May 28, 2025May 28 Author 50 minutes ago, lew said: How many weeks was his boot camp? Hey Lew, about 10 weeks
June 10, 2025Jun 10 Author On 5/27/2025 at 5:50 PM, John Morris said: Well our young man is getting set to graduate next week! Here's the gang! Our son is right below the yellow arrow Ok, so false alarm, that wasn't our son, and that wasn't his company! He corrected us when he saw the image we were sharing to all our friends and family. We could of swore that was our boy!
June 10, 2025Jun 10 1 hour ago, John Morris said: Ok, so false alarm, that wasn't our son, and that wasn't his company! He corrected us when he saw the image we were sharing to all our friends and family. We could of swore that was our boy! Well they say Boot Camp will make a new man of you
June 10, 2025Jun 10 Author 47 minutes ago, lew said: Well they say Boot Camp will make a new man of you We don't even know our own boy now Lew!
June 11, 2025Jun 11 Author 8 minutes ago, frenchwwr said: Has he got a duty assignment yet? Hey Kevin, we drove him up to his AIT last Friday, and we flew back home the following day. His AIT is at FT Eustice VA. He'll be trained to repair the UH-60 Black Hawk, then his duty station will be FT Lewis in the state of Washington. I believe they call it Joint Base Lewis-McChord these days, we used to just call it Ft Lewis. Thanks for asking!
June 11, 2025Jun 11 With that Blue Guidon, I thought he was going into the Infantry. He can go a long way with Black Hawk repair, and Lewis is a great place to get assigned.
June 12, 2025Jun 12 Author 1 hour ago, frenchwwr said: He can go a long way with Black Hawk repair, and Lewis is a great place to get assigned. Well, those basic training brigades are typically deactivated infantry, as was the case where Jeroid trained. 165th Infantry Brigade Ft Jackson. A pretty storied past originally activated in WWI and participated in wars up through the cold war, and was deactivated into a training brigade. Here's a little history on it. 165th Infantry Brigade (United States) - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Hey French, sounds like you know a little bit about his MOS and station?
June 12, 2025Jun 12 Not really; there's always a need for helicopter mechanics, both in the military and outside, and it's one route to becoming a helicopter pilot. I did a quick layover at Lewis on my way to training in AK back in the late 80s. The NW has always been a favorite of mine, as long as you don't mind a little rain.
October 28, 2025Oct 28 Author Popular Post Just a little update, our son visited us over the last couple weeks after his stint in AIT at FT Eustis, he flew out of here this past Sunday to his duty station Ft Lewis Washington or more recently known as JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord) Army/Air Force. He is in-processing this week, getting all the stuff out of the way, rules, regs, finances, moral and wellness, speaking of, he took this picture on his tour of the MWR unit where he and his buddies will go to sign up for activities and fun stuff, this lake is right behind the MWR (Moral Welfare Rediness) building on base, and I am completely green with envy, ready to join up again myself! 🤣
October 28, 2025Oct 28 Popular Post Congrats to your son! It's a life changing move to be sure. My dad was retired USAF and met my mom when he was stationed at McChord. Something kind of odd.. In the photo the soldiers name tag says "Pacheco". That was my mom's maiden name. I have lots of memories growing up. We lived all over the place and overseas. Edited October 28, 2025Oct 28 by MrRick
October 28, 2025Oct 28 Popular Post Ah if only we had such places on base when I was in. Who am I kidding, like I spent much time at base. Was off on a mission, recovering from wounds or out exploring some country.
October 28, 2025Oct 28 Author Popular Post 22 minutes ago, Gunny said: exploring some country Is that what you called it Gunny? Marines always have a way of putting a pretty bow on a box full of sh#@. 🤣
October 28, 2025Oct 28 Author Popular Post 35 minutes ago, MrRick said: We lived all over the place and overseas. One of the benefits of being in a military family eh Rick!
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