Are you familiar with Camp Hardy?Okinawa, Japan. Early 80's. Scout/Sniper in training. I am on the left. My good friend Williams on the right. I was running 13 miles a day. Crazy time. Almost went to Lebanon.
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Are you familiar with Camp Hardy?Okinawa, Japan. Early 80's. Scout/Sniper in training. I am on the left. My good friend Williams on the right. I was running 13 miles a day. Crazy time. Almost went to Lebanon.
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I was at Camp Hansen. I dont recall hardy.Are you familiar with Camp Hardy?
It was on Okinawa during Vietnam. It was Special Forces training. I have the plaque from when my dad was there. After his tours in Nam he stayed there to train others. I wasn't sure if maybe lore of it stayed around Okinawa or not.I was at Camp Hansen. I dont recall hardy.
I dont recall any lore. But by the early 80s there werent many vietnam vets still in. Our gunny was in vietnam. Best guy i ever worked for.It was on Okinawa during Vietnam. It was Special Forces training. I have the plaque from when my dad was there. After his tours in Nam he stayed there to train others. I wasn't sure if maybe lore of it stayed around Okinawa or not.
Here's a little on its genesis. I'll see if I can't dig out my dad's plaque.I dont recall any lore. But by the early 80s there werent many vietnam vets still in. Our gunny was in vietnam. Best guy i ever worked for.
I only spent time on base, in the one town outside base and the beach. It was 6.5 miles one way. We would run to the beach and back every night.
Apocalypse Now in real life picsHere I am holding the 65 lb rocket while we were loading them in CamRahn bay Vietnam 1969.
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I was there...1983
Now that is the definition of a long engagement!
Lookin hard as woodpecker lipsHere is my squad and myself in Taji, Iraq December 2019. We are in front of the PAX terminal, waiting to get on a C-130 to fly us to Kuwait, and then back home.
We had just finished 9 long, hot months of doing heavy maintenance repairs on Apache Helicopters.
This was my 4th and final deployment.
You can't tell it from my face, but at the time I was absolutely overjoyed to be getting out of there and bringing all my guys home safely.
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Stiffer than a wedding dick?Lookin hard as woodpecker lips
That's very cool. I wonder how far apart camp hansen and camp hardy are?Here's a little on its genesis. I'll see if I can't dig out my dad's plaque.
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Sweet. Thats an heirloom for sure. My father was in vietnam in the early days. And my grandfather was in the pacific during wwii.Here it is. View attachment 267848
Edit: My mom lost his beret and tigers. He's never forgiven her.
Dude! My battalion was on air contingency when in okinawa for that hemisphere when the barracks were blown up. They were about to activate us. When our replacement unit landed on oki. They werent supposed to relieve us for a few months. But because they were already loaded onto planes they sent them. At the time i was very disappointed. As we were the sniper unit for our battalion. And they saw the most action on the rooftops during that operation.I was there...1983