Stolen from John Murphy.
Never been on the base but Ive driven in the area. rugged, is an understatement.
Never been on the base but Ive driven in the area. rugged, is an understatement.
For you Marines.
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My daughter is a Doc stationed there right now, she likes it there. Her husband is an MP stationed there right now. He likes it also.
I was there for 30 days as a Grunt back in 75. I didn’t like it so much
I was there for 30 days as a Grunt back in 75. I didn’t like it so much
They like it because they don't have to hump anything but each other.My daughter is a Doc stationed there right now, she likes it there. Her husband is an MP stationed there right now. He likes it also.
I was there for 30 days as a Grunt back in 75. I didn’t like it so much
Methinks you guys have had very different experiences there! HahaMy daughter is a Doc stationed there right now, she likes it there. Her husband is an MP stationed there right now. He likes it also.
I was there for 30 days as a Grunt back in 75. I didn’t like it so much
Been to both.
The stumps is the WORST
If you ever ran your PFT in 29 you know lake bandini and the finless brown trout.
Neither is an air force base, that's for sure.
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I got dumped at 29 Palms in the ghetto barracks on the Wednesday night the Thanksgiving 96 started. Brand new boot from SOI. It was nice because nobody was around but us boots and the duty/aduty.
When morning came and the sun came out I thought I was on a different planet. Sand and hills and rocks and things lol.
Good times...
When morning came and the sun came out I thought I was on a different planet. Sand and hills and rocks and things lol.
Good times...
Anyone ever go to Amboy after dark? 
That place is the hills have eyes
That place is the hills have eyes
I grew up in north Idaho, just moved away.
I lived in Mountain Home for 2 years about 15 years ago. I'd have to say that OTC is a real close second suck to 29 palms. I can see where the winter would truly suck just due to the nearly constant wind and associated wind chill. Mountain Home is a suck place to live, for sure.
That part of Idaho, the high desert, the Owyhees and Bruneau, that is some rough country for sure. It can sure be beautiful at the same time. Big cats, wild horses, deer, elk, sheep, distances only artillery can range...
Fuckin creepy.Anyone ever go to Amboy after dark?
That place is the hills have eyes
Real bad creepy.
CAX in 2000 was a blast, before that point in my life i had no idea a desert could be that cold! Loved it though!
1995-1999 for me.
Hated the area right around the base, but I loved everything else.
I moved there to see if I could help my younger brother with his PTSD after returning from Iraq. I work in the oilfield so wasn't even there much of the time. Even so, that town is not a fun place to live. Out of town north and northeast and out of town to west and southwest was some real good country, if not rugged. I just don't like that high desert stuff where the wind blows almost constantly much at all.
I'd take 29 palms over El Centro or Yuma any day. Joshua Tree is a beautiful place. Mountains in the background is nice to see. El Centro and Yuma have better food, but the drive in from Palm Springs is always fun when I go to 29 palms.
I was there for CAX 2000. Im from MN originally and froze may ass off in that damn desert!
100% agree. Even driving ten miles southward towards the Snake just opened up a completely different world.
We spent a lot of time shooting rockchucks along the lava flows and creeks. Pigeons were fair game on the rock out croppings.
My favorite area was the Clearwater
I just moved away from Lewiston. Sort of grew up in that area. That is definitely a VERY nice place to live. The Clearwater and the Snake confluence there and leave the state. I do think that it is the lowest elevation of the state. The Snake drains land from Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The Salmon River dumps into the Snake about 50 miles upstream from Lewiston and it drains much of Idaho. The Clearwater River drains most of north Idaho. All that water leaves the state there at Lewiston. Only that stuff north of Lewiston (think Coeur d'Alene) doesn't drain out in Lewiston.
The Clearwater area has 2 kinds of deer, elk, moose, pheasant, quail, chukar, perch, bass, trout (including steelhead), salmon, catfish, ducks, geese, doves, bears, cougars, wolves, coyotes, bobcats....pretty much every sort of game Idaho has is available in that area. Lewiston has MILD winters but can be hot as fuck in the summer.
I'm definitely going to be missing that area.
I left there and did a tour in Korea. Followed on back to South Dakota.
I've told Rebecca that I'd move back to Idaho in a nanosecond. It just wouldn't be anywhere near Boise. Or Mountain Home either.
Did your move to MH help your brother
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Yeah we have. It’s just over the hill from San Diego. It’s small but no one fucks w you.
And it’s no 29 my friend.
I almost flipped a 7ton over the long exit from the 10…..that long left overpass.
A strong gust grabbed me and my B driver said “bro….I now understand butthole pucker”
Never should have given Doc a license. Lol
Nice! I was with 2/6 working up for 22 MEU. Weapons Company. CAX was blast but the only thing colder that that desert was the Quonset huts where we slept. I was convinced they were refrigerated.
'89-'93 for me. Not a bad place if you have a car. Four hours to Phoenix, a couple hours to LA area or San Diego, Vegas too. Spring break at Lake Havasu.
I should have bought one of those "Lake Bandini Swim Club" t-shirts they had at the PX.
I should have bought one of those "Lake Bandini Swim Club" t-shirts they had at the PX.
They are equally “heated” in the summer.
I thought the name was Mojave Viper now?
Not at all. Just like with addictions, you gotta want to change yourself. He uses his past as a crutch, an excuse, to continue his self destruction. He's always been that way. After Bosnia, I thought he might change. He got married, had some kids, reverted right back to being his victim self. At least now he has the VA sending him a check to help fund the barstool.
Went to radio school there back in the mid to late 80's. I didn't mind it until they removed the old Tanker quonset hut that had the good chow, and built the crappy food one on the hill. The old tanker one had the best omelettes and chipped beef!
Got the the summer pleasure there Jul/Aug of 2009 with a Mojave Viper. Had a heat snap where it cooled down to a balmy 114 degrees by 2200 at night. Previous summer was in Iraq...no difference.
Turned right around and did it again Jan/Feb of 2010 five months later. Snow on the ground and a week of 34 degree rain. 12 of my platoon came down with a wicked bronchitis.
I love reliving those stories...now that I'm retired. Frigging sucked at the time.
Turned right around and did it again Jan/Feb of 2010 five months later. Snow on the ground and a week of 34 degree rain. 12 of my platoon came down with a wicked bronchitis.
I love reliving those stories...now that I'm retired. Frigging sucked at the time.
Born in Yuma, been to 29 Palms several times.
Way better now than it used to be.
MCAS Yuma if I had to choose.
Way better now than it used to be.
MCAS Yuma if I had to choose.
