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Last candidates arrive at NAS (Navy closing fabled Pensacola AOCS)
Pensacola News Journal | 7/1/07 | Stewart

Posted on 07/04/2007 1:46:23 PM PDT by pabianice

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: brac; pensacola; usn
Another proud tradition falls by the wayside. Toughest, best experience of my life (was I ever that young?)


1 posted on 07/04/2007 1:46:25 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

I like the US govt issue “birth control device”....LOL..I still have mine somewheres..


2 posted on 07/04/2007 2:08:07 PM PDT by ken5050
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To: pabianice

Class of ????


3 posted on 07/04/2007 2:08:54 PM PDT by biff
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To: magslinger

ping


4 posted on 07/04/2007 6:12:16 PM PDT by Vroomfondel
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To: pabianice; Roselani

My dad got his wings from Corpus in ‘42, but as a flight instructor, trained many a new pilot at Pensacola.....including ADM James Stockdale.


5 posted on 07/04/2007 6:16:07 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty
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To: pabianice

Sad that the base is closing. My father was a flight instructor there during WWII, and then shipped to the original FDR Carrier as a fighter pilot.

Gunner


6 posted on 07/04/2007 6:17:56 PM PDT by weps4ret (Things the make you go; Hmmmmmmm?)
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To: ken5050

I have four pairs! Of course, they changed the design when I was going through bootcamp in ‘88. I actually saw my shipmates being handed the old designs and then those farther down the line got the just as effective BCD tortoiseshell design.


7 posted on 07/04/2007 6:26:06 PM PDT by rabidralph
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8 posted on 07/04/2007 7:37:23 PM PDT by magslinger (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
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To: weps4ret

The base isn’t closing, only AOCS; Aviation Officer Candidate School, is.


9 posted on 07/04/2007 7:59:48 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham

AOCS Battalion One graduated Dec 14 1984 (age 30—mustang)

The secret to survival—just make it to the next meal and make it to lights out, one day at a time.


10 posted on 07/04/2007 8:07:09 PM PDT by the anti-mahdi
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To: ken5050

USNA son starting second class year this fall. Has BCD glasses and will never forget that! Hopes to get eye surgery so he doesn’t have to worry about contacts anymore.


11 posted on 07/04/2007 9:04:49 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically))
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To: pabianice

Sad to hear this. AOCS was a good program and many good officers got their start there. Fair Winds.


12 posted on 07/04/2007 10:05:32 PM PDT by Martins kid
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To: Mrs.Liberty

Yes, my dad too!


13 posted on 07/04/2007 10:51:46 PM PDT by Roselani
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To: pabianice

Rhode Island????

What the hell are they thinking? You’ll surely get no cost savings there. This smells like a political project to me.


14 posted on 07/05/2007 12:18:51 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: biff

Class 20-68.


15 posted on 07/05/2007 10:46:59 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: DesScorp

I propose a private group to create an AOCS museum. Private funds only. The memorabilia and fittings of Pensacola AOCS will surely be lost or destroyed unless we do something to save them.


16 posted on 07/05/2007 10:50:21 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

I was class 0468. Who was your sargeant. I had Roofus “J” Washington.
‘Steve MacMillan
fyrestop@bellsouth.net


17 posted on 11/14/2008 11:30:14 AM PST by NavyA4
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