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I served on the rock in 2002 and I am trying to
hunt down the infamous
jungle juice recipe that they served at the Seamen's
Club. Not sure if u live
there but would you be able to help me out or tell me
how to get a hold of the
club?? Thanks!
Jan
2002
through April 2002
NAME
= Ron
"Baby" Herman
MY
QUEST =
Would love to visit DG again with some time off this
go around...
VT
of a
SWALLOW = depends on humidity but slower than Amy
Winehouse reaching for crack
pipe!
E-MAIL
=
chief_brock@yahoo.com
NATIONALITY
=
USA
SERVICE
= Air
Force
UNIT
=
Intelligence
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
MSGT then but now retired.
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Want to Return When the First REAL Club Med
Opens
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
...but I cant. I was working 7 days a week 15-18
hour shifts to meet the
requirements of our launches down range. I
assisted with the Survival
Briefs in addition to doing all the Intelligence
briefs prior to mission...plus
most of the debriefs upon their return. Work was
non-stop for me but it
had concrete floors in tents even if they flooded
still at end of runway....but
I had two periods of relaxation.
The
Aussies
had their Aussie Day and flew food, beer, etc into
DG....worked all day and
made it at end of afternoon to the party. I cant
remember her name but
met some Aussie chick and three or four of her mates
and drank VB "Virgin
Beer" LOL with them into the night.
The
other was
two or three days of snorkeling...started behind dorms
of permanent party where
the big fish were but the current was strong so left
after an hour. Then
we saw signs that said NO SWIMMING. LOL So we
went into the lagoon and
snorkeled more....amazing to see fish that I had in my
250gal reef tank at home
swimming around free.
Some
other
memories in no particular order:
1-
gay barbers
2-
vegemite in
chow hall for aussies
3-
red crabs
with huge claw that would cut open coconuts and eat
them
4-
steel traps
to catch the huge black wharf rats that ran
around...and trying to keep
everything sandbagged and zipped to keep them
out of tents.
5-
going to
other side of island and seeing banana plantation and
now defunct weather
station and exploring some of the ruins on
island...unofficially of course
6-
visiting at
merchant marine hut for food and beer when off shift
7-
THE
FREAKING RAIN!!! My first 31 days in DG it
rained 27 days for at least an
hour and usually 8-10 hours. Every freaking
day. It became comical
to see new person wondering why we all carried around
ponchos or goretex with
us when sun was out and hot...then an hour later it
would be pouring like a
monsoon was going to hit. LMAO and they would be
soaked to the bone
running...LMMFAO
8-
Having
to hear those damn B-52 engine runups in middle of
night and early in
morning.....since we were at end of runway where they
just happened to do this.
LOL
Beautiful
island
though...dont think it would be bad duty for a year in
any time other
than war.
Oh
by the
way...there was some aerial refueler there with
tankers from reserve unit
in Cali....blonde....hot.....and apparently an adult
dancer when not pumping
fuel into aircraft. :) Nevermind....LOL
oct 2002 till
mar 2003
NAME
= Dana
Kirl
MY
QUEST =
love to go back to DG
E-MAIL
=
seductiveangeleyez@yahoo.com
NATIONALITY
=
White
SERVICE
= USAF
UNIT
= life
support
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
SRA- out of the military
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Stroll Down Memory Lane
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing
on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
What can i say.. it was a great time.. what i remember
of it that is... i spent
most of my time drinking hard whisky with the
philipinos on the island and
eating straight wasabi... you should try it sometime..
take a shot of jim beam
and a container of wasabi.. thats a hard core shot!
< green hot stuff in a
tube> I spent 6 months on this island.. and was the
"island
princess" to the local people. It was a good time..
miss the funny a$$
brits as well! Always trying to show their A$$! It was
a great time.. miss the
people.. miss the island.. even miss all the dang
colorful crabs chasing you in
the sand.
May
2002 - May
2003
NAME
= Todd
Stovall
MY
QUEST = To
find the Holy Grail.
VT
of a
SWALLOW = African or European?
E-MAIL
=
todd.stovall@pentagon.af.mil
NATIONALITY
=
US
SERVICE
= USAF
UNIT
= Det 1,
13AF (PACAF)
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
Then - Major
Now
- Lt Col
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Stroll Down Memory Lane
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = There I Was, Passed Out in My Room
MY
WARSTORY =
Well, that happened only once, thank God, because I
puked in my bed as well.
That was the end of visit to a Brit destroyer making a
port call and a long
night of drinking too much gin followed by shotgunning
Smirnoff Ice's down in
their wardroom. They had this contraption that
you placed on the
bottle. It was like a 3-4 inch sleeve with a
little relief valve on the
side. You put the bottle up to your mouth,
tipped it up, and the
valve. Just like funneling a beer, the whole
contents zipped right down
your throat in a flash. That in itself isn't too
bad, but on top of about
a 7 gin @ tonics and almost nothing to eat sealed my
doom. Maj Helene
Wilson and Keith "Buster" Brown, ROPO extrodinair,
were there egging
me on.
Lots
of great
memories--The day the OIF airwar kicked off and the
B-2's and B-52's launched
out on their first OIF sorties; catching 75 lbs tuna;
walking 30 feet from my
door and hitting the water to snorkle; just about
every Friday at the
yacht/Brit club; jungle golf; the tip-to-tip bike
ride; tour of the prepo
ships; the clearest night sky and the most stars I've
ever seen; the list
goes
on and
on.....
From Aaron
[penaltyvectoring@yahoo.com]
I'm
looking to
get in contact w/ any air traffic controllers that
were on board from
2000-2002. Pineapple, 4days, Bertram, Shannon,
Jew, Bean, Kat...
where are you guys!?!
AC2
Aaron "OX" Stregles
Apr 02-Jul 02,
Aug 03-Oct 03, Jan 05-Feb 05, Mar 05-Apr 05
NAME
= Bart
MY
QUEST = To
NOT visit the island again
VT
of a
SWALLOW = If it's terminal then the Swallow doesn't
really care
E-MAIL
=
aftiggerintel@yahoo.com
NATIONALITY
=
USA
SERVICE
= Air
Force
UNIT
= 45 ERS
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
Too low to matter
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = My Time There is Lost in an Alcoholic Haze,
Help Me Remember!
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
The first time I was at DG, it was monsoon season and
the old style tent
flooded. Right outside the tent we had Lake Placid (I
still think a couple
chickens drowned in it). Most of the time there was
either on the beach,
drinking with the Squadron, or trying to figure out
how to modify the tent. One
night on my trip in Jan 05, we tried to play football
on the coral
"grass" in the back of tent city. As you can imagine
there were
several poeple who were bruised and battered after
that. My last trip there, we
had squadron drinking nights. We'd all start drinking
about the same time and
instead of whoever passes out first getting drawn on,
we drew on anyone who
would let us. I think the offical count was 22 people
with something written on
them by the next morning. That trip we had 2 of our
squadron who drank for
about 48 hours straight. Man I wish I could keep up
with them. Maybe if I get
enough practice I can :)
Nov
2002 -
June 2003
NAME
= Steve
Wilson
MY
QUEST = To
achieve Maximum Intoxication without hurling off the
Yacht Club Deck
VT
of a
SWALLOW = African?
E-MAIL
=
steve@stevewilsononline.com
NATIONALITY
=
Yank
SERVICE
= US
Air Force, Prior Army
UNIT
= 40 EBS
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
Capt/US Air Force/B-52 Aviator
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = My Time There is Lost in an Alcoholic Haze,
Help Me Remember!
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
I'll never forget...um..I mean remember all of...my
birthday in May of
'03. After being adopted as an Honorary Brit,
the boyz all decided to
make it a Toga night. Onward to the Brit Club
after much preparation at
the Captain's Corner.
They
carefully
prepared my small glass of "Ale"..also know as a Yard,
and set the
stopwatch. That's about where things get
fuzzy. I know I didn't
puke. At least I'm pretty sure.
NOW...onward
to
good news. I'll be back this fall. Prepare
the way, and have that
removed. I'll be bringing "Open Mic Night" back
to the Seaman's
Club...Tuesday nights will never be the same.
Subject:
DG
Date:
Mon,
6 Jun 2005 17:13:13 -0500
From:
"Wilson
Steve D Capt 96 BS/DOC"
<Steve.Wilson@BARKSDALE.AF.MIL>
Hey,
After
a 2-year hiatus, I’ll be returning to our favorite
Island Paradise and I
wanted to find anyone still remaining that was there
Nov-2002 until June 2003.
Particular the my Limey Mates from the Brit
Club. Be Advised-Open MIC
NIGHT will return!!
http://www.stevewilsononline.com
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===OO=OO==(_)==OO=OO===
/
\
Capt
Steve
"DotCom" Wilson
DSN
781-2498
Unit
Deployment
Manager
96
BS/DOA
Barksdale
AFB,
LA
"America's
Leader
in Combat"
July/Aug
2002
NAME
= Fred
(aka Fuzz)
MY
QUEST =
Revisit
VT
of a
SWALLOW = Too Fast
E-MAIL
=
charette.faj@forces.gc.ca
NATIONALITY
=
Canadian
SERVICE
= Army
Logistics
UNIT
=
1Service Battalion TAV Operation Enduring Freedom
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
I am currently still serving and am now in the Signals
world hoping for a
change. I am now a Sargeant looking forward to going
to Afghanistan in 2006 and
perhaps again visiting Diego to see some old friends.
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = My Time There is Lost in an Alcoholic Haze,
Help Me Remember!
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = There I Was, Passed Out on The Beach
MY
WARSTORY =
Good Day Eh!
I
was tasked with 12 other members from western Canada
to catalouge and recieve
all vehs, comodities etc back from Kandahar in
July/Aug 2002. We were met with
great enthusiasm from all involved on the island and
boy did I have a good
time!!!
I
truly enjoyed my time there and being able to see some
truly outstanding
birds that your Air Force has in it's arsenal. I will
never forget the boys
from Barksdale AFB and if any of you boys remember,
drop me a line sometime and
I know that our sign is hanging in one of the messes
in Louisiana.
And
of course I just had to mention that our Canadian beer
is far superior to
any other beer in the world as was proven at our
smoker when you yanks were
passed out all over.
In
closing I have to say that I met some truly
outstanding people and would go
into battle with you guys any day of the week.
GO
LEAFS
GO!!!!
Fuzz
14-21
June
2002, 20-27 Jul 2002
NAME
= Wayne
Green
MY
QUEST =
Back to Paradise
VT
of a
SWALLOW = Much Slower than a Canadian running for beer
E-MAIL
= rmc_redmen@yahoo.com
NATIONALITY
=
Canadian
SERVICE
=
Logistics
UNIT
= Just
traniting through
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
Capt
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = My Time There is Lost in an Alcoholic Haze,
Help Me Remember!
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
After 6 months in the desert with no beer an a bunch
of extra cash, DG was a
great treat. Air conditioned rooms, cheep beer,
the Miss Diego Garcia
Contest going back to Afghanistan for the last month
and a half of the tour was
tough. On the bright side got to come through
again on the way
home. Hell of an experience, now if only I had
my digital camera for that
Miss Diego Garcia pagent I would have be a war hero
for the boys back in
Kandahar.
May
2002 - May
2003
NAME
= Ramon
N. Cejas
MY
QUEST =
Naval Support
VT
of a
SWALLOW = dunno...
E-MAIL
=
rncejas@netzero.com
NATIONALITY
=
U.S.
SERVICE
=
U.S.N.
UNIT
= Medical
Facility, Pharmacy Dept.
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
E-6/HM1, Active duty, Transferred to fleet
reserved Aug. 2004.
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Stroll Down Memory Lane
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
When I got there May 2002, I caught the tail end of
Enduring Freedom, but was
there the whole time during the beginning of Iraqi
Freedom till fall of
Saddam's regime. The place is awesome. Best memories I
have had. Best fishing,
sailing, snorkling, physical fitness, had nice
facilities, gym, tennis,
basketball, bicycling, and 5 to 10K or marathon or tip
to tip cycling race. or
if you want to learn self-defense free lessons at the
gym. White sandy
beach..Oh by the way you can also collect different
seashells.
And
if you like to sing like me, you can actually sing
with the live band
performing at the club.
May
02-May 03
NAME
= Darrin
(Mad Man) Webster
MY
QUEST = I
seek the holy grail
VT
of a
SWALLOW = afircan or european
E-MAIL
=
thewebsterzoo@msn.com
NATIONALITY
=
US
SERVICE
= US
Navy
UNIT
= NSF
Security
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
MA1, Wacth commander
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Other
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = This is a No-Shit 'How I Put One Over On My
Senior Chief' Story
MY
WARSTORY =
I would like to know if the "do as I say, not as I do"
still aply to
the chief? I working is security in sep
02. we had a suppervisor
meeting. One suppervisor asked if we could stop
provideing curtice rides
to the admin personnel of security. The ops
chief sied "if the watch
commander thinks its BS than, he does not have to do
it". In Jan 03
the Ops chief called up form the Chiefs clbu after
having a few drinks, and
asked for a ride to the E6 and below club. I
thinking this was inaproprate
for, a MA in a marked patrol car to drop off a drunk
Chief at a bar to keep
driking. Told him NO. I was fired as a
watch commander, and was
told if I got to the EO I would be sent to Mast.
2002
NAME
=
"Blonde"
MY
QUEST = To
Seek the Holy Beer Can
VT
of a
SWALLOW = 1260 F/S
E-MAIL
=
jlemons@mwr.is
NATIONALITY
=
American
SERVICE
= USN
UNIT
= NMC/AFN
Diego Garcia
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
JO3
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Green Eco-Freak Who Hates How the Brits Have
Taken Such Good Care of
The Island
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = This is a No-Shit Drinking Story
MY
WARSTORY =
32 MGDs (rotten like all the beer) in 23 hours before
passing out face down
near the cannon on the point. I awoke to crabs
pinching at my face and legs. Is
that good enough?
28
May 2002
NAME
= Bubba
MY
QUEST =
Forget about every part of the planet below 82 degrees
F.
VT
of a
SWALLOW =
E-MAIL
=
eod@AA.com
NATIONALITY
=
US
SERVICE
= FANG
UNIT
= EOD
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
SSG
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Professional Adventurer Looking For The
Ultimate Get Away
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
I have never packed so much crap for so little work (I
stopped counting at 7
bags)! Next time just bring shorts and better
flip flops, not those
cheap-ass shower shoes. I got to DG after the 28
hour flight. One
of the multiple stops was Bharain. Thats about
all of the middle east I
ever need to see for the rest of my
life...brown..hot..ugly. We got
picked up by one of the EOD dudes we were
replacing. When we got to Camp
swampy by the sea, we drove to the furthest end of the
KOA, where our specific
tent(s) were. Since we originally were scheduled
to take a vacation in
Kerga..Kirga...Kyrgastan (SP?), I was somewhat stoked
to be in a coconut tree
(crab)covered, paradise. I think we were part of
the Budweiser tribe from
last seasons survivor. I brought my Wilson (the
red faced volley
ball)from castaway fame. After dropping off our
bags, I asked where the
beach was, since it was 4am and pitch black. The
guys said about 20 feet
that way. I was so excited me and my two adult
care givers walked down to
the beach. Theres a big cement pad at the end of
the trail. I peeled off
my clothes down to my skivies, and jumped in.
The sunrise was starting to
kick in, so, it was getting lighter out (later I found
out that there are a
large amount of hammer head sharks in there).
Due to adult onset of
alzheimers, I don't know what happened for the next 85
days. I think they
sold Bud light though $3 a six pack.
May
1989 thru
Sep 1999, 2001, thru 2003
NAME
= George
M. Laughlin (YA-HOO)
MY
QUEST =
Citizenship from some place
VT
of a
SWALLOW = Below sea level or above??
E-MAIL
=
bubblincrude@hotmail.com
NATIONALITY
=
USA
SERVICE
= USN
RET
UNIT
= IPAC
and BJS until 1999, NFCU fm 2001 to 2003
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Stroll Down Memory Lane
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = Actually, I Have a Real Story To Tell
MY
WARSTORY
= One of my fondest years on Dg was back when
Capt. Check (CO) and CDR
Bob Collard(SUPO), would call me and my buddy,
Flightline Freddie to the O Club
so we could drink for free all night coz the O's could
not play Hosre Collar.
That was fun, even when the Marine XO would climb into
the rafters and pour
beer on us. Another grand time was getting with Jack
and the gang and building
the Golf Course, then playng it. There was the two
years that BJS golfers would
play the Brit Party every Tuesday. It started out
being a fun once a month
deal, for beer and build your own at the Expac
afterward, but with the wipping
that we (BJS) gave the Brits the first time. The Brit
Rep. CDR Gram Niven
changed the program to weekly. We even had a trophy at
the Club House with the
weekly score posted. I'd have to say the we (BJS) won
98% of the time. Grand
times at the course. If anyone wants to complain at
not having a good time on
the island for several years I was the one who brought
the EAP Charter to the
island and you missed out. Even though the EAP turned
into the Dave Burges Fan
Club. More stories to come. YA-HOO
March
2002
NAME
= Coz
MY
QUEST = To never again play softball on crushed
coral!!
VT
of a SWALLOW = slower than "Her Majestie's Crabs"
E-MAIL
= banddcosner@hotmail.com
NATIONALITY
= US of A
SERVICE
= Air National Guard
UNIT
= Lodging
RANK/RATE/JOB
= SSGT just made TSGT today!!!
MY
INTEREST IN DG IS = Irritated World
Citizen/Communist/Religious Extremist
SUBJECT
OF MY STORY: = Actually, I Have a Real Story To Tell
MY
WARSTORY = I can truly say that i would have had a
good time on Diego, if it
were not for my supervisor, TSgt Cairl. That guy got
all of the money I put
into those confounded slot machines. He just kept
winning and winning. Poor
me!! I met some great people and I want to shout hello
to them..
Melinda
(whisner's girl), Duvie, Bhudda, John Morgan, Bittle,
The wrestling
pack, Chad, the "Beckies", Christie, Aumack, Devil
(the Spiderman
fanatic), Al, Osama Will Laden, Amy (the Ice
Princess), Kanooooop, Amber, and
all the gang on the softball team.
Thanks
for making Diego bearable while I was away from my
family
March
- June
2002
NAME
= Rick
Duvendack
MY
QUEST =
Never again to have "Tiger Beer" or "Pork Adobo"; and
of
course "World Peace."
VT
of a
SWALLOW = WHAT?????????? Think it depends on how many
beers they are selling
each person at the Camp Justice Depot.
E-MAIL
=
duven@hotmail.com
NATIONALITY
=
American German
SERVICE
=
U.S.A. Air National Guard
UNIT
= Just a
simple cook at beautiful Camp Justice!
RANK/RATE/JOB
=
Of the Sergeant type, won't be specific. Still, all
that, just another day
closer to retirement. Any day now???
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Want to Return When the First REAL Club Med
Opens
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = Actually, I Have a Real Story To Tell
MY
WARSTORY =
Call me crazy (many people do), but I feel very lucky
to have been one of the
few to get deployed to DG. Don't get me wrong. I did
miss my family immensely.
Luckily though, my comrades and I were only stranded
on the Island for 90 days,
unlike the 1 year tour of our Navy friends. All in
all, after a couple of weeks
adjusting to the drenching humidity and torrential
downpours, life was good.
Especially
helpful
was the non-stop flow of "care packages" from family
and
friends, to supply all the little things that Ship
Store couldn't. With their
help, I think I may have set an all-time record for
care packages received in a
90 day period. Who knows, there may even be some
floating around out there
somewhere. Anyway, I'm sure that future generations of
Camp Justice inmates
will enjoy the Christmas lights we left behind, or the
party deck that Bittle
and I constructed on the back of our tent.
I'll
never
forget the fun in the sun, the lagoon, the beaches,
free golf, cheap bowling,
free movies, the Mongolian BBQ at the Turner Club,
Sunday Brunch at the
Officer's Club, chilling out and watching the waves at
the Internet Cafe, and
so much more.
Anyone
who
doesn't mind being isolated from the real world should
love Diego Garcia. I
know I did. Aloha friends!
14
Apr 02 to
21 May 02
NAME
= Mick
MY
QUEST =
Tell me about your experience when the Aussies from 3
Squadron were there.
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = My Time There is Lost in an Alcoholic Haze,
Help Me Remember!
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = There I Was, Passed Out in the Club
MY
WARSTORY =
Who remembers the cross dressing Aussies at the Brit
club, turner club, yatch
club? Certanly a bit of comic relief, this is a one in
a life time attachment
and I wouldn't have missed it for any thing. Hello to
Charley at the Weather
station if your still there, and to Frank ( Kick stand
suvant Band
member, US Navy). BY THE WAY DON'T EAT THE DONKEY ON A
STICK AT THE BRIT
CLUB. Also Hi to Nick, form the royal marines,
and Sean the BIOT copper.
Mick
NOW
NAME
= DAVID
MALLOY
VT
of a
SWALLOW = BEER OR LIQUOR
E-MAIL
=
VZE24382@VERIZON.NET
MY
WARSTORY =
STORY BEING COMPILED..WILL RETURN SOON TO UPDATE
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = Actually, I Have a Real Story To Tell
MY
WARSTORY =
ive heard alot about diego when i was in the navy but
never had the chance to
be stationed here when i was in. took getting out of
the navy and getting a job
as a contractor to come to this little place. the navy
in its infinate wisdom
decided to replace the navy communications people on
msc ships with civilian
contractors. and for those of you that were part of
the NCTS here its all
civilian now too. fortunatly i only have to do 4
month tours here but i
love the place. the worst time i had was when the beer
boat arrived and had no
beer. the beer supply on the island was dwindeling
rapidly then the prices
started going up. to advert beer riots they flew in
tiger beer and fosters till
the beer boat came back with beer( once a month trip).
this island has the best
mwr i have ever seen great festivals free t-shirts to
replace the ones my wife
decided to throw away while i was here.
2002
David
S. Kelly
<KELLY.MPS2@MSCAFLOAT.MSC.NAVY.MIL>
Your
web site
is great!! I am currently stationed in DGAR, but
my time is quickly
coming to an end. 65 days left.
V/R
IT2
David S.
Kelly
March
10,2002
to June ish 2002
NAME
= Rich
MY
QUEST = See
every nook and cranny of this paradise island
E-MAIL
=
rich12572@hotmail.com
NATIONALITY
=
American; SERVICE = Air Force; UNIT = 40th
AEW/Services Residing at The
penthouse in the 100 Getto; RANK/RATE/JOB = SrA, Air
Guard out of New York
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Want to Return When the First REAL Club Med
Opens
SUBJECT
OF MY
STORY: = I'd Like to Share Precious Memories of
Drinking/Fishing/Snorkeling/Sailing on Diego Garcia
MY
WARSTORY =
Hmmmmm Day 1 Wow swiming in the Lagoon, Whooooo Sun is
HOT!,Tiger Beer
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!(But it Worked)Speaking of work
were is it. I was one of the
Lodging Goons Making your stay at Camp Justice A 6
star exspirence( 6 to a
tent) I cleaned up after those messy C-5 Crews that
would never clean up after
themselves. So your local maid services from the
40 AEW lodging staff would
turn your room back to "normal" Its day 66 we have out
dated bud
miller here but sure does taste good. "Got Ice"
Cheap Beer and
few women (ratio 1 to 10) later I am still here and
got a great tan and the A/C
tents are still messed up( not to mention The
Warehouse" By the way can
you get Voted off Diego Garcia? Still Wondering! Well
almost out of here and i
think i may have "been there done that" One more
thing before I
leave when the next event so I can get a free t-shirt.
P.S.
The
Aussies Throw A Kick-a@# Party.
2nd
email:
We stay in tent city called Camp Justice.
Aussies were here then left about two weeks ago.
Koreans stay with us and
the Army too. I go downtown and do the
store and bar thing.
We have rec area with lg tv, games, video games, movie
room, email room.
Got bikes for the camp coming in a couple of weeks
. Wing picnic like
once a month too.
198.26.122.14
YEARS
=
Heading there VERY shortly.... (Classified, ya'
know?!)
NAME
= Tony B.
MY
QUEST =
Sign me up!~!
E-MAIL
=
gearjam1@yahoo.com
NATIONALITY
=
U.S.; SERVICE = AF; UNIT = Can't disclose;
RANK/RATE/JOB = Tsgt
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Professional Adventurer Looking For The
Ultimate Get Away [editor's
note: the rest was garbled in transmission...]
Right
Now (see
his 1989 war story) - also in 1996
NAME
= Taylor
Clear
E-MAIL
=
Bilgeman@aol.com
MY
WARSTORY
= Egads! I leave this island for six
years, and it turns into
a yuppie-scum sanctuary.
It
is my sad duty to inform one and all that the "Hash
House" is no
more. It has been transmogrified into...(gasp)...an
internet cafe.
Oh
the humanity! Complete with big coffee urns and
frothed/steamed milk and
biscotti and all the rest of that pseudo-Seattle
crapola.
Lord,
gone are the days when it was the nearest thing to a
neighborhood
saloon,with, IMHO, the absolute BEST beach for
sleeping off a drunk on.
Now,
I'm all for Economic Development and all that...but
hey, heritage and
culture count for something too, y'know.
Let's
face it, this island started an inevitable decline
when that broad
pitched a bitch and had the "Stars and Stripes
Bookstore" shutdown.
(If you weren't aware of that, then my apologies for
doubling the bad news).
And
there is only one bar on the island where you can
still spark a Winston
with your whiskey...the Good Ole Seamen's
Club. So there, for you
goobers who put down the Merchant Marine...WE held the
line and stopped the
"Oxygen Nazis" at our front door while the rest of you
mugs
capitulated ignominiously.(BTW, Filipino Marlboros are
still $8.50 a carton
here).
The
Powers That Be have also shut down "for renovations",
the Ex-Pat
Club, so there's been no "Pizza by the Pound" nights
anymore. God
only knows what dastardly plan they have in store for
that
location. I'd like to see a Casino, it'll
probably resurrect as a
Handicrafts Center.
This
place is going to hell in a handbasket.
"Oh, waiter,
bring me a frappucino and an almond biscotti, s'il
vous plait."
Never
been.
Hopefully soon.
NAME
= Michael
Hott
MY
QUEST = To
get to DG
VT
of a
SWALLOW = I believe it's a fully laiden swallow, but
in the end it depends upon
the size and if he's in a dive.
E-MAIL
=
mhott@clearsource.net
NATIONALITY
=
Native (I was born here) American; SERVICE = UNITED
STATES NAVY; UNIT = N/A;
RANK/RATE/JOB = CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, UNITED STATES
NAVY.
MY
INTEREST IN
DG IS = Decided to Join A Monastery, But Couldn't Find
One Stateside
MY
WARSTORY =
There I was, passed out on a table at Las Cruces
Airport.
Ted
is that
you? Damn your an old fart. In '69 I was
FIVE! I got to
looking into DG after talking to you about my old CO.
That's how I found your
page. I'm going. Wish Me Luck. Mike
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