Boot Camp / Company?

[BMC John Phillips III]

I was just looking thru my CG photo album and I came across my boot camp company photo and I realized I don't know if any of my shipmates are still in. I doubt I will find any here but I thought it would be neat if everyone posted their company here. I will start:

A-144 Cape May

edited to add CC BM1 Driscoll

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Kilo/Lima 136 -- Anyone?

I am trying to remember the first CC I had in Kilo, BMC Lassen? Larson? He was an ATON Guy through and through. He used to take us out to ANT Cape May's Buoy Deck and make us do push ups out there all the while pacing back and forth about how Joe Mariner needs us to pay attention to details.

I remember the Asst. CC there, BM1 Edge, I still remember this big burly BM with his hand literally wrapped around an iron trying to teach us how to properly iron our shirts on that first Saturday we were there.

I graduated with Lima, I remember RMC Jones

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

Sierra 104.

[ETC Pat Kaschube]

G126, DCC Evans 1987

[MSTC Michael Schmidtke]

Y-131, 1989

[BMCM Deane Smith]

Foxtrot 126 - BM1 Andrews - 1987

[BMC Ralph Williams]

Q-138, 1991 YN1 Shipley

[CWO Chris Sparkman (BMC)]

G-138...................

[MECS Scott Pugh]

Kilo-132...

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Oscar 116, 1983, BMC Trainor. (He just retired as a CWO4 at 30)

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

India-133, SSC Atkins, May 1990

[MSTCS Dave McClintock]

Yankee 126. QM1 Simmons.

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

Delta-133, DCC Ronahan

[LT Arthur Nelson (MKC) (Ret)]

There are still a few of us dinosaurs walking the planet in uniform.
Alameda Echo 121. BM1 Manabat.

[MKC Art Bailly (Ret)]

Bravo 125 YNC Arnold March 87

[BMCS Burt Ford]

C-125, 1987 BM1 Andrews, the younger of the two that were there then.

[MKC Art Bailly (Ret)]

Just sitting here thinking. How come I can remamber what boot camp I was in and who the CC was but can't remember if I took my cholesterol medicine this morning, or what my last phone number was at my old unit. Lived at my last place 4 1/2 years and boot camp for a few months. I guess boot camp left a more lasting impression then I thought.

[LT Arthur Nelson (MKC) (Ret)]

Because your meds and past phone numbers aren't as eventful as going to bootcamp. Plus they're not drilled into your memory either.

[SKCM Jim Dwyer (Ret.)]

Delta-98 1977 BMC Crocker

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Oscar 125, BM1 Melaga, May-July 1987

Jayare

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

Delta-98 1977 BMC Crocker


Thanks alot, I thought I was the old timer of this group. Make's me feel a whole lot better. :)

I actually had three companies in boot camp. Oscar 104, Quebec 104 and graduated with Sierra 104. The only CC I can remember is Quebec 104, SK1 Ishman, and that's only because I have his name written in my Coast Guardsman's Manual.

In case you are wondering why, I had trouble passing the swim test and had trouble with academics.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Ray,

Notice I put two different companies down -- Demerits got me, tried to stay below the radar, just couldn't do it.

[BMC Wally Cutchin]

Hey Ralph,

I thought we were Q 138 not 139.

Hey Deane,

How's the PCS cross country trip going?

Wally

[YNC Josh Braarud]

Y-143 and...

*ahem*

Z-143.

Somebody got in trouble for cadence-calling.

[BMC Chris Gempp]

R-126...ET1 Barby

[BMC Mark Lewis]

H-134 YN1 Pace

[SKC Eric S. Highland]

Y-133 AMC Bullock and RMC Jones

Wow.. funny how we can remember them isn't it?

v/r

[BMCS Burt Ford]

Welcoem to the board Jim. He is and OLD FART!

[BMC James M. Clark]

Oscar 125, BM1 Melaga, May-July 1987

Jayare

Yankee-147, Nov-Dec 1995. FT1 McAtee (sp?), SK1 Herman, and BMC Melaga. The second time he was there...

[MSTCM Jerald Motyka]

Tango-140, ET1 Johnny O'Rourke, July-August 1992

Munro hall, northwest corner, second deck. The last week was when a big shake-up came with several CCs being relieved for cause for trainee abuse (not ours!). This was also about a year before YN1 Bobby Pace from SCD was relieved and kicked out for drug possession (allegedly her hubby's fault)... :eek:

I also remember E-7-1, 1st ITB, Sand Hill, Ft. Benning, Class 35-81, Staff Sergeant Terry Mears, June-August 1981.

Funny thing was that I graduated from Army Basic on August 27th... and eleven years later I graduated from Coast Guard Boot Camp on August 27th. I gotta say that the latter was the better choice!! :D

[BMCS John Brady (Ret)]

Welcoem to the board Jim. He is and OLD FART!

Dam Burt that is pretty harsh.... Hello Jim

Oh yes, R-119 OCT 85 YNC Crisco (not sure of spelling)

[YNC Josh Braarud]

Josh, looks like we were in Cape May at the same time. Your CC? or ahem CC's :p

Heh.

Y-143 was RM1 Brady, and a BM2 and SK2 that I just can't remember their names. Sad.

Z-143 was GMC Oaks and FT1 McAtee.

I was reverted by HS1 Rae of C-144.

[BMCS Nick Pupo]

Charlie 116 - YN1 Bragg, graduated Aug 1983

[BMC Ken Gouge]

Oscar-139 DCCS Ronahan and DCC Savercool (break-in)

I am prior service Army and went to boot camp in August '84 at Ft Dix NJ. What Company would that have put me in if I had made the right choice first?

[SKCM Jim Dwyer (Ret.)]

Burt,
As an "Old Fart" as you put it I guess I can call you a "Boot" since I made Chief 2 years before you came in.
Jim

How you doing John?

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Just sitting here thinking. How come I can remamber what boot camp I was in and who the CC was but can't remember if I took my cholesterol medicine this morning, or what my last phone number was at my old unit. Lived at my last place 4 1/2 years and boot camp for a few months. I guess boot camp left a more lasting impression then I thought.

I even still remember my roster order number. #65. It is written on a can of that shining brass stuff issued in boot camp. I still have that can around here somewhere.

[BMC Mark Lewis]

I went throught Army Basic Training June - August 1986 Fort Jackson, SC.

[BMC Ralph Williams]

Wally,
Your right it was Q-138.

edited post.

Ralph

[BMC John Phillips III]

I even still remember my roster order number. #65. It is written on a can of that shining brass stuff issued in boot camp. I still have that can around here somewhere.

Funny cause I still have a hangar with a piece of tape on it that says #60, my roster order #.

[MSTC Michael Schmidtke]

Ralph, I knew Bill Shipley after bootcamp at HQ(he was working in the pool, in '89 when I went through). I'll bet the times I spent with him at HQ were better than the times you spent with him at BC! :D He even intimidated me at HQ!

[OSC Ed Mills]

Hi all...1st post from me.

I went through in late '89 (U-131) CC was QM1 Richard Simmons...Yep...that was really his name and I think he's still in.

Asst CC was an Aviation Survivalman Chief Boyer...good guy. We were his first company after Simmons let him take over so things were pretty cool.

Shipley was around when I was there.. He got into a pushup contest with our star physical fitness kid...I got tired of watching when they were both in the 200's on 1 arm pushups and I left.

Good Times.

Ed

[BMCS Jeffrey Zappen]

Delta-133, DCC Ronahan

[OSCS Jimmy D. Belcher]

G125 / BMC Bonano / April 1987

[BMCM Bruce Bradley]

Kilo-99 (Charlie Company - Honor Guard) BMC Ken Burnaw, 1977

[BMCS Burt Ford]

I know Jim you told me that at my CCTI!

[MKC David Rosati]

Yankee 133 / July 1990 / AMC Bullock & RMC Jones

[BMCS Dennis Endicott (Ret)]

Echo 116
BMC Michael Cosmo

[MSTCS Dave McClintock]

For some strange reason, I not only remember my CC, but I have also been able to remember the combination to my boot camp lock for over 18 years now! I think half our company had a lock with 5-23-5 as the combo?!?! Ah the good ol days...

[ETC Pat Kaschube]

G125 / BMC Bonano / April 1987

BMC Bonano was such a nice guy. ;)

[YNC Josh Braarud]

I went through Army basic training in June of 1989. Of course, when I went through boot camp for the Coast Guard, they had canceled the prior service short version, and I had to do the whole eight weeks again.

What fun we had.

[OSC Thomas Jackson]

Echo 133, Alameda, BMC Buenaventura (1980)

[FSCS Craig Beisiegel]

Real Old Fart! :) BMC Duane Jones

[FSCS Craig Beisiegel]

Woops...I forgot...UNIFORM 30 :eek:

[OSC Thomas Jackson]

Yep, I still remember when they had us learn how to row the ark in rythm with the drum beat..... :)

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Yankee 134 bring it on in PORTSIDE.... RMC Jones

[SKC Ronald Brumble]

Alpha, 124---DCC Evens

[ETC James Ball]

M-124 February 1987. BMC Fisher was our caretaker, used to bring in his 5 year old daughter to make us do push ups, it is funny now. Oh yeah BMC Bonano "adopted" us on the weekends.

[BMC John Phillips III]

I know there are a few Chiefs out there that went after I did. Ryan?

[BMC Ken Gouge]

BMCS/BMCM Fisher was OIC at my first Station. We could always picture him in his smokey the bear hat when he was chewing our butts.

[MSTCS Dave McClintock]

Chief Bonono's company white tornadoed ours one day while out doing some important Recruit training. I still remember finding one of my boots in the toilet! The good ol days..NOT!

[BMCS Ian McVicker]

Tango 130 - QM1 Simmons

[BMC Marvin Thompson]

T-130 with QM1 Simmons

[BMC John Phillips III]

Call it boredom or spare time, the CG calls it LEAVE, anyway since I started this thread I thought I would see how we are shaping up:

U 30 :eek: - FSCS Beisiegel
D 98 - SKCM Dwyer
K 99 - BMCS Bradley
O/Q/S 104 - SKC Kurtz
C 116 - BMCS Pupo
E 116 - BMCS Endicott
O 116 - ETCM Harold
R 119 - BMCS Brady
E 121 - LT Nelson (MKC)
A 124 - SKC Brumble
M 124 - ETC Ball
B 125 - MKC Bailly
C 125 - BMC Ford
G 125 - OSCS Belcher
O 125 - FSC Parker
F 126 - BMCS Smith
G 126 - ETC Kaschube
R 126 - BMC Gempp
Y 126 - MSTCS McClintock
T 130 - BMC McVicker, BMC Thompson
U 131 - OSC Mills
Y 131 - MSTC Schidtke
K 132 - BMC Pugh
D 133 - BMC Zappen, BMC Madsen
E 133 - OSC Jackson
I 133 - DCC Wickett
Y 133 - MKC Rosati, SKC Highland
H 134 - BMC Lewis
Y 134 - FSC Stumpf
K/L 136 - PACS Carleton
Q 138 - BMC Williams, BMC Sparkman
O 139 - BMC Gouge
T 140 - MSTC Motyka
Y/Z 143 - YNC Braarud
A 144 - BMC Phillips
Y 147 - BMC Clark

[MKC Art Bailly (Ret)]

FSCS Beisiegel
Were you on the Polar Sea anytime between May 87 to Aug 89? I remember somthing about kising the baby's green slim covered belly during my Golden Dragon or Golden Shell Back Initiation.

[SKC Eric S. Highland]

Wow... just like old home week..

How is it going Rosati? I remember the name.. but not the face. Man do I remember your name.. I think the whole company did pushups saying, "Thank you Seaman Recruit Rosati, Thank you Seaman Recruit Rosati" as we were doing the pushups...

Anyway.. it was good seeing your name as still around...

Other than you, I've run into a few Y-133 guys... Chris Podratz became a corpsman, Josh Bruce became a quarter gasket and got out.. and Neal Jones is an SK1 on a 210 out of St. Pete.

How have you been?

SKC

[MKCS Tony McKinnon]

Alpha 142 with BMC Kiernan

[BMC John Phillips III]

4 first time posters and 4 sets of boot camp shipmates found! That's pretty cool.

There has to be more out there. I don't know of anyone from my company still in. I guess we should have done the T-shirt and names thing. Does anyone know of a way to find out company rosters?

[ETC Jeffrey Underwood]

R-125 / DCC Evans

[OSC Jeff Alger]

Papa 127 here. SCD even. :eek: Haven't run into anyone I went to boot camp with in a long, long time.

Oh, and it was ET1 Barbe, lover of golf, as the CC.

[OSC Chip Hoynes]

Victor 122 - QM1 Visser

I've only met one shipmate - MSTC Kurt Stewart at the AST. I think the rest evaporated...

[MSTCS John Stengel]

L-121 - QMC (something that starts with an O....Obney, Osprey, OOOO). I think he was "retired". Anyone recall a name from that time :confused: ?

[ETCS John Johnson]

Romeo-123 YNC Arnold

[DCCS Todd Holcomb]

G-140 DCC Savercool was the CC. I was in Special Ceremonial Detail and our CC's were YN1 Pace and SK2 Muniz.

SCD wasn't a bad deal we were in a totally different barracks than our company and we marched ourselves, all 7 of us, to the classes. The good part was that SCD was made up of people from week 1 to week 8 so you always had some insight to what was coming up, also when the main company was out on the parade field getting beat, we were throwing rifles, marching, working on our uniforms, etc getting ready for parades around the area.

I would have preferred the mini version that prior service used to have and I think they now call pit stop. Whatever it was it wasn't available when I went to boot camp. I had about 9 prior service in my company and 4 of us went to SCD and we had the other 3 that were reverted.

Todd

[FSC Robert Cadwallader]

I was in Delta-122/BMC Fisher

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

Chief Bonono's company white tornadoed ours one day while out doing some important Recruit training. I still remember finding one of my boots in the toilet! The good ol days..NOT!

I really loved the day I came back to the barracks to find all of my stuff lying all over the deck. My sin was supposedly not securing the lock on my locker. I had a lot of fun cleaning it up and having to walk around the parade field with all of my stuff.

I said supposedly because I had my locker broken into one time. All it took to break the lock was to give it a good hit with a boon docker. So what was the use of ensuring the lock was secured when we were supposed to be under the honor system anyways (no thieves among shipmates and all that.)

Even after almost 27 years I still remember the time a thief stole some money from his shipmate. We all had to stand out in the area outside the squad bay while the theft was investigated. Of course after a while the perp confessed, (he found the money behind the scuttlebutt, when pressed he said that he took it.)

Another, funnier thing happened to me early in boot camp (well, its funny now, not so funny then.) During our first day at the exchange I accidentally fell in with the wrong company and marched all the way back to the barracks. When we arrived I figured out my mistake and after having been chewed out by the CC, I RAN back to the exchange. Man was I scared!!

One more. Standing in formation, in the squad bay I witnessed my first case of knee lock and fall down go boom boom. After the guy hit the deck, the CC jumped on top of him and began trying to revive him. My first thought was, oh no, the CC is gonna kill him for falling out.

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Boot Camp Memories:

...Arriving in Cape May on the bus at O dark thirty, coming from Philly...
...The sound of 90 people’s heads hitting the low overhead on the bus as the scary Coastie comes on and starts screaming...
...Having a so large a company so some of you have to be quartered for the night with holding company. Not a good first impression talking to malcontents...
...Getting to the rack at 0130 and awakened at 0430 to tinkle in a cup. Let the sleep deprivation commence...
...Hemming your work pants with masking tape until the tailored pair arrives...
...puta...
...The fun pass time of peeling the skin off your sunburned ears, that haven't seen the sun since you were about six...
...Learning to iron...
...The sound of your CC's enraged voice...
...Double timing everywhere...
...Squaring your corners...
...Bang, Bang, Bang... Square it!...
...Your first white tornado...
...Sir, Yes, Sir...
...Watch coordination...
...Galley Week...
...Liberty in Wildwood in Oct...
...Getting back from liberty at 1615 when it expired at 1600 and feeling so lucky that you didn't get punished...
...Drinking at the American Legion on liberty...

There are lots more, but those come to mind for now. It has been almost 23 years and a lot of those memories are still rather clear.

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

1. A female member saying her ID was stolen, eveyone being litterally strip searched, stood at attention for hrs until someone confessed. It was the female that owned the ID card. She was embarassed by the weight that was listed so she delamenated her card, did a pen and ink change then taped it back together. Then got scared and threw it away. She didn't graduate.

2. carrying your mattress out to the bleachers everyday on the parade ground so they " could air out "

3. having everything you owned thrown out the window, and given 5 minutes to go retrive the items, then having to put on what ever you got for an inspection. " Hint" most did not retrieve their stuff. Looked pretty funny.

4. Watching a shipmate parade around us for a couple hrs, while he wore his BC glasses, with socks tucked into each side, nose painted red, and barking like a dog.

5. washing and waxing the squadbay decks with your "T" shirt. And you are still wearing it.

6. Having your on base liberty weekend cancelled by a lady named Pace. And she was not our CC.

I'm sure there is plenty more......LOL

[OSCS Jimmy D. Belcher]

Visser is the reason Bonano told us never to walk around in our skivvies or a towel. Week 6 a lot of the people in my company learned towels do not stay on well when getting cranked. She caused them a lot of heart ache.

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

1. A female member saying her ID was stolen, eveyone being litterally strip searched, stood at attention for hrs until someone confessed. It was the female that owned the ID card. She was embarassed by the weight that was listed so she delamenated her card, did a pen and ink change then taped it back together. Then got scared and threw it away. She didn't graduate.

Okay, I'll bite. What was more embarrassing? Having correct weight listed on the ID card or having to explain to the folks and friends back home why she got kicked out of boot camp?

Duh!

[MSTC Michael Schmidtke]

How about lining up in formation after chow and have a flock of seagulls fly over and dump all over everyone and when we got back to the barracks we had a surprise PI.

MK1 Dodgen asked one kid, "What the F*!@# is that on your shirt?" a scared voice screams "Sir a bird sh.., sir a bird pooped on my shirt, sir." And then really being able to laugh for the first time without punishment, because the CC was in tears laughing so hard.

[BMC Ralph Williams]

I remember playing "fetch" with the shiny top of the "guide on".

Still remember YN1 Shipley telling me to "go get get" "go get get" you better "find it." :D

[BMC John Phillips III]

Ok, I will join in the fun, I remember forming it up just outside of the galley and one of my fellow recruits asked the CC if he could use the head. The CC replied do you know where the nearest head is? He answered, "Sir no sir!", the CC told him that he'd just have to wait til we made it back to the squad bay. Well, we all figured out why he had to ask rather than wait, a few seconds into that march it hit us...whew!!! He was a tall kid too, so everyone else had to march behind him and it was pretty wicked! Needless to say it was very messy.

That and finding a piece of dental floss (after a white tornado) encircled in grease pen on the floor, labeled "towing hawser." That was when I learned what a hawser was, a few years later I get stationed on her! :p

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Reading the stories brought back memories:

Week 2, our first chance to march in the graduation parade.

We have practice the night before, one of my shipmates is racing to tape off. He is almost to the end of the roll, the CC's are yelling like mad, he flattens the tape shoves it into his pocket and proceeds to the parade field with his rifle.

A CC sees the bulge in his pocket, pulls out the flattened tape roll and proceeds to wrap the remaining tape around my shipmate who then completed parade practice looking like a mummy.

Another:

Playing fetch with Shipley -- Must have been his favorite, because he did that to our guidon bearer for leaving the guidon outside all night.

He took the tip off and hid it "somewhere" on the base. Our guidon bearer went from CC to CC respectfully asking for the tip and of course getting beat for it. When it was finally located 3 days later in the MSB at the end of the parade field, our guidon bearer was required to throw the top, run to it do 10 push ups, back and forth up and down the parade field, until he was told to secure it. If we laughed, we had the misfortune of joining our shipmate -- needless to say, we never left the guidon out again.

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Reading the stories brought back memories:

... until he was told to secure it.

That brought back another one. Saying "Secure it" to tell someone to be quiet. huh?

Washing your body only with shampoo, because soap left a skum that was harder to clean off the shower.

The border line heavy guy who had to walk around with a little pig taped to his shoulder. He had to tell everyone it was his little pig friend.

I don't remember seeing anyone walking around with one white glove on, but I heard the stories...

I remember one guy being so happy that his stress induced ED had finally passed. This was about four weeks into Boot.

...

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

I just wanted to say Happy 19th Aniversary today to my original N-125 shipmates. I ended up with O-125 due to a week of medical hold for my back.
I know there are at least 3 still out there from N-125.

Jayare

[FSCS Craig Beisiegel]

How Ya doing Art?...yep that would be Me on the Polar Sea. 86-89...best tour I ever had...were you there for "Deep Tan"?

[MKC Art Bailly (Ret)]

Craig yes I was. It was a rough trip but somebody had to do it. I'm doing great and thanks for asking. One nice thing about the Coast Guard sooner or later you run into someone you have served with in the past. One of the guys I went thru CCTI with was Mike Stenberg. You might remember him Craig. He was a seaman on the Polar Sea at the same time we were there. At my current unit there are 2 people here that I went to boot camp with from the same company.

[BMC John Phillips III]

You could use the last few posts as great examples of why this isn't "just a job" thread.

[BMC Dave Carrig]

Q-125; CC was BM1 Frank Andrews; everyone I went through BC w/ is either out of the CG or an officer....

[SKC Danny Davirro]

Uniform 130, May 89 here.

I remember being one of the first few guys to run out of the galley after lunch and find a guy from another company standing in front of us. He was at attention with a jock strap on his head. A few of us couldn't help but laugh when we saw it. :D

Problem was, we were starting to cry because we were laughing so hard. And as I remember, that was not a good place to be caught laughing; you were on display for everyone to see.

Some things you just never forget.

[BMCS Dave Considine]

Oscar 136 - May to July 1991 - BM1 Craddock if I remember right.

We used to have to run about three miles to stand watch over the piping plovers on Cape May Beach - all night long - three hour watches. One guy got kicked out when ALL the piping plover signs were stolen while he was sleeping on watch by local high scholl kids.

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

I heard on Friday, (the source was Ken Hamblin Jr, he was speaking about a conversation he had with a neighbor that is a Navy CDR), that all physical fitness requirements have been removed from the navy boot camp. Does anybody know if this is true?

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Ray,

I would have a hard time believing that what with the latest cover story in the Navy Times:

Get fit or get out
Strict PFA rules take effect July 1, but waivers may save some out-of-shape sailors

By Mark D. Faram
Times staff writer


For nearly 27,000 sailors, the ongoing spring cycle Physical Fitness Assessment will be the most important one of their careers.

That’s because if they fail, it could be their last.

That should come as no surprise to the 11,079 sailors who have three or more PFA failures in the last four years on their records.........

[SKC Raymond Kurtz (Ret)]

With everything that's going on with the stress cards and the other lessening of standards due to the PC generation, I thought it could be possible.

Thanks for clearing it up.

[BMCM Kevin Leask]

S-123, Sep-Nov 86, BMC Bonano

[OSC Delain Tate]

D-131 / BM1 Greg Parker CC. I don't remember the Asst. CC he was a 3rd class, squared away, prior service marine.

[MSS2 Harry March (MSTC)]

Golf 133 - RM1 Wilford (sp?) and YN2 Pace.

Had the pleasure of not securing my gym shoes correctly to my gym bag. They fell off while marching and my CC picked them up. He threw them onto the grass (remember not walking on the grass?) and told me to run out to them do 10 pushups and throw them again. Had to do it all the way back to the barracks. At graduation everyone remembered me tossing those shoes all over the place and running after them.

[FSC Brian Boyd]

Sierra 142 (June-Aug 93) CC's were AMT Harding, DC1 Goulet (sp?) and a YN3 cant remember the name.

Also prior Navy so went through boot camp the first time back in '88 in Orlando.

[BMC John Phillips III]

UPDATED:last page

[MSTC Corey King]

Tango 139

CC: SSC Horky
Asst: SK2 ______?
Locker Combo: 0-2-16 :)

I remember being given back a green belt by another CC in the 7th week :eek: . Out of fear, I wore it around for a couple of days feeling lilke a real idiot. Then I just stuck it in the back of my locker one day and luckily no one brought it up again.

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Looks like the 133's and the 125's have the most representation. :D

Jayare

[BMC John Phillips III]

I am still in shock from the U 30, is that even possible?

[ITC Steven Grimes]

Quebec 123 for me. It was all it was meant to be.

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Tango 139

CC: SSC Horky
Asst: SK2 ______?
Locker Combo: 0-2-16 :)

I remember being given back a green belt by another CC in the 7th week :eek: . Out of fear, I wore it around for a couple of days feeling lilke a real idiot. Then I just stuck it in the back of my locker one day and luckily no one brought it up again.

I vaguely remember the green belts, but don't remember what they were for? Who remembers? It seems that is was something to shoot for in my recollection.

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

Best I can remember, everyone started out with a green belt. Over time you had to answer various questions, IE. general orders, history, trivia......once you did this you got to loose the belt. I remember standing in the CC's office answering questions and doing MANY push-ups to loose my belt.

[BMC John Phillips III]

they did away with the green belts about two or three companies before mine. I know about it because my recruiter gave me a list of everything I needed to remember to get my black one (like two days before I was going in) :mad:

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Back when I was there in 1987 we had to earn our Green Belt by answering those questions. Sometime after that they changed it to where you had to get rid of your belt by answering those questions.

Jayare

[BMC Wayne Williams]

Bravo 138 "SCD" - Dec 1991

YN1 Shipley - CC
SK2 Muniz - Assistant CC

[MKC Harold Whitt]

India, Kilo & lima 136 1991,

I Rember Larson saw him a few years back at yorktown working in the gym he even remebered my name ( he called out to me HEY WHITT) My Wife thought it was funny as I stopped dead in my tracks and tried to remeber where I recognized the voice .....

[FSCS Craig Beisiegel]

I am still in shock from the U 30, is that even possible?

Of course it's possible! I'm it! :D I'm not the only one still in from my company either :eek:
Went through boot camp in January 1977. Still havin fun so I've stayed. :cool:

[BMCM Stuart S. Slesh]

Craig, I'll only saying this because it's not often that I can.........When you came in I was in seventh grade.

[MSTCM Jerald Motyka]

Jesus... I was a Sophomore in Highschool... OUCH!

[BMCS Bill Gheen]

Crap, I was 8 Years old then.

[BMCS Bill Gheen]

I forgot to mention, Kilo 140, BMC Kiernan

[BMC John Phillips III]

I was 3 :eek:

[BMC James M. Clark]

Yeah, well, I've learned not to go there!

[PACS Steve Carleton]

In a continuing effort to make Craig feel old, I was just starting out in Cub Scouts then.

Whitt,

Were you in K/L 136? I gotta admit, I'm real fuzzy on names and faces from that time.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Yeah, well, I've learned not to go there!

you couldn't go there cause you wasn't born yet! :p But it's good you already learned.

[OSC Will Turenchalk]

A-131 CC was BM1 Metts

[MKCS Bob Child]

Delta 108, Sk1 Isman, 28 July 1980.

[MKC Manny Santos]

Company 192, Great Lakes, IL. 1991. (Navy) :)

[BMC John Phillips III]

Damn, I thought I voted against having Navy here! :p j/k, but this is a CG boot camp thread. When they allow Navy Chiefs you can start a new one ;)

[BMC John Pytell]

Charlie 120 - BM1 Metts

[MKC Manny Santos]

John,
I AM a Coast Guard Chief! If I were a Navy Snipe Chief, I'd be an MMC :)
I started my career in the Navy as a Boiler Tech. I didn't have to go to CG bootcamp to cross over. Lucky me, eh?
-Manny

[MKCS Mark Cummings]

1978 :eek: , Golf 109, BMC Adams :eek:

[PAC Jamie Devitt-Chacon (Ret)]

Foxtrot 125 - Apr 6, 1987. BMC Homan. Liberty weekend (7th week) over Memorial Day weekend (as in GOOD LUCK getting a decent room -- there were 6 of us in one yuccky motel room).

BMC Bonano (G-125) was the primary motivator for NOT getting rephased, reverted, hurt or sick! And QM1 Visser -- boy, she had quite the reputation of saying things that would get you thrown out on your arse today!

I only know for sure of one other person left from my company -- CWO Gina Kelly -- and that's because we came in "buddy system" -- and we were only in the same company for three weeks. Some pushup counter thought that out of the 50 pushups she did for the test, were not 7 "good" ones.

I haven't seen anyone else in years and years.

[CWO Roland Ashby (BMCS)]

India 136 SCD April-May 1991. Was in the band, so did the SCD thing. I think there was about 7 of us that marched all over the place by ourselves. Never had off-base liberty, but was off-base almost every weekend doing stuff with the band. That was a great time.........

[BMC John Phillips III]

Manny, I know you are CG, I just didn't know you didn't have to go to CG bootcamp, lucky you!

[OSCS Jimmy D. Belcher]

Jamie obviously it has been quite some time since Boot. I started and ended in Golf-125. Do not recognize the name and can't remember anyone elses. Losty a lot of memorabilia to Hurrican Andrew back in 1992 including boot camp names and the picture.

[DCC Brent Jewell]

Q-132, CC BMC Fisher

[CWO Jay Greiner (BMC)]

Tango 138- Novemeber 1991. Do not remember the CC's..........Thats a good thing ;)

[MKC Tony Balcer]

N/O 124 March 87.
The good old days....

[OSC Jeff Nicholson]

Foxtrot 143 GMC Oaks (Tall sucker) SSC Horkey (short w/an attitude) BM2 McNellis (very cool but very serious) Nov 93

p.s. and I remember the crazy cajun (BM1 Driscoll)

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

[BMC John Phillips III]

p.s. and I remember the crazy cajun (BM1 Driscoll)

He was my CC, one of the guys made a cadence about him. Something about if the Cajun man sees you he's gonna beat you til your blue. If it wasn't for boot camp being in NJ, I would have loved to be a CC.

[BMCS Jon Gagnon]

I could swear that I put this in before, maybe I just meant to. I was in Echo-123 with QMC Lucas as my CC. Got to Cape May July 7th, 1986.

BMCS Jon Gagnon

[BMCS Daniel Bennett]

I went through Cape May in the winter of 86, H-124. HS1 Stayton was the CC if I remember right.

Dan

[BMC Robert Ornelas]

N-143

EMC Booth, MK2 W, and YN3 Castro

[BMCS Scott Hooley]

Went through in September of 89...Yankee 131.

[FSC Randy A. Spainhour]

T-132 RM1 Wilford CC January-March 1990 very cold :)

[PSC Ca Mullins]

I went through June-August 1987 with my then boyfriend (now longterm husband!) BMC Mike Mullins in Romeo 125 DCC Evans. The recruiter said, "Sure you two can go together on the Buddy Plan!" Yeah right! That was 19 years ago and I gotta say that other than him, I really cannot remember anyone else who was a shipmate those 8 weeks. :confused: Old age for sure! :eek: My maiden name was Sharpe.

PSC Ca Mullins
Sector St Pete Prevention

[BMC John Phillips III]

now longterm husband!

I don't know if I have ever heard anyone use that term. Either way, congratulations on both counts!

[BMC Ralph Williams]

UPDATED:
U 30 - FSCS Beisiegel
D 98 - SKCM Dwyer
K 99 - BMCS Bradley
O/Q/S 104 - SKC Kurtz
D 108 - MKCS Child
G 109 - MKC Cummings
C 116 - BMCS Pupo
E 116 - BMCS Endicott
O 116 - ETCM Harold
R 119 - BMCS Brady
C 120 - BMC Pytell
E 121 - LT Nelson (MKC)
L 121 - MSTCS Stengel
D 122 - FSC Cadwallader
V 122 - OSC Hoynes
E 123 - BMCS Gagnon
R 123 - ETCS Johnson
Q 123 - ITC Grimes
S 123 - BMCM Leask
A 124 - SKC Brumble
H 124 - BMC Bennett
M 124 - ETC Ball
N/O 124 - MKC Balcer
B 125 - MKC Bailly
C 125 - BMC Ford
F 125 - PAC Devitt-Chacon
G 125 - OSCS Belcher
O 125 - FSC Parker
Q 125 - BMC Carrig
R 125 - ETC Underwood
F 126 - BMCS Smith
G 126 - ETC Kaschube
R 126 - BMC Gempp
Y 126 - MSTCS McClintock
P 127 - OSC Jeff Alger
T 130 - BMC McVicker, BMC Thompson
U 130 - SKC Davirro
A 131 - OSC Turenchalk
U 131 - OSC Mills
Y 131 - MSTC Schidtke
K 132 - BMC Pugh
Q 132 - DCC Jewell
D 133 - BMC Zappen, BMC Madsen
E 133 - OSC Jackson
G 133 - MSTC March
I 133 - DCC Wickett
Y 133 - MKC Rosati, SKC Highland
H 134 - BMC Lewis
Y 134 - FSC Stumpf
I 136 - BMC Ashby
I/K/L 136 - MKC Whitt
K/L 136 - PACS Carleton
O 136 - BMC Considine
B 138 - BMC Williams
Q 138 - BMC Williams, BMC Sparkman
T 138 - BMC Greiner
O 139 - BMC Gouge
T 139 - MSTC King
G 140 - DCC Holcomb
K 140 - BMCS Gheen
T 140 - MSTC Motyka
A 142 - MKC McKinnon
S 142 - FSC Boyd
F 143 - OSC Nicholson
Y/Z 143 - YNC Braarud
A 144 - BMC Phillips
Y 147 - BMC Clark

BMC Cutchin and I was Q 138.

BMC Sparkman "Sparky" was G 138.

Sparky congrats on Senior or CWO, well deserved!!

Ralph

[BMCS Eric Guerette]

JP3,
How ya been? A-144, DC1 Goulea(?) and BM1 Driscoll (The Ragin Cajun).
I ran into him just after I made 1st, just sitting in class at "C" school the first day talking to a few people when I heard a voice that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. There he was, BM1 Driscoll, sat down right next to me. Amazing how much he remembered from our company.

I think Tim Hahn is still in, went MST. Everyone else I can remember got out. :confused:

[BMC John Phillips III]

Holy smokes! OK, I can tell you that before your post I remembered only one two names from our company. Except of course the company commanders. Those were the other Phillips and Their, cause I remember thinking they spelled his name wrong :p but now that you posted I remember you too. I also remember a short stalky (or fat for the non-pc) kid that spent the majority of one day polishing his belt buckle. Then there was the guy who could shave at 0500 and have a 5 0clock shadow at 0600.

This was really the purpose of me starting this thread. Our company didn't do any t-shirts or anything with everyone's name, just the class picture. Oh and I remember Timothy Hahn since you mentioned his name.

[MKC Chad Royer]

Zulu- 142
CC- AE1 London
ACC- BM2 Trent
B/I CC- MU1 Buggs

[BMC Gene Daigle]

Quebec 141. CC was SSC Horky. Mean little Sh-t slinger. Forgot the AST1 or AMT1 who was the Assistant.

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

Hey JP3,
Was that "Their" guys first name Chris? Were you in boot camp in 94ish? There was a non rate Chris Their on the Mariposa in Seattle with me when I got there in Sept 94 but I cant remember if he was a FN or SN. I want to think he was a FN.

Jayare

[BMC John Phillips III]

Jayare, yes, I graduated bootcamp 4/8/94 so that is probably the same guy. I think they made him a FN.

[MKC Scott Wildrick]

G-127
CC - SS1 D'Amico
ACC - DC3 Sargent

[FSCS Craig Beisiegel]

Delta-98 1977 BMC Crocker
Wow...I had BMC Crocker too, but only after my CC BMC Jones was fired for using a racial slur...Uniform 30, January 1977

[SKCM Jim Dwyer (Ret.)]

That's amazing...That's one of the reasons I love the Coast Guard with us being as small as we are you always run into people you know or can share a story about.

[GMC Kevin Donnelly]

D-120
CC-ASMC Holt

Hey Jim, how are you up there in Cape May?

[MSTC F Bizzell]

H-133/SCD
CC- MK1 Austin, SCD-MUC Carson

My first job in the CG was as perm. Party with SCD

[DCCS Brett Wickett]

Fred, H-133 was the sister company to mine. Graduated the same day. You are the first person I have run into that graduated that day. Still have not found any from my company though.

Brett

[MSTC F Bizzell]

Brett,

I have not run into a lot of folks from I-133 either. I know a few who were in H-133. Bruce Cotter is a MSTCS in Baltimore, Keith Spann is a SKC at HQ, and that's about the only two I keep up with.

[BMC Ronald Simoneau]

Started in V-133. The CC was a DC1. Never pronounced my name correctly. Ended in W-133. RM1 (?) and SS1 Marzloff (?). I remember a BM3 Shipley was breaking in at the time. I remember stealing a couple of guide-ons while I was there....

[BMCM Bob Milmoe]

Quebec 116, September 1983. BMC Redmond was the CC until he physically hurt one of the recruits. The next morning EMCS Obney showed us what Boot Camp was all about.

BMCS Bob Milmoe

[MSTC Michael Schmidtke]

I remember a BM3 Shipley was breaking in at the time....
I believe that Shipley was a YN. At least the one that I worked with at HQ. But then again, my memory isn't as good as it once was. :p

[ETC (FT type) Ed Shank]

Delta 144, AM1 Harding, ET1 Infantino, March/April 94

[BMC Ronald Simoneau]

I believe that Shipley was a YN. At least the one that I worked with at HQ. But then again, my memory isn't as good as it once was. :p
I do believe you are right on that one

[BMC James M. Clark]

There was a YN1 Shipley there in 1995. I got in trouble when she asked if I wanted her to get out of my way. I thought she was just being polite, so I said "That would be nice." That was a hard way to learn about sarcasm... :D

[MSTC Michael Schmidtke]

I think that if you're referring to YN1 BILL Shipley that he would have had a cow...I know Bill, and went out with him a couple of times, and yet being a pretty laid back GUY, if you called him a HER.....he would Sh!t a brick.... :D

[BMC Ronald Simoneau]

There was a YN1 Shipley there in 1995. I got in trouble when she asked if I wanted her to get out of my way. I thought she was just being polite, so I said "That would be nice." That was a hard way to learn about sarcasm... :D
I think we have two different Shipley's. The one I had was male, a third class, tall with flat top. This was 1990.

That would be nice. How long did you pay for that phrase?

edit: You know, I can't remember if he was a third or not.

[BMCS Dave Considine]

Shipley was the guy who walked around with the TAPS on his shoes, right?? You ran and grabbed cover when you heard those taps coming.

Ron - Sent you a private message - Dave

[BMC Ronald Simoneau]

That's the one!

[BMC John Phillips III]

UPDATED:
U 30 - FSCS Beisiegel
D 98 - SKCM Dwyer
K 99 - BMCS Bradley
O/Q/S 104 - SKC Kurtz
D 108 - MKCS Child
G 109 - MKC Cummings
C 116 - BMCS Pupo
E 116 - BMCS Endicott
O 116 - ETCM Harold
Q 116 - BMCS Milmoe
R 119 - BMCS Brady
C 120 - BMC Pytell
D 120 - GMC Donnelly
E 121 - LT Nelson (MKC)
L 121 - MSTCS Stengel
D 122 - FSC Cadwallader
V 122 - OSC Hoynes
E 123 - BMCS Gagnon
R 123 - ETCS Johnson
Q 123 - ITC Grimes
S 123 - BMCM Leask
A 124 - SKC Brumble
H 124 - BMC Bennett
M 124 - ETC Ball
N/O 124 - MKC Balcer
B 125 - MKC Bailly
C 125 - BMC Ford
F 125 - PAC Devitt-Chacon
G 125 - OSCS Belcher
O 125 - FSC Parker
Q 125 - BMC Carrig
R 125 - ETC Underwood, PSC Mullins
F 126 - BMCS Smith
G 126 - ETC Kaschube
R 126 - BMC Gempp
Y 126 - MSTCS McClintock
G 127 - MKC Wildrick
P 127 - OSC Jeff Alger
T 130 - BMC McVicker, BMC Thompson
U 130 - SKC Davirro
A 131 - OSC Turenchalk
U 131 - OSC Mills
Y 131 - MSTC Schidtke, BMCS Hooley
K 132 - BMC Pugh
Q 132 - DCC Jewell
T 132 - FSC Spainhour
D 133 - BMC Zappen, BMC Madsen
E 133 - OSC Jackson
G 133 - MSTC March
H 133 - MSTC Bizzell
I 133 - DCC Wickett
Y 133 - MKC Rosati, SKC Highland
V/W 133 - BMC Simoneau
H 134 - BMC Lewis
Y 134 - FSC Stumpf
I 136 - BMC Ashby
I/K/L 136 - MKC Whitt
K/L 136 - PACS Carleton
O 136 - BMC Considine
B 138 - BMC Williams
G 138 - BMC Sparkman
Q 138 - BMC Williams, BMC Cutchin
T 138 - BMC Greiner
O 139 - BMC Gouge
T 139 - MSTC King
G 140 - DCC Holcomb
K 140 - BMCS Gheen
T 140 - MSTC Motyka
Q 141 - BMC Daigle
A 142 - MKC McKinnon
S 142 - FSC Boyd
Z 142 - MKC Royer
F 143 - OSC Nicholson
N 143 - BMC Ornelas
Y/Z 143 - YNC Braarud
A 144 - BMC Phillips, BMC Guerette
D 144 - ETC Shank
Y 147 - BMC Clark

Cool to find a shipmate from bootcamp! Can't help but notice how many first time posters are in this thread. Not sure what it means but lets keep posting!

Maybe some of the newly joined retirees will post their company's so FSCS Beisiegel won't have to feel so old! :D no offense Senior Chief ;)

Also, PSC Mullins, I would have listed your husband but he's not a registered member, what's up with that?

[MSTC F Bizzell]

I was stationed with both Shipley's that you are talking about. I was with YN2 Theresa Shipley on Gallatin in 91, and YN3 Shipley while I was permananent party at Cape May in 90. I remember his liscense plate was "2THEGYM" or something like that.

He was paired up with GMC Martin purposely to see who would actually get in the most trouble first. Martin did in a big way.

[BMC Mark Emerson]

A-138 SKC Shaw. (Sister Company to B-138. I remember YN3 Shipley, those d@mn clickers! I also remember him asking the guy next to me what he was staring at durring an inspection, the reply "The top of your hat, sir!", talk about a lesson in sarcasm and being honest. He was in charge of the SCD, while I was there.

[BMCS Dave Considine]

Shouldn't that have been "Sir, the top of your hat, Sir!" Ahhhh, the good ole days. Get down and give me twenty!

[MKC Brandon Andrews]

Romeo 145. CC's were MKC Bernie Tuffs, BM1 Mears

[MSTC F Bizzell]

Shipley was a SCD wanna be when I was there. He practically begged then MUC Carson to let him have the job. He only got it after MUC became CWO Carson and even then he was on thin ice. He was a great guy to hang with though. :)

[BMC John Phillips III]

Does anyone else find it funny that the people you have the fondest or most vivid memories of are the ones that were hardest on you? I might be onto something.....

Being hard for the sake of being an ass is pointless, but being hard with good intentions or for the right reasons will earn you a lot of respect (at least from what I am reading here). This ironically might fall under the accountability thread too. In boot camp CC's are holding people accountable on a daily basis. Food for thought.

[AMTCM John Long]

Y109 I think. Mar81

[BMC Ronald Simoneau]

He was paired up with GMC Martin purposely to see who would actually get in the most trouble first. Martin did in a big way.
GMC Martin caught me staring at his wife. On Coast Guard Day. "Simoneau, you eyeballing my wife?" "Sir yes Sir!" "Get down, 1 million pushups, begin" I couldn't stop laughing after he left. What are you going to do?

[BMC John Phillips III]

Hey at least you were honest about it! Not sure if that was the smartest choice but a million push ups seems like an adequate punishment. :)

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

GMC Martin... :D That guy was a break in CC with my company for 2 weeks before he got his red ropes and his own company. When we were a couple days from graduating, we went as a company and stood in front of his building and sang (in the Mickey Mouse tune) M.A.R.T.I.N, M.O.U.S.E.... He came out the doors like someone lit his britches on fire. "get down, get down..." Then he lectured us on respect and all the stuff. (he was hard on us, but he never earned our respect) I was about in tears from laughter. It was about as funny as the "satelite" running around our company yelling "beep beep, i'm and idiot".

[BMC John Phillips III]

It was about as funny as the "satelite" running around our company yelling "beep beep, i'm and idiot".

You must have been in the same company as my BM1. He just told me that story like two days ago!

[BMCS Dave Considine]

Martin was the CC of another company when I was there. I remember one of his recruits walking around ALL DAY and having to salute everything he saw. "Crack in the sidewalk, good morning, crack in the sidewalk" "Bush, good morning, bush" "Flagpole, good morning, flagpole" "Butterfly, good morning butterfly". Our company laughed so hard it got us IT or whatever they called it back then. I think two people left in an ambulance that afternoon.

We also had to run the three miles down to Cape May Beach to guard the &*#^$ piping plover nests every night. One guy fell asleep and the local high school kids that were drinking on the beach stole all the piping plover signs. That guy was kicked out I think.

[MSTC F Bizzell]

Martin had his company march around with a flag that had a pig on it and sing, " We're the little piglet company, oink, oink, oink." I remember felleing so sorry for them. MUC Bill carson yelled at him one time for asking someone in SCD if they played the skin flute.

Martin unfortunately brought discrace to himeself by his actions as a CC which lead to his court marshall and dishonerable discharge.

[BMC Ronald Simoneau]

Martin had his company march around with a flag that had a pig on it and sing, " We're the little piglet company, oink, oink, oink." I remember felleing so sorry for them. MUC Bill carson yelled at him one time for asking someone in SCD if they played the skin flute.

Martin unfortunately brought discrace to himeself by his actions as a CC which lead to his court marshall and dishonerable discharge.
I remember one such episode. He had them marching to that tune while we were graduating.

I had heard that he got into trouble, I had no idea he was court marshalled.

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

We were a "pig company" once. We had our white towel with a pig drawn on it for our flag. We had to wear our working blues inside out when we went to the galley for luch. I heard that didn't go over two well. It was all fun and games until someone crossed the line. A couple other funny things that happened was one guy was on the parade ground in a garbage can with the lid duct taped to his head and was doing the manual of arms.

[MSTC F Bizzell]

Martin would come up with things to do to poeple that was very funny but at times he crossed the line. He had a thing for female recruites ( I'll leave it at that):o

[ITC Shawn Wichelns]

W-145 BM1 West TC2 Abshur, CD w/ BM3 Matts
took a stint in medical
graduated with Y-145 DC1 Goulett, YN2 Thomas.

Busted my butt to make it on this board.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Shawn, welcome!
I had DC1 Goulet and BM1 Driscoll as my CC's, BM3 Matts was a break-in.

[OSC Kent Lee]

B-142. CC was RM1 Brady. Graduated March '93.

[LT Pat Leftwich (YNC)(Ret.)]

Cape May - June 1977, Tango 31. My CC was BMCS Galloway. I'm dating myself.

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

Welcome to the site Pat. How is the old golf game? I still have that old 3 wood we traded for in Seattle. Just used it last week.

Jim

[LT Pat Leftwich (YNC)(Ret.)]

Doing pretty good Jim. I play once a week. It's all I have time for down here. Looks like things are going pretty good for you. Congrats on the Senior.


Pat

[MECM Steven Lowry]

C-127 Nov-Dec '87. I'm too old to remember the CC :(

[CWO Larry Philipp (ETC)]

Hmmm...time travel moment.

TRACEN Alameda. Golf 109. BM1 Hurst. Graduated August 1978.


Whew! That had some dust on it! :D

[AETC TK Gustafson]

Another first post:

Kilo-127
MK1 Fryburger
Jan 88'

Is there any way to look up online or otherwise who was in your boot class? I lost my class pic with all the names on the back.

TK

[CWO Keith Wilbee (DCCS)]

Lima 129 SIR! September 1988.

[AMTC J BRANDT]

BRAVO 127- QM1 VISSER. Guideon w/a brass necklace. Can't remember the Assistant although I can remember SS1 D'amico and ASMC Holt and "BONANO"- ahhh the good old days when they could do anything but outright hit you- although there was the occasional scuttlebutt..... I don't think there are but one or two of us left- maybe it was the substance abuse policy? ;)

[MCPO Francis Jennings]

Hmmm...time travel moment. TRACEN Alameda. Golf 109. BM1 Hurst. Graduated August 1978. Whew! That had some dust on it! :D

I was in Golf 116, Tracen Alameda, and graduated February 1978. BM1 Hurst's first company. You might have been in G119, Larry. The next time I saw Hurst was at his retirement at Station Gulfport. Good guy...didn't beat us too bad, as I recall.

Frank

[YNC Josh Braarud]

B-142. CC was RM1 Brady. Graduated March '93.

Yeah, she was in Y-143. Tough, but fair.

And a wee bit loony.

[ETC Pat Kaschube]

BRAVO 127- QM1 VISSER. Guideon w/a brass necklace. Can't remember the Assistant although I can remember SS1 D'amico and ASMC Holt and "BONANO"- ahhh the good old days when they could do anything but outright hit you- although there was the occasional scuttlebutt..... I don't think there are but one or two of us left- maybe it was the substance abuse policy? ;)

Bonano man I used to hate it when he was in the room. I'm so glad he wasn't my CC. Visser was a bit of a monster as well. Memories....

[BMCS Chris Wright]

Golf 142, graduated April 2nd, 1993.

CC was MK1 McCaugherty (made Chief just before graduation), with RM3 Morris as assistant CC.

The best was doing push-ups and having to say "ONE, Machinery Technician First Class McCaugherty, TWO Machinery Technician First Class McCaugherty, THREE, Machinery Technician First Class McCaugherty . . ." You'd be out of breath after five. :D

[ASTCS Ronny German]

Golf 142, graduated April 2nd, 1993.

I was two weeks behind you in India 142. CC's were AM1 Harding and BM2 Black.

[CWO Larry Philipp (ETC)]

Frank,

You are correct! I just found my group photo of Golf 119! I swear the brain cells just refuse to cooperate ;)

Do you remember Sloan...the little white yip-yapping dog given various paygrade designations, and who used to follow the marching companies around? :D

I've inquired as to what ever happened to him, but never actually heard the full story of his time on the Island. Would like to get his history into the Coast Guard rolls

Larry

[BMCS S. D. Peters]

Oscar 132, graduated Dec 89. First was BMC Alvarado and he went crazy and had a nervous break down then we had a three different ones for 2 weeks then TCC Smith.

[FSC Jayare Parker (Ret)]

MC Jennings,
I was stationed at Sta Gulfport from 89-91 as an MK3. Back then BMCS John Hurst relieved BMCS Robert Newell as OIC in 1990? His son BM3 Johnny Hurst Jr had to be short toured out of there because his dad was comming in as OIC. Both Hurst's were very good shipmates.

Jayare

[BMCS Will Lindsay]

Romeo-133, 1990, SKC Shaw's first company. it was a blast

[BMCS T. D. Ellis]

M-124 February 1987. BMC Fisher was our caretaker, used to bring in his 5 year old daughter to make us do push ups, it is funny now. Oh yeah BMC Bonano "adopted" us on the weekends.

I was in Sierra-124/BMC Bonano. Helluva nice guy. I remember human swabs, push-ups in the up position for an hour, no warm water in the shower until week 7 and assortment of other mind games until the last week. After that we couldn't get cranked even when we "skipped" as a company everywhere we went.

I think BMCM Fisher just retired recently out of Delaware. Of course with old guys like us, 5 years is recent.

[ETC Chris Wagner]

Romeo-144. CCs were FT1 McAtee and YN2 Thomas.

[PAC Jamie Devitt-Chacon (Ret)]

JP3, where's the updated list? ;0)

Jamie

[BMCM Deane Smith]

I was wondering if any of you got good/bad advice before leaving for boot camp? My dad gave me some sound advice before leaving and it came in handy several times...

"If you volunteer for something, you didn't understand the question"

[BMC John Phillips III]

JP3, where's the updated list? ;0)
Jamie

Jamie, I will take full credit for starting the most popular thread and to a degree, keep updating the list, however, anyone can do it ;)

BMCS, the only advice I got before entering bootcamp was from about 4 recruiters, they all told me that I would hate my first 2 years in but after that give it a chance. They were pretty close. Even though I have some great memories of my first two years, they weren't my best. After that things continuously kept getting better (minus the HAWSER debacle).

[BMCS Dave Jonason]

C-123 for me I dont rember the CC But BM1 Fisher Busted my Balls more than one time. It was fun to have the upper had showing up at his unit for Stan Team all went well though as I would have expected.

[SKC Greg Miles]

Mike-143 October thru December 1993.

CC's QM1 Davis, ASM2 Forslund

[DCCS Todd Holcomb]

BMCS,

I recieved the same advice, although it was prior to leaving for Army Boot camp at wonderful Ft. Benning in '86. My Uncle was retired Army and he is the one who bestowed the advice, by the time I went to CG boot Camp I had some experience with boot camp and training facilities already..

Todd

[OSC KENNETH W. THOMAS]

I-149, July 1996, MKC Tufts, AET1 Stiff

[ETCS Mark G Huntelman]

Hotel-128, CC: BM1 Corp, RUITRACEN Alameda
January-March 1980.
:eek:

[BMC John Phillips III]

UPDATED:
U 30 - FSCS Beisiegel
D 98 - SKCM Dwyer
K 99 - BMCS Bradley
O/Q/S 104 - SKC Kurtz
D 108 - MKCS Child
G 109 - MKC Cummings
G 109 - CWO/ETC Philipp
Y 109 - AMTCM Long
C 116 - BMCS Pupo
E 116 - BMCS Endicott
M 116 - MCPO Jennings
O 116 - ETCM Harold
Q 116 - BMCS Milmoe
R 119 - BMCS Brady
C 120 - BMC Pytell
D 120 - GMC Donnelly
E 121 - LT Nelson (MKC)
L 121 - MSTCS Stengel
D 122 - FSC Cadwallader
V 122 - OSC Hoynes
C 123 - BMC Jonason
E 123 - BMCS Gagnon
R 123 - ETCS Johnson
Q 123 - ITC Grimes
S 123 - BMCM Leask
A 124 - SKC Brumble
H 124 - BMC Bennett
M 124 - ETC Ball
N/O 124 - MKC Balcer
S 124 - BMCS Ellis
B 125 - MKC Bailly
C 125 - BMC Ford
F 125 - PAC Devitt-Chacon
G 125 - OSCS Belcher
O 125 - FSC Parker
Q 125 - BMC Carrig
R 125 - ETC Underwood, PSC Mullins
F 126 - BMCS Smith
G 126 - ETC Kaschube
R 126 - BMC Gempp
Y 126 - MSTCS McClintock
B 127 - AMTC Brandt
C 127 - BMCS Lowry
G 127 - MKC Wildrick
K 127 - AETC Gustafson
P 127 - OSC Jeff Alger
H 128 - ETCS Huntelman
L 129 - DCC Wilbee
T 130 - BMC McVicker, BMC Thompson
U 130 - SKC Davirro
A 131 - OSC Turenchalk
U 131 - OSC Mills
Y 131 - MSTC Schidtke, BMCS Hooley
K 132 - BMC Pugh
O 132 - BMC Peters
Q 132 - DCC Jewell
T 132 - FSC Spainhour
D 133 - BMC Zappen, BMC Madsen
E 133 - OSC Jackson
G 133 - MSTC March
H 133 - MSTC Bizzell
I 133 - DCC Wickett
R 133 - BMCS Lindsay
Y 133 - MKC Rosati, SKC Highland
V/W 133 - BMC Simoneau
H 134 - BMC Lewis
Y 134 - FSC Stumpf
I 136 - BMC Ashby
I/K/L 136 - MKC Whitt
K/L 136 - PACS Carleton
O 136 - BMC Considine
A 138 - BMC Emerson
B 138 - BMC Williams
G 138 - BMC Sparkman
Q 138 - BMC Williams, BMC Cutchin
T 138 - BMC Greiner
O 139 - BMC Gouge
T 139 - MSTC King
G 140 - DCC Holcomb
K 140 - BMCS Gheen
T 140 - MSTC Motyka
Q 141 - BMC Daigle
A 142 - MKC McKinnon
B 142 - OSC Lee
G 142 - BMC Wright
I 142 - ASTC German
S 142 - FSC Boyd
Z 142 - MKC Royer
F 143 - OSC Nicholson
M 143 - SKC Miles
N 143 - BMC Ornelas
Y/Z 143 - YNC Braarud
A 144 - BMC Phillips, BMC Guerette
D 144 - ETC Shank
R 144 - ETC Wagner
R 145 - MKC Andrews
W 145 - ITC Wichelns
Y 147 - BMC Clark
I 149 - OSC Thomas

Congrats to OSC Thomas for unseating BMC Clark in the junior most seat. At least of the people that have posted.

[BMCM Dale Steinmetz]

L117, BMC Cowden and BMC Sherwood Nov 83 to Jan 84. Christmas in Cape May, Can't get any better than that not.

[BMCM Bill James]

S-118, Jul-Aug 1984, BM1 Howell (his last company), roster order #21 (I know cuz I had to do 21 pushups for saying "twenty one"!)

[BMCS Don Zoll]

W-115 The Sea Turtle Company (had a song and everthing). BM1 Heoft (spelled something close to that). They didn't have assistants back then. What a joy summer camp 83 was. NOT!

[BMC John Phillips III]

Two more first time posters! This thread rocks! :D

[AMTC Kevin Langlois]

Golf 121....CC was YNC Arnold, who I believe was the first female CC. While everyone else was out drilling for discipline because they had dirty barracks we were playing ring around the poseys with our socks on our hands. Not nearly as strenuous, but ten times more embarrassing when EMC Obney walked by!

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Has anyone else noticed that we have now added two more Gold Badges to our E-Mess?

Welcome aboard Master Chiefs Jennings and James. We also have had the MCPO-CG post on here recently, is there an effort underway to have them monitoring and contributing in this forum?

[BMCM Stuart S. Slesh]

No effort underway, I think that one of them was made aware of the site after that recent incident with the other site, and some of our other Gold Badges have been posting members for years. We have lots of people viewing, some people tend to post only in areas where they want their voice heard, while others post to spark conversation.

[SKC Eric S. Highland]

Master Chief,

What is this "incident" I keep hearing about?

v/r

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Eric,

Check the password protected area for the thread

[SKC Eric S. Highland]

Ok... thanks Senior.

v/r

[MKC Curtiss Diehl]

Good day to all! I went through Cape May with Kilo 123 back in 86'. CC was BM1 Fielding.

MKC Curtiss Diehl

[HSC Chris Fly]

Hotel 143- Sept-Nov '93
HS1 John Rey and BM2 Trant, also had YN3 Castro for a while (short guy but HUGE in the muscle dept). The one memory I remember is we never unfurled our guidon until Grad day and I don't think we ever got to raise our class flag!
Chris

[MSTCM Jerald Motyka]

Curtiss,
Was there any chance that was BM1 RANDY Fielding? If so, several years later, BMC Fielding was my recruiter...

This service is SO small.......... :)

[BMC Matthew James]

India 147....YN1 Theresa Riply

Senior Chief Hooley can tell stories about me as an SA

Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend.

BMC MDJ

[MKC Curtiss Diehl]

Jerald,

Yes it was Randy. It is a small service.

Curtiss

[MSTCS John Klobuchar]

Quebec 123 1986 ASMC Holdt (sp?)

[AMTC Jeff Waite]

That was quite a while ago. R&S-119, 11/1984-1/1985, BMC Nelson

[MSTC J. Kelley Dentry]

Hi all.

Kilo 141. ADC Fox as the CC. We arrived in Cape May 14 years ago today. WOW Time flies!

[CWO Hank Trice (ITC)]

Whiskey 123 #87 under BMC Fisher - 20 years ago next month.

[MSTC Steve Natale]

V-134
GMC Martin "You look like hammered whale $hit!"

GMC Martin did some of the funniest crap I had ever seen.

-Three recruits from another company ran by pushing thier laundry basket and failed to stop and salute him on our way back from chow. He asked if the three of them were blind and then had them push that cart around the parade field untill TAPS singing "three blind mice". HE checked on them every 1/2 hour or so.

- One big goofy guy in our company marched like a Gorilla. So he made him run around us as we marched dragging his hands on the ground and grunt (ahoo ahoo hooo hoo hoo hoo hoo) for a couple days days.

- Our mailman was rather portly (he was made mailman to get some extra run time in) and rather inept. He kept grabbing the wrong mail. HE got cranked so much one other recruit felt bad for him and voice it, so he was assigned to mailman as his official "shipmate", essentially he had to help mailman do everything. Finally mailman messed up one too many times. And he was made to get on his knees, run around and bark like a seal for like 10 minutes in the squad bay. Then shipmate was told to get a brrom, when the broom was brought out mailman had to bend over and shipmate was instrcuted to stick the broom handle where the "sun dont shine". He was screamed at until mailman was VERY upset (no kidding right), shipmate was trembling but standing his ground in defiance of what they were telling him, and everyone else just stared in utter disbelief. Eventually he just left us alone in the squadbay without saying a word.

*edit- we also ran around with our clothes backwards a few times, kinda embarrasing, but we all did it together. Funny thing is the hat being backwards (inside out) looke the wierdest.

There are many more things, not quite as noteworthy as those.

I did hear he got in trouble shortly after I left Cape May.

[BMCS Jim Madsen]

He pushed things to the extreme then. Can you imagine what would happen if a CC did that in today's Guard?

[BMC John Phillips III]

SJ, that's a very disturbing story.

On a side note, there have been like 4 more first time posters on this thread ;)

[MSTC Steve Natale]

Actually now that I think back on it.. yeah it IS disturbing, it didnt seem too disturbing at the time because we had no idea it was anything but "normal boot camp" behavior.

Just like the first night there, two other things happened that we couldnt decipher from real or "normal boot-camp happeinings".

As we first pulled in to Cape May, we had just stopped and someone came on board the bus and screamed at us to get out and form up. After 15 minutes of running around not knowing what the hell "form up" meant we were all standing in long lines on top of trianlges painted on the ground. The forming company CC asked if we noticed the driver of the bus drinking. He said he smelled alchohol on the driver. He yelled it over and over as no-one knew if he was genuine or if it was some trick to get someone to talk and then get "worked over". No-one ever said a word about it, I have no idea if it was true or not.

That night we all finally got to bed and a short time later after just about falling asleep someone started shouting "FALL OUT!, FALL OUT!, FALL OUT!" A rack then fell from the top bunk and SLAMMED the floor. Well we all got up and FLEW outside and formed up as before. We stood there for like 10 minutes before a forming company CC finally came out and SCREAMED, " WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL DOING OUT HERE!?!? Someone piped up that we were told to FALL OUT and so we did. THE CC said " NO-ONE gave the order to fall out and we better get our asses back to the squad bay". The next morning we found out some dude had a "NIGHTMARE" and was shaking his rack and SCREAMIN FALL OUT!, The rack above him shook off is perches and hit the deck, that was what caused us all to run outsiode.

*edit- MAILMAN of V-134. One of mailmans biggest problem CC's wasnt actually our own. It was an ETC (Lewis I think). That ETC would sinlge out mailman every time he could. He would walk into the Quarter Deck outside the squad bay and in his extremely DEEP booming voice say, "MAILMAN....WHERE ARE YOU MAILMAN?" and Mailman would start shaking immediately. ETC would then crank mailman for a bit and let him go. ETC would do that wherever we happened to be, outside medical, our squadbay, on his mailruns, in the gym, it didnt matter, whenever ETC saw MAILMAN of V-134 he would do the same thing "MAILMAN, ....COME HERE..... MAILMAN!" and then crank him. On our VERY last day there (yes mailman made it to graduation) we were marching to the gym for Graduation (rainy day) and were just about there when a window opened in the Barracks that faces the gym and we all heard that booming voice "MAILMAN...MAILMAN........I AM PROUD OF YOU MAILMAN...YOU MADE IT! GOOD JOB MAILMAN!" Mailman stood straighter and walked taller for the rest of that day than he had the entire time he was in Boot Camp. It was pretty cool.

[PAC Paul Roszkowski]

First Post

I'll admit to being the baby of the bunch. India-154 November 10, 1998. I was a day late for boot camp. For the life of me I can't remember my CCs though. I'll have to look it up. :o

[SKC Eric S. Highland]

My memory is beginning to haze a bit...

But in Y-133 my CCs were AMC Bullock and RMC Jones. I was there during the time frame of GMC Martin.

I ran into him a few years later on GI. He was being processed for discharge. I remember him as such a "powerhouse" when I was there, and such a "frailty" when I saw him on GI, it was as if someone had truly shook him up..

Kinda felt sorry for him actually. But from the rumors that were circulating the rock you'd think he would have been doing hard time in Leavenworth..

But as my father always said... believe half of what you see and none of what you hear...

v/r

[OSC Christopher Guilmette]

Zulu 148, SS1 Harrell and BM2 Mates

[OSC Thomas Jackson]

This is for BMC ZAPPEN and BMC MADSEN. Were you in Delta 133 (Alameda)? If so, I remember the incident before you guys went to fire fighting at Treasure Island (when you guys knocked over the instructor with the fire hose at full stream). I remember watching you guys hi-porting the rifles, playing Lizard Patrol and guarding your pile of stuff in the quad. Felt kind of sorry for you guys..... but we did laugh a lot at Echo 133.

[BMCS Mike Ellis]

Victor 144 with AM1 Harding and RM2 Absher. Funny times those were. Last I knew, CWO Harding had retired. RM2 Absher didn't have as succesful of a career. She went to OCS and got in a bit of "trouble" as a JO. Details are a bit to explicit to post here :eek: .

[ITC Matthew Altieri]

Figured I'd chime in as well.

Kilo-113, Cape May, BM1 Hoeft. Aug 30 1982 - Oct 22 1982.

Now I feel old.

[ETC Pat Kaschube]

Wow a post from an IT. That makes 37 for the rate and 22 are from one IT. Then again there aren't a lot of ET's here either. :D

[PAC Jamie Devitt-Chacon (Ret)]

First Post

I'll admit to being the baby of the bunch. India-154 November 10, 1998. I was a day late for boot camp. For the life of me I can't remember my CCs though. I'll have to look it up. :o



Hey! Lookee here! Another PAC! Welcome to the board, Paul. Hope to see you here again.

[SKC Ronald Brumble]

Welcome abord Mat.

Wow, PAC Jamie Devitt-Chacon has graced us with a post. You have been a little quiet ;) . I would have thought a PA would be more vocal :p . Ah, but right now you are going to use the "I have a life" comment and "I dont sit in front of a computer all night"

Thats ok Jamie, I know, I know

Ya know, I was thinking about NY the other day, I remember the day you walked off that ferry with all your bags. So long ago, seams like yesturday sometimes.

[BMC John Phillips III]

UPDATED:
U 30 - FSCS Beisiegel
D 98 - SKCM Dwyer
K 99 - BMCS Bradley
O/Q/S 104 - SKC Kurtz
D 108 - MKCS Child
G 109 - MKC Cummings
G 109 - CWO/ETC Philipp
Y 109 - AMTCM Long
K 113 - ITC Altieri
W 115 - BMCS Zoll
C 116 - BMCS Pupo
E 116 - BMCS Endicott
M 116 - MCPO Jennings
O 116 - ETCM Harold
Q 116 - BMCS Milmoe
L 117 - BMCM Steinmetz
S 118 - MCPO James
R 119 - BMCS Brady, AMTC Waite
S 119 - AMTC Waite
C 120 - BMC Pytell
D 120 - GMC Donnelly
E 121 - LT Nelson (MKC)
G 121 - AMTC Langlois
L 121 - MSTCS Stengel
D 122 - FSC Cadwallader
V 122 - OSC Hoynes
C 123 - BMC Jonason
E 123 - BMCS Gagnon
K 123 - MKC Diehl
R 123 - ETCS Johnson
Q 123 - ITC Grimes, MSTCS Klobuchar
S 123 - BMCM Leask
W 123 - CWO Trice (ITC)
A 124 - SKC Brumble
H 124 - BMC Bennett
M 124 - ETC Ball
N/O 124 - MKC Balcer
S 124 - BMCS Ellis
B 125 - MKC Bailly
C 125 - BMC Ford
F 125 - PAC Devitt-Chacon
G 125 - OSCS Belcher
O 125 - FSC Parker
Q 125 - BMC Carrig
R 125 - ETC Underwood, PSC Mullins
F 126 - BMCS Smith
G 126 - ETC Kaschube
R 126 - BMC Gempp
Y 126 - MSTCS McClintock
B 127 - AMTC Brandt
C 127 - BMCS Lowry
G 127 - MKC Wildrick
K 127 - AETC Gustafson
P 127 - OSC Jeff Alger
H 128 - ETCS Huntelman
L 129 - DCC Wilbee
T 130 - BMC McVicker, BMC Thompson
U 130 - SKC Davirro
A 131 - OSC Turenchalk
U 131 - OSC Mills
Y 131 - MSTC Schidtke, BMCS Hooley
K 132 - BMC Pugh
O 132 - BMC Peters
Q 132 - DCC Jewell
T 132 - FSC Spainhour
D 133 - BMC Zappen, BMC Madsen
E 133 - OSC Jackson
G 133 - MSTC March
H 133 - MSTC Bizzell
I 133 - DCC Wickett
R 133 - BMCS Lindsay
Y 133 - MKC Rosati, SKC Highland
V/W 133 - BMC Simoneau
H 134 - BMC Lewis
Y 134 - FSC Stumpf
V 134 - MSTC Natale
I 136 - BMC Ashby
I/K/L 136 - MKC Whitt
K/L 136 - PACS Carleton
O 136 - BMC Considine
A 138 - BMC Emerson
B 138 - BMC Williams
G 138 - BMC Sparkman
Q 138 - BMC Williams, BMC Cutchin
T 138 - BMC Greiner
O 139 - BMC Gouge
T 139 - MSTC King
G 140 - DCC Holcomb
K 140 - BMCS Gheen
T 140 - MSTC Motyka
K 141 - MSTC Dentry
Q 141 - BMC Daigle
A 142 - MKC McKinnon
B 142 - OSC Lee
G 142 - BMC Wright
I 142 - ASTC German
S 142 - FSC Boyd
Z 142 - MKC Royer
F 143 - OSC Nicholson
H 143 - HSC Fly
M 143 - SKC Miles
N 143 - BMC Ornelas
Y/Z 143 - YNC Braarud
A 144 - BMC Phillips, BMC Guerette
D 144 - ETC Shank
R 144 - ETC Wagner
V 144 - BMC Ellis
R 145 - MKC Andrews
W 145 - ITC Wichelns
I 147 - BMC James
Y 147 - BMC Clark
Z 148 - OSC Guilmette
I 149 - OSC Thomas
I 154 - PAC Roszkowski*

* congrats to the new boot!

[SKC Ronald Brumble]

for the rates listed in this "Boot Camp Thread"
in no paticular order

3 PA, 47 BM, 10 OS, 4 IT, 10 ET, 12 MK, 1 HS, 1 YN, 10 MST, 1 AST, 1 AET, 5 AMT, 4 DCC, 6 FSC, 6 SK

I did not count the actual member lists, that would take to long.

[PAC Jamie Devitt-Chacon (Ret)]

Welcome abord Mat.

Wow, PAC Jamie Devitt-Chacon has graced us with a post. You have been a little quiet ;) . I would have thought a PA would be more vocal :p . Ah, but right now you are going to use the "I have a life" comment and "I dont sit in front of a computer all night"

Thats ok Jamie, I know, I know

Ya know, I was thinking about NY the other day, I remember the day you walked off that ferry with all your bags. So long ago, seams like yesturday sometimes.

Ahh, New York. We sure had some fun. It was just yesterday, wasn't it?

I do have a life and I don't sit in front of a computer all night, nor all day. I haven't been that quiet, though.

[PAC Paul Roszkowski]

Hey! Lookee here! Another PAC! Welcome to the board, Paul. Hope to see you here again.

Thanks.

from the boot

[ETCS John Zidek]

I'll chime in too.
Started with Delta 126
Finished with Echo / Foxtrot 126
C/C BMC Fisher
A C/C DC3 Sargent (I think that's spelled right)
27 Jul 87 - 25 Sept 87