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Offline SteveHawaii

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Marine Training at 29 Palms
« on: March 18, 2011, 05:46:17 PM »
Talk about realistic training.  Check this out:

http://videos2view.net/29palms.htm

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Re: Marine Training at 39 Palms
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 07:18:23 PM »
Talk about inflation!  It was 29 Palms back in the 60's!   ;D
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Re: Marine Training at 29 Palms
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2011, 03:01:43 PM »
Sorry.  I corrected the title.

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Re: Marine Training at 29 Palms
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 04:47:30 PM »
I was stationed at Stumps. I liked Oki better.



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Re: Marine Training at 29 Palms
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2011, 06:24:29 PM »
My son has trained at 29 Stumps twice, both before deployments to Afghanistan.  He calls it "Satan's Butthole."  He MUCH preferred Oki.  He actually prefers Helmand Province to the Stumps.....at least in Afganistan there are mongooses (mongeese???) to eat the various creepy crawlies that want to live in your tent.  He says he saw bugs in the Mojave that CAN'T have originated on this planet....and there's more unexploded ordnance layin' around than even at Bagram!