November 26, 20187 yr comment_44859 Kaneohe Bay having lots of fun in Kaneohe Bay. May post pics when I figure out how to load them. Report
November 26, 20187 yr comment_44860 Kaneohe Bay having lots of fun in Kaneohe Bay. May post pics when I figure out how to load them. Enjoy Barton, it's a special place. S! Report
November 26, 20187 yr comment_44873 Having lived there, 2 weeks is about enough. It gives you the opportunity to see everything, and gets you out before the onset of island sickness. Report
November 28, 20187 yr comment_44898 He's not gonna be a boot much longer though - first deployment's in a few months. He'll be that salty senior Lance Corporal soon LOL. Report
November 28, 20187 yr Author comment_44915 I’ve been watching the activity at the Marine base in K. Bay. Got some good shots. Lots of flying yesterday. UH-1s, AH-1s, MH-60s, H-53s, and Ospreys. Report
November 28, 20187 yr comment_44917 I’ve been watching the activity at the Marine base in K. Bay. Got some good shots. Lots of flying yesterday. UH-1s, AH-1s, MH-60s, H-53s, and Ospreys. OMG UH-1's, AH-1's and H-53's? Geez, I can't believe anybody, even the National Guard, would still being using that stuff (I mean, I worked on that stuff). 60's and Ospreys I could see.... In any case, you're in Hawaii, why you lookin' at that Report
November 28, 20187 yr comment_44918 MOS: 67N - UH-1H mechanic here. Stationed Schofield Barracks. If you can get on Wheeler, you can go into the valley to the old runway. There's still bullet holes in the runway where the zeros strafed while a pair of P-40s attempted to take off there. There's also still battle damage on the hangers at wheeler as well Report
November 28, 20187 yr comment_44919 67Y (AH-1S), LOL...to start with; then a lot of others after that The things you discover.... Report
November 28, 20187 yr comment_44920 When I was there, there was only 1 company that had "Hawks", and they were constantly breaking down LOL Report
November 29, 20187 yr Author comment_44924 I have photographic evidence that the USMC still has Hueys and they even fly Report
November 29, 20187 yr Author comment_44925 Hess I’ll let you know when I come back out on vacation again and I’ll totally take that board Report
November 29, 20187 yr comment_44931 In 2007 I, and a number of other guys in my unit, were presented the option to fast rope from the Osprey. We would have been the first ones ever if I remember correctly. However, given the Ospreys track record up to that point and the fact that I was roughly 3 weeks away from finishing my enlistment term, I politely declined, using appropriate expletives of course. I watched from the barracks as I sipped a cold beer. Report
November 29, 20187 yr comment_44933 That first hangar on Schoolfield was used by a UAV company that I fielded in ‘06. It still had the holes 😎 Report
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