Fort Ord on a foggy windy day.
It’s a beautiful piece of property and those old barracks probably do need to go.
That said, I’m sure the liberals will find a way to screw it up.
Shoulda been torn down a long time ago.
Looks hideous, creepy and decaying.
But with foreigners like “Bruce” Delgado running the show, the fact that it looks like a bombed out village in the Third World was no problem for what, two decades?
Now he gets religion.
Just turn it all over to private enterprise, they’ll turn it into East Garrison and more basinesses like Joby will locate at the airport industrial area.
But we know the only Green Party Mayor in California would rather barf then do that.
There are both abandoned in the Monterey/ Fort Ord area, left to rot while homeless swamp the bay area and LA.
When I was there in 1971, at DLI at the Presidio, the Monterey bay area wasn't the most military friendly location I was ever associated with, except maybe Tilly Gorts.
Did my basic training at Fort Ord.
Just north of Monterey and Carmel.
Right on the beach.
Many rifle ranges were on the beach.
Most beautiful it was.
I thought for a second the high schoolers might be triggered knowing people with guns were there once. We lived in the area in the early 50’s and my dad attended some sort of training there. Industrial War College maybe? We went to Ft. Ord for a weapons demo one time. AWESOME! I had a staple put in my forehead at the dispensary there. Think IIRC 2nd/3rd grade time frame.
My father did his army basic training at Fort Ord in 1940.
When I went to the foreign language school at the DLI in nearby Monterey in 1983 - 1984, I drove him through the fort. He said it looked almost exactly the same as in 1940.
I wonder when they will clear the artillery range in the hills to the east?
86-90, I could see Marina high school from my house
I lived on Ord for a bit in 1985 while attending the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey.
Oh, also tore up some major divots on Hole 1 at the Naval Postgraduate school golf course early one Saturday. At least till they kicked us out :)
“consulting firm to prepare demolition bids”
Translation - somebody’s relative needs money and no work will actually get done.
My dad attended DLI 69-70. I was in 10th grade at Seaside High. We lived on Ft. Ord. Interestingly, the show MythBusters did an experiment a few years ago on my street (Salerno Dr.) (Taking advantage of the abandonment to blow stuff up.)
89-90
My first military assignment. Was there during the transition to a light infantry division. 107th MI (CEWI) and 3/17th Infantry (the Bulls)
“The city of Marina plans to tear down dozens of old military barracks and buildings that are no longer in use in Fort Ord and turn them into spaces that people and families will use. “
Oh, crap! This is a major Hillary Clinton concentration camp. All the survivalist squirrels have told us that this is where a million patriots will be taken to and get their heads cut off by an army veg-o-matic machine. This is so sad.