Tustin Hangars I just watched a Verizon commercial on TV that was filmed at Tustin in the Hangar and showing the Hangar behind some sand piles an...
Words For Quick Responses ASAP PDQ URGENT OPIMMED And of course, Notice to Mariners SF - Duke
UAV Drivers I agree with the above post, further, they perhaps should be able to qualify for what we had in the 60's and 70's called "ProPay". Ho...
The Phu Bai Fly In late May or early June 1968, as a newly minted 2ndLt, I got to fly right seat in the Phu Bai Fly, with LtCol Ron Nelson, (my f...
General Orders Well Gents - I went through boot camp in 1960 and was a DI at PI 1964-65-66 and there have been 11 General Orders since I went thr...
Brothers in country I don't know either of you gentlemen but was wondering if your brothers were in country the same time that you were? My bro...
50 Cals & M-60's I know you folks are talking mostly CH-46's but here's an interesting tidbit! When HMH-462 was stabilized to transpac to Vietnam...
CO's VMO Squadrons When I returned from Vietnam in 1969, I was the ALO with 2nd Field Arty Group, ForTrps and flew with VMO at New River. The CO ...
Rocks and Shoals The term "Rocks and Shoals" was Navy slang for The Articles of Government for the U. S. Navy which laid out, among other things,...
Green/Brown Side Out As I recall, our shelter halfs were also green on one side and brown on the other. Back in the day when we had field transpo...
History on an Old Dawg #405 I doubt that there is a plate anywhere on it with a buno but I did notice in some of the photos that the cowling on t...
Won versus Earned! I too agree with Paul! I remember an old CO of mine in Force Recon correcting one of the SNCO's who was commenting on someone ...
Anybody out there Bob: I reported to HMH-462 in March of 1968 as the S-2 Chief. I went to Phu Bai with the Advance Party and was there when ...
The Inner Wire Paul: It was the Marines of your era that set the pattern for the Marines of my era. We tried to emulate the deeds of those g...
Tough Old Corps Marines I thought that this was why the old Corps Marines were so tough! Happy Holidays & Semper Fi - Duke Dearing ...
Next President's Tricked-Out Supercopter You might be able to throw age in as well. I rode in a test model in 1992 at the test facility just sout...
Army Trained Helo Pilots 1. Regarding wearing of Army Pilot Insignia, once the piolt earned or was awarded Naval Aviators Wings, the Army Insign...
Charlie Med I do not remember if it had an alphabetical name but there was also a Quang Tri Med. On 25 February 1969, while flying as a gunner, w...
65 Years ago! Paul: From one old 462 guy to another - Happy Anniversary!! 65 years ago this month, (a mere 3 months after I was born), ...
VMO-1 Call sing As I recall, the tail code on the OV-10's was ER, (Not OC-10's as in my previous post). We did have some Hueys there and they got...
HMH-461 and VMO-1 Call Signs In 1969-70-71 I was the S-2 and ALO of 2nd Field Arty Grp at Camp Lejeune and flew often with VMO-1, during the time...
Boot Camp EGA Ceremony I was a DI at PI in 1964-65-66 and there was no such ceremony at that time. The first time recruits were called Marines wa...
Yankee Station Unless I am way off base, Yankee Station was in the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam where the birds from the carriers fle...