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  1. Njnjcfp88 Nov 9, 2018

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    Always a Marine.... shout out to all my fellow Marine OFers.... A very Happy 242 birthday tomorrow. First to fight ! And a great weekend to all-the- service Veterans this weekend as well. Your service was honorable; no matter the conflict. No matter the billet/MOS... sometimes I still wish I was a young Sgt. At HMX1 Quantico wearing my Casio.
     
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  2. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Nov 9, 2018

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    First billet was HMX1?? Wow.

    Even if later... congrats!
     
  3. BlackTalon This Space for Rent Nov 9, 2018

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    I suspect you would not recognize much of Quantico anymore.
     
  4. Njnjcfp88 Nov 9, 2018

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    I did a year in A and C schools ...then shipped over to HMX1,from 3MAG in
    ( what was ) El Toro, CA. I was an Aviation Avionics tech for the Presidential Helicopter Squadron. Great times.

    Many thanks.
     
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  5. Njnjcfp88 Nov 9, 2018

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    Last time I was in the Q town area was at least a dozen years.. i was able to get on the base .. after chatting up the Cpl. in the guard shack... But I couldn’t get to the airfield side of the base ( The ole “Brown Field) ... that was restricted.
     
  6. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Nov 9, 2018

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    Tustin or El Toro?

    ( I’ve been in Irvine since 1984)
     
  7. Njnjcfp88 Nov 9, 2018

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    Fixed wing. Fighter and Attack cuc
    So it was El Toro. Near the old car racetrack ( Orange County if I remember) Tustin was rotary... I think it’s all at Miramar now. I’m in San Diego often for biz; I need to shoot over there...
     
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  8. X350 XJR Vintage Omega Aficionado Nov 9, 2018

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    One of my brothers flew CH46s out of Tustin in the early 80s.

    Also had a cousin who ended up a Lt Colonel, served in Korea.
     
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  9. Njnjcfp88 Nov 9, 2018

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    I loved fixing the Frogs ( CH-46)... most people think of HNX1 just flying the CH53s. But we had 46s and Huey’s too.
    My Dad served, like your cousin - in Korea. During the famous “frozen Chosin” battle with the 1/1/C .. Guadalcanal division. Platoon Sgt Light machine gun.
    DIED in Korea in Sept. 2000 while there with his buddies; ostensibly for the 50th anniversary... just had a quiet heart attack on the bus heading to Inchon. Surreal
     
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  10. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Nov 9, 2018

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    Yup Tustin and El Toro are closed. The Blimp hangers at Tustin are still there but most of both bases are houses now.
     
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  11. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Nov 9, 2018

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    Happy birthday, Devil Dogs...get some cake! :thumbsup:
     
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  12. Njnjcfp88 Nov 10, 2018

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