Happy 244th, C&V USMC
11-11-19, 04:17 PM
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Every Marine knows what this type of accommodation is, This is 1986 , Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, Okinawa Japan.
That's my OLMO with full Campy parked outside of my rack area. I might have been the only guy on the entire Island with a kick ass Italian race bike.
That's my OLMO with full Campy parked outside of my rack area. I might have been the only guy on the entire Island with a kick ass Italian race bike.
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This is in the backyard of the Marine House in Bonn, Germany in 1989.
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Above looks like Camp Courtney in Oki.
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11-12-19, 12:26 PM
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Rode around all around Okinawa many times from elementary to high school. Great place to grow up!Before digital era so no pics of me and my Bridgestone.
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11-13-19, 10:55 AM
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Many thanks to those of you who have served.
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Hear that the new installation, on board Guam, is some nice digs. Bet they will welcomed back by the resident Guamanians, listened to in interview of a few last week, very favorable comments on having the USMC return in full.
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11-14-19, 08:04 PM
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Its not as if the Okinawan people didn't ask them to leave though and there are some bad feelings on both sides, I had to walk out of a bid opening a few years back, a former Air Force wife repping for another contractor, was mouthing off about how nicer Oki would be when they "threw" Marines off. Like to have let her have both barrels, but another contractor's rep got me out of the room to cool off, and damned of her firm didn't get the bid that day. Sucked all the way around.
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11-15-19, 05:47 AM
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Its not as if the Okinawan people didn't ask them to leave though and there are some bad feelings on both sides, I had to walk out of a bid opening a few years back, a former Air Force wife repping for another contractor, was mouthing off about how nicer Oki would be when they "threw" Marines off. Like to have let her have both barrels, but another contractor's rep got me out of the room to cool off, and damned of her firm didn't get the bid that day. Sucked all the way around.
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I have zero doubt that some, OK, a lot, of those wives will miss the Marines, as well,
. May sound low rent, but it's a fact, nonetheless.I don't blame the resentment of Okinawans, as WWII found them sacrificed to the war and propaganda had them believing horrible things that led them to do horrible things to themselves and their families. However, they sure did not seem to mind the hundreds, if not thousands, of on-base jobs, and the economy outside the gates.
The island could be a terrific tourist destination, but that coral kind of kills the beach fun. It's beautiful, for sure. Futenma will make a nice airport.
When the Chinese come calling, they'll be wishing they had the Marines back.
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11-15-19, 02:58 PM
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