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cynatnite

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2. I was stationed there for 2 years...

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 08:49 PM

Apr 2012

Met my husband there and it's where I had our daughter. Lots of good memories. We hated seeing it close. Maybe those buildings and all will finally get some use out of them.

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Obama declares Fort Ord a national monument [View all] alp227 Apr 2012 OP

cool! Little Star Apr 2012 #1

I was stationed there for 2 years... cynatnite Apr 2012 #2

Fort Ord has gone to use --It's a university now CreekDog Apr 2012 #5

My dad was 7th Infantry there in WWII. bluesbassman Apr 2012 #3

I've camped there as a young man in Veterans Park denbot Apr 2012 #4

Awesome Pirate Smile Apr 2012 #6

I did my basic training there. bluestateboomer Apr 2012 #7

My Dad Trained There And The Shipped Off...... rsmith6621 Apr 2012 #8

Excellent! Bette Noir Apr 2012 #9

I went through Basic there. Adsos Letter Apr 2012 #10

My ex was there the previous year. EFerrari Apr 2012 #12

That should have read "Winter, 1972" (my memory hiccups, at times...) Adsos Letter Apr 2012 #16

Those years are muddy for me, lol. EFerrari Apr 2012 #18

Great NEWS! burrowowl Apr 2012 #11

Fantastic news, but I'm still glad they closed it jmowreader Apr 2012 #13

Hmph...I didn't get a sailboat when I was there. n/t cynatnite Apr 2012 #15

They didn't GIVE you a sailboat... jmowreader Apr 2012 #19

You're right about the "modern" concrete barracks. I was unfortunate enough to be in the old wooden Adsos Letter Apr 2012 #17

I took my Basic Combat Training at Fort Ord...(1970) Hubert Flottz Apr 2012 #14

understand CountAllVotes Apr 2012 #20