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[Diane Amberg]

I'm not sure that the length of time  people use their bunk space has to thing to do with anything, but I know you are trying to defend your position. But then again, back when "real" men were in the military, ya didn't have cushy 2 person rooms.They had 60 or so people in open barracks, period.  (Get the towel ready, Varmit's about to have a nose bleed!)

[srkruzich]

I'm not sure that the length of time  people use their bunk space has to thing to do with anything, but I know you are trying to defend your position. But then again, back when "real" men were in the military, ya didn't have cushy 2 person rooms.They had 60 or so people in open barracks, period.  (Get the towel ready, Varmit's about to have a nose bleed!)

And back then if there was a gay in there, they usually got fragged.

[larryJ]

Au Contraire, Miz Diane!!!!   It depends on how high on the totem pole you are.  It is true that in 1966, when I entered basic training, all recruits lived in "bunkhouses" designed to hold several men on single spring beds, bunk bed style, and the buildings at Ft. Campbell, KY, were two story.  Stationed in Korea as an E-2 and E=3, I lived in a Quonset hut, again with single spring beds, bunk bed style.  Upon promotion to E-4, I lived in another Quonset hut designed to hold about 20 men and with double beds.  When I came home and was reassigned to Ft. Carson, CO, I was an E-5 and shared a room with another E-5 with double beds in a motel style building with elevators and everything.  A dining hall similar to a hotel dining room and a TV lounge and game room. 

So, the higher you go the better it gets.  Officers usually have their own quarters both on or off base and on-base quarters are generally single family housing or apartment style living. 

Larryj

[Diane Amberg]

Larry, I knew all that! You know I was just poking Varmit. I know there were /are lots of different arrangements depending on who you were/are and where. Al spent most of this time at FT. Sill as a Company clerk. He's the one who had to get up early  so the morning report would be ready by 7:00. They would have people coming in at all hours, fresh out of the jungles, who were there to figure out how to be human again before they went home. I remember hearing some really sad stories. Some would wake up at night back in the barracks and not know where they were.

[jarhead]

Larry,
Thinking of how the living arangements could have been. When my hero, Chesty Puller was a Lt General he made the statement that if the Corps made him commandant he would put a beer machine and whore in every barracks for HIS Marines. He never made commandant !!! If he had I bet ol Sarge would have joined my beloved Corps instead of the Air Force.

[jarhead]

Diane, Why were they sending troops fresh out of the jungles to Ft Sill , then sending them home ?? Ft Sill is the artillery school where all branches of the services send their cannon cockers to learn their trade.

[larryJ]

Jarhead, if I remember correctly, returning troops were reassigned to a base close to home.  When I went in my selective service agent was in Colorado.  I had moved to California and had not changed my draft registration to my new location.  So, when I was drafted I had to return to Denver for orientation and enlistment.  When I came back from Korea, I was reassigned to Ft. Carson because it was the closest base to Denver that had an opening for my MOS.  I was discharged in Colorado.  Big mistake on my part because had I changed my registration, I would have probably been sent somewhere closer to home before discharge.  On the other hand, I would have never experienced all those fun nights at Club A Go Go in Colorado Springs.  They even had go-go dancers high up in cages!  For the life of me, I just don't know how I was able to find the bus back to Ft. Carson on some nights.
LOL

Larryj

[jarhead]

Larry, Probably because the MP's carried your arse back to base !!

[Warph]

Club A Go Go?.... go-go dancers high up in cages?.... Larry, I sure hope Mrs. LarryJ and R.A.M.B.O. aren't reading this thread or youse in big trouble good buddy.  It might be wise to head for Jarhead's Bunker while you can you can still run.   LOL....

[Varmit]

I'm not sure that the length of time  people use their bunk space has to thing to do with anything, but I know you are trying to defend your position. But then again, back when "real" men were in the military, ya didn't have cushy 2 person rooms.They had 60 or so people in open barracks, period.  (Get the towel ready, Varmit's about to have a nose bleed!)

Was just pointing out the difference between the time firefighters use their bunk space and the time soldiers use theirs.  Whats with the "real" men comment?