March thru May 1970 A-5-1 Very wet and miserable weather. Who thought he was going to run us into the ground the first day but when 7 of us stayed with him stride for stride he got miffed. Lol. D company 4th BN 1st BDE (10 cycle) Cant recall names of other NCOS but he made a real impression on me. Germany 1-1-68 to 3-68, A co., 1/13th Inf, Mech, Plt ldr, Co. XO; Jungle School, Panama CZ March-Apl, 1969; HHCo, 9th Div. The following two years saw tremendous activity at Camp Lewis as men mobilized and trained for war service. The army could have been much worse for me during those 2-1/2 years and the VA has been very good to me. Was in D-1-1 from June '68 to Sept. '68. Joseph Heller He was one cool guy. Fort Lewis was a United States Army post from 1917 to 2010 located 9.1 miles (14.6km) south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The corporal will go to the NCO training school while the specialist might not. Navy boot camp was a joke compared to Army boot camp, so I pretty much skated through boot camp, Lost touch with guys from my company, still have some old pics of us in boots camp with a couple of us kneeling by our company moto "IMUA" which means moving on, don't stop, give it all you got. John Trainor. 1st Air Cavalry The field is named in honor of Captain Lawrence C. Gray, who died during a free balloon flight at the field on 4 November 1927. Thanks , I was flown to Thanks Phil, thats good intel. I remember seeing those barracks when we lived on post. I was in E-1-1. Was drafted April 17 1969, basic training at fort Lewis D 1 1, California Mod Squad. I volunteered to repaint the tool locker outside on D-4-1. I was a cook, so I had the Spec 4 patch instead of the stripes. We got to hang out but had to be there for muster calls on the loud speakers. 109 of us were processed through Houston AFFEES, flown to Seattle-Tac then on to Ft Lewis. Hill, Christian, and Adam Ashton, "Is Lewis-McChord A 'Troubled Base'? [1], Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a major Army base, with much of the 2nd Infantry Division in residence, along with Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division; 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command; and 1st Special Forces Group. I was at Ft.Lewis March 13 1970 to May 1970 in B 3 2. Against Football November 2014 Drill Sergeant Prince was the only one I remember. Walker were in charge of our training. The sites are McChord Air Force Base and Fort Lewis, both located just south of Tacoma. The commander of Nursing Services a Lt Col was alway after me to transfer to Nursing Services. Just wondering if this might have been you? Wow! Army Medical Training and Residency Facilities | goarmy.com As soon as we transferred to the newer, 3-story buildings for BT, the IG inspection came there and it was cleaning time again. .mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}. I sort of remember Long and definitely Senior DI Hernandez (he was older, big belly and his given name was Juventino). Lanaman was also in the Co. [2], Prior to 1941, the area consisted of ranches and a few scattered silica mines. He was a rep for the Veterans of Foreign War. Hi Travis, I was in Basic Training and AIT up at Fort Lewis from Feb 18th, 1969 thru July 1969 My MOS was 11B which was the Infantry and yes I went right to Vietnam in July 69 I remember a guy with the last name Hollingsworth. I am proud to have trained under him and will never forget what he did for us. The Army Air Force closed its facilities in 1947.[10]. His children (my cousins) and I cannot find the trunk that held his letters, photos and official paperwork, so I have only a rough idea of his service. Take care all. We had a brand new 2nd LT (LT French), all of 18 years old, who insisted on calling us "son". Did you make the trip to Fort Lewis? Shepard, he was really good. I was at Fort Lewis Basic Training Feb 1969' and AIT until June 1969' got married here in Sacramento then on to Vietnam Americal Div 11th LIB Duc Pho I Corp you were a year earlier so i probably could not offer much for that year. October 2014 We were all constantly wet! It had a mural of a severed VC head on a bayonet with slogan on it: To kill and have no mercy. 564th Quartermaster Company 18th Street . There were a couple of guys in the barracks across from us who were taken out on stretchers, both dead from spinal meningitis. 1949 MERCURY, at Main Gate of FORT LEWIS U.S. ARMY BASE, Washington. From Ft Lewis to GA to Virginia to helicopter training then 2 tours in Vietnam. [5] Italian prisoners of war, organized into units, were trained as quartermaster units at Fort Lewis, since after Italy surrendered to the Allies and declared war on Germany, they were not strictly held to the work requirements that prohibited prisoners of war from working on items directly headed for the war or in the war effort.[6]. We had a Sgt (a Black man) Are platoon got Lots of memories. Basic 4/69 to 7/69 Di sgt fisher, sgt Recheck, c-4-2, Fort Euistis Va then Bear cat nam, A Co. 227th ASHB 1st Cav. I had occasion to rn into him at a conference in Southern Utah in the 90's. Joseph Olmo from (Yelm, WA) - (347) 262-4284, 14813 99th Avenue Se Our guard commander at the Stockade was Sgt. In his graduation photo, it says D Co 2nd platoon. I enlisted to be a social worker and psychiatric helper which I was guaranteed by the US Army. A black guy named Pennington always called me Country, didnt start out too well but we became friends. Ray Heltsley Checkin at Building J0550 Lincoln Blvd. First meal was a bowl of beans at about 2am when I got there. D41. Sgt. Welcome to Ft Lewis, at that time meningitis was rampid and we couldn't go any where. Anyone have a copy of Basic Training Graduation picture of A-3-2 in July 1969? 1 photo. We at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Exchange are thrilled to welcome you to any of our facilities. We remembered each other from basic training and had a good time reminiscing about some of the things that went on. Then assigned after zero week of testing, KP and other duties moved to Company A-3-1 to begin eight weeks of Basic Combat Training which included bed making, using a buffer, rolling and folding underwear etc. Dispensary 2 in the new barracks area served BCT. Did not have Blood or Thomas as DI, I am looking for a dear friend of mine that was my buddy in 1970 at Fort Lewis Washington I believe Bobby was his first name and my drill sergeant was Fasano, drafted jan 20 1968 basic training ft lewis washington have know idea, I got drafted in 1969 and went in you 1970 when it was nice and cold when I arrived at the airport in my shorts and short-sleeve I asked my buddy what's that white stuff like that because I came from where was never snowed never forget that, hey dave young do you know anything about 1968 1st platoon 35 engineers c company at fort lewis washington, Sgt. There was a Hispanic DI named Hernandez, i think, short guy. I wish I had waited for his laundry to finish to see the results. Had come from Germany as a kid. Although the law went into effect in 2005, implementing its requirements for JBLM access have been delayed until now. We spent nearly 2 hours on the base. Fort Lewis's geographic location provides rapid access to the deep water ports of Tacoma, Olympia and Seattle for deploying equipment. So you were there in the cycle before me. Helicopters began assisting with high altitude (above 10,000 feet) SAR operations in the 1980s. The total area is 3.78% water. I hope you get a chance to read "Boocoo Dinky Dow" Grady's experiences at Fort Lewis are a big part of the story. 2582 Mann Ave, Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA, 98433 | Whitepages Fort Lewis ID/CAC Card Processing (253) 477-4282. We has a few guys very out of shape who had a Drill Sargent at the table as they ate yelling in their face they didn't deserve to eat. Microphone I believe we were Delanos 1st class of trainees. I was probably in the rotation before you Oct-Dec. He was a no non-sense instructor, no cursing, totally respectful, to the point, and based on his Viet-Nam service medals he did a couple of tours in that place. Thanks, Sgt Lamb was our DI April to July 1969. Our fatigues mostly went out to the quartermaster laundry and the rest was washed in the machines in the latrine. I would not even know where to start looking for the old area of Basic training from back in the 60s..is there a certain part of the post that was for Basic and can it be googled..I do not know my building but I do know the group I was with back in Mar 68. Much more relaxed and zero week again plus Field Medic crash course in 10 weeks. charleswallace0903@yahoo.com. [12] As of the 2000 census, the CDP, which includes the most densely populated part of the base, had a total population of 19,089. Captain David L. Stone and his staff arrived at the camp site 26 May 1917, and a few days later the initial construction began. Mine was E6 John Trainor, 3 time Nam vet. Basic training at Ft. Lewis, Feb-April 1970. He ended up going into Bomb Disposal warfare. Overall a great experience but have to admit - it did have it's moments. Homepage for Joint Base Lewis-McChord (not it was a bad habit which I broke long ago but forced cessation the first day of basic wasn't the way to do it. His grave states we was an SP4, not sure what that is. It was sad to see the half dozen or so guys that simply packed up their duffel bags and went across the parade field to 11B and 11C AIT. Drill Sgt. DS HARPER 17 YRS LATER WERE I WAS EMPLOYED SURPRISED. During the summer months (June, July, August), JBLM North hosts the Leader Development and Assessment Course, a capstone program for the U.S. Army's ROTC program. President George W. Bush greets US troops 18 June at Fort Lewis Army Base in Washington. Native American tribal document Dale. Cpl Bluitt was our Platoon DI. Gietsen we ran rings around them. Fort Lewis, WA Housing and Relocation Information You know there are several ways of locating people especially if you have their original Home Town and at least a Service number better yet a SS number let me know if I can be of help We have found several hundred from my unit Big Bad Bravo, 4th Battalion 21st Inf 11th light infantry brigade. That was B-2-3. Hit Vietnam 70-71. At the motor pool you stood next to a light pole that covered an area about 20 feet in diameter. He was a Drill Sgt. Like you I planned a visit to North Fort. Employment authorization document that contains a photograph (INS Form I-776) Wilber (Wilber's Willing Warriors). Off I went to be a medic in Vietnam. Senior Cloud & Systems Integrator- Network in Fort Lewis, Washington Area 5 on Lewis Main includes barracks buildings in the downtown historic district and on the west side of Gray Army . Enjoy! Graves and Forcade (or Kincade?) If I had been a sergeant, I could tell people outside of my kitchen what to do. 253-967-7166. . Good, hard training. We had an E 5 by the name of Houlihan. Thoughts, comments? I made him laugh once when I asked him how to stop my socks from falling down and bunching up at the toe. The base received much media attention in the wake of the Kandahar massacre, committed by a Fort Lewis soldier in March 2012.[7]. The Fort Lewis Military Museum was established in 1972 to preserve and document the post's history. I was 3rd sqd leader. KSER Since its opening in 1944 as a temporary hospital for war wounded, Madigan has grown into a tertiary care . I hated all of it but my memory is such that it is, surprisingly, still clear. Mr. Hitt. I was E-1-1 1968 before the Nam! I think the 1SG was a SGT E-8 Jenkins, a good solid man. Interesting reading all these posts after this many years. Washington; Search; Compare; Project; Community; Partners; News; Help; Old Maps Online. Everybody had to have there picture taken with that in it! July 1968. Signed up in San Antonio, Tx. . I hope some of my platoon members read this and reach out. . I went to the LPC course after basic to become a squad leader at Infantry AIT, then straight to D-2/3 across the parade field. I remember Sgt Mouton really competent guy I thought, maybe 2nd platoon? C-3-1 Feb-Apr 1970. Had BCT at Ft. Benning, E-11-3, Harmony Church, Drill Sgt. Fort Lewis is situated in a key location along Interstate 5, allowing easy access to Sea-Tac airport and to the deep water ports of Tacoma and Seattle. Orcutt from Pasadena, Jefferson from Venice Sanchez from Pomona and Strobridge from Santa Maria. I was on 2nd floor. Could never really get warm.rain and snow most of the time.sad to see the old barracks torndown I guess it's progress. Lorenzen, Clune , Reavley, Torres, Murakami and many others. D-5-2. Fort Lewis (Washington), a former United States Army post (1917-2010) in the U.S. State of Washington. May 2014 Other guys had Ft Lewis orders but for the Transfer point to VN. From May 1969 thru October 1969 for Basic Training and Advanced Infantry Training. Your grandfather was most likely engaged in saving a lot of American lives at the expense of the bad guys. . Infantry Vicksburg, as well as photographs . Helicopters were also used for "short haul" rescue operations, in which a ranger and litter were carried in a sling below the helicopter to the scene of the accident. Carroll McInroe There were 36 of us housed in these barracks and i can say openly that there had been no form of renovation since the 60's. I definitely recommend going to see that beautiful place. Of the probably 200 wooden barracks, mess halls, HQ, supply rooms, etc on North Fort, there are three (3) two story HQ building left. The median age was 22 years. The drill sgt called us Ridge Runners and asked if people in Tn wore shoes. Fort Lewis Directory | Military.com Rainier in the sun the day we drew gear (Nov 7 or 8) then it rained or snowed every day after. you remember the drill sargent making us run in and out of the barracks with foot lockers carried on our head. 37 Fort Lewis Army Base Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images DI was SSgt Hunt. So, fortunately didn't need the combat training. Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433. 4th Platoon, Drill Sgt. Military Base Toxic Exposure VA Disability Claims