thanks for you service. I swore in at Detroit on April 1, 1971. Spent 2 years 18 months 14 days in the Army then 2 years in the Michigan National Guard. Hated it at the time but those memories have faded now and I'm happy I did it.

[EMC45]

Congrats Evan! Paul
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Thanks Paul!.....................Thanks to everyone for that matter! And thanks to all those who served.

[Bloodman14]

Helped bring down the Berlin Wall, 1989. C Co. 2nd Bn. 4th INF Reg., 56th FAC. Heilbronn, FRG.

[WRideout]

I grew up in Oxnard, CA, right next to Port Hueneme, home of the Naval Construction Battalion, and the Civil Engineering School. Did you ever serve there? BTW, I had seen enough sailors that I joined the Army when it was my turn.

Wayne

[smokeywolf]

Dad was a paratroop instructor at Fort Benning during WW II; made 118 jumps.

[EMC45]

Gulfport NCTC was my homeport.

[WRideout]

The scoutmaster of my Boy Scout troop had been a SeaBee; coincidentally he came from Mississippi, don't know where. He was a great guy; I still miss him.

Wayne