AFTER boot camp I went to Millington TN to Air Traffic Control School - there were GIRLS there from the Marine Corps and the Navy, that was the most fun 6 months I ever had in my life.
I was in Millington winter of ‘72.. Cold, ice storms, not a fun place then. More cockroaches that ya can count with an abacus. I was in Avionics training.. Got moved to another Navy school in California after 2 months, spring sprang.
I vaguely remember turning 18 and then drinking French Revolutions at the downtown Memphis Holiday INn bar&lounge.
Dated a Navy gal a couple times, never dated a Marine.