This was all shot with a Hitachi 2400 VHS camcorder bought in Jan 1992. Decent enough quality. I knew people with camcorders from the 80's and their videos were all jumpy and staticky, with terrible sound. If you check out some of the live shows I shot in 1992, the sound quality is pretty darn good! These 9th Comm Bn VHS tapes have sitting in my basement for almost 30 years and they came out pretty good amazingly.
Looking at Google Maps, Bldg 13109 is now part of Separations? I got out in July 1993 and Separations was waaaay down by Vandergrift and the road that leads to the golf course. Google Maps now shows it as what looks to be a square pavement with a few electrical poles or something. I guess they moved Separations up to civilization. Also that road just on the other side of where the promotion thing was, that used to run all the way to that street where the Motor Pool is, and that diagonal building used to be the 13 Area Guard Shack, where I did many many stints. I have another video from when I was on guard duty. I gotta know, do they still do the Blood Stripe, or is that completely off-limits? I would hope that is still unofficially happens. It was still a no-no in 1992, but nobody cared. It was one of those things you didn't do around the Company office, and waited until you were well out of sight of pu$$y little officers who would probably tattle like a little b1tch. I couldn't walk for a couple days.
49:33-50:20 - reminiscing through Mainside. Those were the days. Also at 49:46 , I remember gas prices went UP to $1.23/$1.29/$1.38 . What we wouldn't give for prices like that these days
And those were California prices, while the rest of the country was probably around $1 per gallon. Didn't notice it before but while driving by, I looked at what was playing at the base theater...Memoirs of an Invisible Man, what a terrible movie! Chevy Chase should have did Caddyshack and stopped at Fletch! Out of curiosity, I checked Google Maps to see if I could find, based on the drive on Vandergrift Rd going by the MCAS, where my friend was moving into. There's a quick clip of me panning around and I catch street signs Hamilton and Hawkins. This was in 1992, so I figure they may have changed the name or something, but no. I found it, no street view obviously. Still named Hamilton St. and Hawkins St. according to Google Maps. At the end of the video we look out the back window and it's just a field, now it's a Day Care Center. I zoom out Google Maps and notice that right down the road from Stuart Mesa Base Housing is...Edson Range, where us Hollywood Marines did our 2nd Phase training at Boot Camp! Fond memories of arms and legs going to sleep in the snap-in circles. Shooting Pizza Box for rifle qualification ( I wrecked it on 300 rapid fire ), and way out beyond the range, I found the Gas Chamber, which they now call the Confidence Chamber.
I recently found my AF graduation dvd from 2001 and it STILL has the same video quality that this video back in '92. HAHA.
This was all shot with a Hitachi 2400 VHS camcorder bought in Jan 1992. Decent enough quality. I knew people with camcorders from the 80's and their videos were all jumpy and staticky, with terrible sound. If you check out some of the live shows I shot in 1992, the sound quality is pretty darn good! These 9th Comm Bn VHS tapes have sitting in my basement for almost 30 years and they came out pretty good amazingly.
I love this MEG a true peek into the glory days
Currently in 9th comm and the only thing that really changed was the buildings
Looking at Google Maps, Bldg 13109 is now part of Separations? I got out in July 1993 and Separations was waaaay down by Vandergrift and the road that leads to the golf course. Google Maps now shows it as what looks to be a square pavement with a few electrical poles or something. I guess they moved Separations up to civilization. Also that road just on the other side of where the promotion thing was, that used to run all the way to that street where the Motor Pool is, and that diagonal building used to be the 13 Area Guard Shack, where I did many many stints. I have another video from when I was on guard duty.
I gotta know, do they still do the Blood Stripe, or is that completely off-limits? I would hope that is still unofficially happens. It was still a no-no in 1992, but nobody cared. It was one of those things you didn't do around the Company office, and waited until you were well out of sight of pu$$y little officers who would probably tattle like a little b1tch. I couldn't walk for a couple days.
49:33-50:20 - reminiscing through Mainside. Those were the days. Also at 49:46 , I remember gas prices went UP to $1.23/$1.29/$1.38 . What we wouldn't give for prices like that these days
And those were California prices, while the rest of the country was probably around $1 per gallon. Didn't notice it before but while driving by, I looked at what was playing at the base theater...Memoirs of an Invisible Man, what a terrible movie! Chevy Chase should have did Caddyshack and stopped at Fletch!
Out of curiosity, I checked Google Maps to see if I could find, based on the drive on Vandergrift Rd going by the MCAS, where my friend was moving into. There's a quick clip of me panning around and I catch street signs Hamilton and Hawkins. This was in 1992, so I figure they may have changed the name or something, but no. I found it, no street view obviously. Still named Hamilton St. and Hawkins St. according to Google Maps. At the end of the video we look out the back window and it's just a field, now it's a Day Care Center. I zoom out Google Maps and notice that right down the road from Stuart Mesa Base Housing is...Edson Range, where us Hollywood Marines did our 2nd Phase training at Boot Camp! Fond memories of arms and legs going to sleep in the snap-in circles. Shooting Pizza Box for rifle qualification ( I wrecked it on 300 rapid fire ), and way out beyond the range, I found the Gas Chamber, which they now call the Confidence Chamber.