MUST SEE: Liberty Station San Diego

[@richardnelson6660]

Attended boot camp in SD in 1972. Your video was great!

[@seabeevet9285]

Hey CDR! I attended RTC in 1977, Company 188. Was scared out of my wits... Missing the folks was the hardest part. 1st time away from home, some CPO and a 1st class yelling at you all of the time. It was quite unnerving until you got used to it. Then it was keep your head down, do what your told, and DO NOT bring any attention to yourself! If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't change a thing!! Best 5 years of my life ( I'm a SEABEE!)(then 30 years in the Reserves) Great deployments to North Atlantic, GUAM, and Rota Spain. (on active duty)

[@LatmaTVulpanstudent]

That was SO COOL! All the memories of my late-ex's exploits at NTC! The USS Neversail. The Geedunk! The grinder! "Nuts to butts! Make that sailor in front of you smile!" lol Sam was there for boot camp, at Balboa for Hoslital Corps A school & Pharmacy C school, back to NTC for Instructors B school, then back again to teach chemistry at Pharmacy school. 3.5 years in San Diego that shaped our lives!

[@todayissomeday]

Oh the terms we learned! LOL

[@ChrisZwolinski]

Hey Stacy, You always mention Phils time in the Navy, but until watching this video I didn't realize you were a Sister too. Got get some of your sea stories out there as well. Thank you both for you service younging's. 😀😀

[@patriciafisher2838]

My Hubby said lucky you to be sent to San Diego. He was sent to the Great Lakes for basics in the winter. Said even your bones froze up there, but he he lucked out for Italy for his home port. Loved seeing San Diego by your video, going to get there some day post pandemic. Thank you.

[@dc71vwvw]

Great Lakes was freezing 🥶. Coming from the south up to RTC/NTC was a shock to the system 😳

[@scottinbr]

We called it Great Mistakes 😂

[@patriciafisher2838]

@@scottinbr My husband said that is correct, forgot about that phrase. Thank you for a memory charge.....

[@edschermerhorn5415]

Happy Anniversary and thank you both for your service!

[@michaelpatterson9897]

Love you guys! I grew up in San Diego and lived there from 1969 to 2017. It will always be HOME for my wife and I. Oh the places we would have loved to show you! Keep safe, be well and carry on.

[@bosndangreene1857]

I went to NTC for Digital Electronics before moving on to Submarine School in ‘89. A BM1 taught some of my shipmates and I to do fancy work on the railings. I want back in ‘20 before flying to the Persian Gulf and saw much of our original fancy-work still on the railings. Also have several memories of the Clubs that involve much staggering. Plenty of great memories on NTC…Tom Cruise eat your heart out!

[@benjaminalban7205]

I was there 56 years ago, Feb 1968 company 180. Retired now after 20 years service. A lot of memories.

[@davesuddreth3749]

I went to Boot Camp in San Diego in 1982. Graduated and went to Memphis for training for 2 years and then Meridian Miss for 3 years and then Japan onboard the USS Midway. I ended my career at Whidbey Island on Instructor duty

[@edwhite4992]

I was there in 82 as well. Company 171

[@mebeliving9184]

Great video. Brought up some memories. I remember that club, there was something like 5 different clubs in that building. Went through San Diego in 89 and A school. It was funny when Stacey brought up the cooks barracks since that was where I did A school at. I also remember walking over the bridge every morning to get to get to the chow hall when in boot camp. Interesting how things have changed.

[@jcheeksdfd]

Recruit barracks are on the other side of the channel by the Neversail. Some of the building are gone now. That are is mostly city Police and Fire training, also some border patrol and city water department. I taught many Fire Academies there and it was common to see visitors wandering around trying to find their old barracks.

[@scottinbr]

But is the little bridge still there that connected everything?

[@davidbudzynski2449]

I loved touring the Midway. I spent the whole day there got there before she opened up and I was one of the last to leave. Thank you both for your service to our country. Love your channel.

[@devilhunter9345]

1980 was my time at recruiter training San Diego. 43 years later still here in San Diego.

[@lynnsimpson8786]

Thank you both for your service. My brother retired from the USMC after 22 years in 1996. Loved these videos. Love all your videos

[@jdselby1]

A great bucket list to visit. Thank you both for your insight and your service for our country ❤️

[@IanBays]

Lovely to hear your reminiscences.

[@LillyoftheValleyAZ]

So fun! Thank you both for your service! ❤️🇺🇸

[@domenickruttura5412]

Loved my Navy days 1967 1971

[@markevans3589]

AF here....Lackland AFB ...of course y'all know that going to SA all the time. My Father, Sons were AF...my brother was a Marine. Enjoyed your war stories. We all have them. Thank you for sharing. 👍👊🇺🇲

[@AtOddsAlways]

Thanks! CO 65-489 from 9/14/65 - 11/15/65 with Boot and did A School at Memphis. Left Nov 1969 as a TD2. Greatest 4 years of my life! So glad the city preserved the old NTC as Liberty Station. My barracks building is now Trader Joe's. Who would've thunk it?

[@nightfall22]

Damn!! I want to hear more stories and see old pics 😳🤔😂. I can sit here and listen to stuff like this for hours. 💯 real talk! . So interesting and funny. I loved this

[@michaelscheller6884]

I, and my bride of 32 years were both active duty Soldiers when we met and married at Fort Bragg. My Mom and Dad were both active duty Navy who met and married at Great Lakes.

[@davidstinson1184]

Nice flashback from my boot camp days in 1977. Back then the RTC was split with primary and secondary side. The primary was on the other side of Nimitz bridge. We will have to meet up some time when you are back in San Antonio and swap some sea stories.

[@Corman911]

On the MCRD side we called those planes from the airport the "freedom birds". If you recall they were very loud since we were right off the runways. During drill practice our drill instructor liked to call a movement right when a plane was taking off just so we would mess up and he could find a unique way to punish us. Good times!

[@medcook57]

Great to hear about your past experiences.!!!!!!

[@rickrichardson5329]

Thanks for sharing. I never served in the military but was an Air Force brat for 17yrs. . This brought back some memories of my own.

[@ronaldpenczek9503]

I went to Boot Camp in Orlando in 83. This vid brought back a ton of memories. USS Neversail. Spent most of my time at 32nd street.

[@edwhite4992]

Boy did this bring back memories! 1982-83. My son took my wife and I there a couple years ago and it sure had changed. I’m glad some of the buildings were saved and history preserved. The recruit is still awe inspiring even after being in the Ranger. Thanks for the video.

[@pjthomas8817]

I really love you guys. You’re so smooth with the videos and it def works. Great stuff. You’re one of my favorites for sure.

[@robertpowell2746]

Phil and Stacy I enjoy your videos and I also watch changing lanes. Between those 2 RV channels I see no reason to watch anything else you guys are terrific.

[@jimg2885]

I watch them both also. Have you ever watched KYD keep your daydream? Also I started watching Happily ever Hanks. They both are good ones.. Cheers

[@todayissomeday]

We agree....LOL

[@todayissomeday]

We love them both as well!

[@papajoej]

Brought back memories (Feb. 1958.) First ship, USS Lexington CVA 16. Thanks, great video.

[@anthonybolin932]

You guys are stirring up a lot of memories! I went to boot camp in San Diego in 1984. Company 195. Three years ago I got to watch my son graduate boot camp in Great lakes. A lot of things sure have changed. He's stationed on the Kearsarge our of Norfolk Virginia now. They just pulled out for three weeks this morning. Kinda miss Haze grey and under way. Keep the videos rolling!!

[@kaisersoasa]

Yes. Boot camp Sep 9, 1989 . Don't remember my class. Both schools there ABE. Went and served on USS Ranger CV-61 North Island. arresting gear. Operation dessert shield dessert storm . Hay Phil 4 carrier battel group in the Persian Gulf sailed next to the midway. I remember when we reenacted the Doolittle raid. What a time.

[@joedunbarjr]

To see your "boot camp" barracks you would need to cross "the worm island bridge". (just in front of the USS Never Sail) The "R and O" and E-barracks are still there, now used by the fire dept. Most of the H-barracks are gone or being used for burn down practice. Company 002, Feb. 81

[@TONYANDBRENDA1969]

Love San Diego lived here since 1965!

[@williamlambert2865]

Thanks for taking us along down memory lane.

[@Bradamsmx5]

I arrived in SD in ‘99. MCAS Miramar. The first time I took a friend to the Naval station there and got to see an aircraft carrier in person blew my mind. Good times. Fond memories. Always good to hear other veterans stories.

[@dandej5317]

Looks like vacation compared to RTC Great Lakes in February! Fire watch and snow watch...

[@jimleininger8963]

That's a fact! We had a navy recruit tagging along with us for a few days till shore patrol came and scooped him up. He got to use the head once a day. Slept on the barracks floor with one of us guarding him. No chow hall, he ate what the DIs tossed him. I remember him crying a lot

[@todayissomeday]

😂😂

[@rvwithachanceofwine998]

I went to RTC San Diego myself back in 1986/1987. I’m currently in San Diego now, training for work, and was surprised that it’s no longer there. However, I did find the USS recruit. thanks for the memories.

[@todayissomeday]

Very cool!

[@jimmartinson4280]

Great bonus video. At my age trips down memory lane are frequent although I need a GPS to remember where I am going. Loved the over-the-fence MCRD story.

[@randynorthrop4929]

I went to boot camp there also. Sept 1974, heading there on rv trip next year and hope to see my barracks. Over on worm island backing up to Mc boot camp. When we went over to advanced side our barracks were right next to the Iranians!! Used to have smoke breaks with them. There was a little guard shack between the two by the bridge we would stand duty in. I would look out at Coronado and all the yachts and wonder where I made a wrong turn in life to get to that spot! Great video! Looking forward to our visit!

[@radgsxr1]

Your military career was similar to mine (at least started out the same for sure - maybe more similar than we think). Boot camp, a-school and off to the USS MIDWAY. We were probably onboard together…. Then, enlisted and ultimately transition to “the dark side.” The rest is history but what a way to start a family, a career and life. Congrats. And as your background music says, “the best is yet to come.” Love your videos.

[@timothyburdette5737]

You just brought back a lot of memories for me! Boot in Orlando in 1984 then off to San Diego aboard the USS Cleveland LPD 7

[@dzymslizzy3641]

My younger grandson is in the Navy and currently stationed in San Diego. I sent his wife the link to this video... ;-)

[@charlesfritzii8991]

There’s only two Barricks left by the Airport.Div7 is my old Barricks in 84

[@underwayshiftcolors2540]

God you two have brought so many memories did my boot camp div 7 company 183. Graduated 20 July 89. Then A school then across the Coronado Bridge for further training. Loved that whole area. So let me guess you where either a radioman, CS, then A MS or a IC. Best sliders where at MRCD galley. Was just there in may to see our son off for deployment. Believe me you still have it, the accent that is. In a way really sad when me a wife walked around a lot great memories of that place.

[@kcboating]

I made the move of the Midway from Alameda to Yokosuka VA-115 1973!

[@joyastew]

Stacey you should take a trip to Florida to see the old RTC Orlando grounds. So sad that it is no longer there. Brought back a lot of memories. COmplany K009, November 1990-December 1990

[@stevenclark7262]

Love to be sitting around a campfire with you guys to hear more stories.

[@iamfire5637]

Hey all! Fun to see this video. I am currently a 16 year Navy civilian working in Bremerton Washington. My family and I are planning on hitting the road full time in a few months. Love the content and look forward to seeing more. Sherman

[@nautigrin8546]

I spent the summer of '79 on Point Loma, and Coronado at both Buds and the Amphib base in Master Dive Instuctor class, was a wonderful time, even if the average day was 18+ hours of training.

[@waynevaughan5263]

Great trip down memory lane Stacey and Phil. Thanks for sharing upur experiences. You can tell from your excitement that you had a great time.

[@63babaero]

Wow! Place have changed. Glad they kept USS Never Sail. I was there back in 1986, Company 933. 👍 just subscribed to your Chanel.

[@roscoesraiders5361]

So "we were on a break" a reference to the TV show friends? Anyhow, you guys got me telling army stories now. Great vid.

[@jimpoff1509]

You both are so incredible! Great tour and I showed my Dad today[a wwII Navy veteran] your video on the USS Midway. He loved it! He served aboard the Iowa during his time.

[@dc71vwvw]

I was a "Rick" RTC Great Lakes, '89. Company 248 "On your feet". Chow was 5 min tops. Lol

[@justgawkin2418]

My Company Commander only had 3 printable names for recruits: Son, Boy or Leroy. Never had the sack to ask why. LOL.

[@coachrob04]

Make sure you take a trip to LA Jolla Cove. You can get withing 10ft of seals and sea lions.

[@ronmcguire2951]

Boot camp there in 1955, company 269. Spent some time on LST 758, USS Duval County.

[@linebeaudette4007]

Fun times in San Diego, lived in Point Loma back in early 90’s. Any fun Tijuana stories?! I bet so!! 😉🍻🍹

[@scottinbr]

Seriously?? Every squid knows “what happened in Tijuana STAYED in Tijuana”!!! 😂

[@lawrenceconstantine7735]

Top Gun Baby! Phil, I want to see you flip the crepe just like he did.

[@billfitzgerald8705]

EVERY barracks I stayed at have been torn down!!! RTC Orlando, NATTC Memphis, NAS Oceana.

[@pammwaddilove4514]

I was in boot camp in Orlando summer of 1986!

[@richardgerster6526]

I went through there in 1980 and the only thing I remember of the things you showed was the USS recruit.

[@donaldtharp]

Thanks. Those are some excellent memories. Appreciate your story.

[@mikepeterson799]

Happy Anniversary! I'm curious how many years each of you served? Thanks for the great videos. Love watching you.

[@seanclevenger2856]

Many memories of that place. Went to boot camp in 82 (217) and spent a bit at NTC for school. Watched the progression into what it is today over my 27 year career. Post Navy, always tried to stay at the Homewood Suites as a contractor. Thanks for the great walk through. Thanks to both of you for your service.

[@dontetzlaff3914]

Awesome time, my wife and I visited the Midway a few years ago. Being a retired Canadian Naval Air guy, I flew on several of the aircraft that was on the flight deck and my wife couldn't believe the stuff I was saying that she never knew before. We met just at the end of the military career. I love San Diego!!!

[@ontheroadrvstyle2565]

Me and the wife just got off the midway thank you for letting us know about that it was a great tour. We asking everybody there if they knew Phil. See you on the road

[@birdman5223]

Yes, that Midway tour is a must🌝

[@greenoak1]

Awesome video! - I'm on the other side as a observer. I was born and raised in Ridgecrest China Lake with a job as a drafter working on Sidewinder and Phoenix missile systems in 1982. Moved to San Diego in 85. I wander around Liberty Station and try to imagine what is must have been like "back in the day" . It is such a crazy nexus for so many people. My current company here in San Diego, Solar Turbines, was the third largest employer of aircraft parts for WWII - we had many of the original Rosie the Riveters - that were showcased in the Women's Museum at Liberty Station. Full Circle!

[@jerryrakowski1794]

Thank you both for your service

[@texaswagon2957]

In march of 1970 we put a recruit over the fence. The whole Company helped.

[@todayissomeday]

OMG!! 😂😂😂😂

[@smith4tx2001]

We also love crepes and for our 25th Anniversary we were in London & Paris and had the street vendor crepes and sat in the park looking at the Eiffel Tower. Great times.

[@MichaelJohnson-mh7mp]

I got there in 1976 at 17 y/o loved the video.

[@bobw349]

Yes always nice to go back, did several years ago at Lackland AFB, TX.

[@Fairchildflyer]

I spent 12 years at North Island. At VAW-11( E-2s)

[@scottsharp9823]

I think I still have my grinder reminder from there

[@DavidHBurkart]

Long live the TDE-1 (USS Recruit) & the recruits of Company 208. I spent a career as a firefighter in CA, fueled in part from the three days of fire training at RTC SD. I later had my first experience driving an ambulance at Ford Island, during transient status at Nimitz. Planted a bug that I had to itch once out of the Nav that I scratched for over 37 years.

[@Freebirdz3]

Great video! I’m a Navy Brat from San Diego who enlisted in the Navy in Orlando but went to boot camp in San Diego. I was sent back to NTC Orlando for BE&E School. My dad went to boot camp in San Diego. Seabees Can Do.

[@todayissomeday]

Hand Salute!

[@4LowRocks]

Happy Anniversary! Didn't want to go to sea neither! Went to boot camp at what is now Liberty Station, then flew to Pensacola for my schooling. Wound up at sea 18 days after that training. Now, in my civil service job, I'm going back to sea on two of the Navy's newest research and development ships from Navy Base Point Loma. Fun! Thanks for sharing this video guys. Where did ya'll stay in the area?

[@mdclarke757]

We just left there a couple of weeks ago. Went to liberty station and Point Loma Light house. I grew up there but we moved to Norfolk in 2000 and retired in San Antonio. Almost the same track as y’all.

[@lewisbarclay6574]

A long time ago Phil. I thought the Navy boot camp was against the MCRD and the airport. I was at Marine boot camp September 1976 and later returned to the depot for duty in 1978 and thought the Navy boot was still adjacent. Looking on google maps now looks like MCRD took that space over and most of the buildings are gone. I am also going way back in memory. Anyway, keep the videos coming as I enjoy them very much. Hope to see you guys out on the road sometime.

[@Corman911]

Your memory is spot on. I was there in 1980, I still remember running down along the runway fence to a clump of trees for our turnaround back to the finish and the Navy guys were right there on the other side of the fence.

[@todayissomeday]

Spot on, both of you. Oh the memories!!!

[@fleetofcads]

We, on the Navy side, were running around a small clay track like you have in high School. You guys at MCRD were running around the airport! I remember seeing your CC's following you guys in their trucks while you were running around the runways. lol

[@rnich56]

The boot camp barracks on the RTC side I believe are all torn down.

[@Sgtkode]

I worked at Great Lakes, went on leave for eleven days lost my AFID. When I went to PSD the entire building was gone and there was grass growing. You should have heard the laughter when I called Dispatch to find the location of the new PSD. This happened all the time. Building was there one day gone the next.

[@mikeprichard7933]

I went to MCRD San Diego on the other side of the runway from you on 10Sept1973. A long time ago

[@geraldstefanski6537]

Great I went to bootcamp Their 1969 Retired 1996 BM1 Outstanding

[@n6nvr]

I think Les Girls and the Sports Arena are about the only two businesses still in operation from those days.

[@fleetofcads]

Really enjoyed this episode. I was in company 245 and went through RTC/NTC in Dec of 1985 so I was just ahead of you. I was 17 and the youngest in my company. Somebody gave me the wise advice before I went to boot camp to keep my mouth shut and stay in the middle of the group. Was good advice for sure. It was like landing on another planet arriving in San Diego from a small mayberry town in LA. Just like you, it was the best thing I could have done at that time of my life. I was a cook in the Navy and did my A-school there as well. I remember that club very well. They had beer vending machines on base(at the bowling alley) when I was there. They were trying to keep us underage squids from going down and getting in trouble in Tijuana where the drinking age was 16 or something like that. I ended up being a plank owner on the USS Bunker Hill which was stationed at Coronado Island. Makes you feel old seeing a Starbucks where you use to march huh?!? lol

[@AllieMetcalfgoogle]

RTC Orlando in 1991. The whole place is gone now, jealous you can take the trip down memory lane. Love your vids!

[@todayissomeday]

Hand Salute!

[@stevenclark7262]

Watching this (again) was “ a blast” many thanks.

[@leonajameson8902]

Awesome. I live in a suburb of San Diego and haven’t been there in a long time

[@hettysmotorhomeadventures4860]

Great video guys, this year marks 45 yrs since I joined the junior army ( aged 16 yrs) .I was what I think you guys call a tanker, but we call the Calvary. In my recruit troop we started with 65 and 18 months later when we passed out there was 42 guys left. We have a close bond and we meet up annually. We are all 60-61 yrs now, I have lost a few of my brothers in active service and some to illness, but we can still number about 30 when we get together. Take care both 👍

[@hettysmotorhomeadventures4860]

Ps British army

[@PughAnita]

Love the stories... brought back memories! I went to bootcamp in Orlando in 92. And went to overseas training in San Diego then to Guam to the USS Holland and back to San Diego to Corpsman A school. Many memories!

[@michaelrivera7304]

Great video! I went to Navy boot camp in Orlando in 1986, then to Meridian, MS and then was stationed in San Diego until 1990. Still live in San Diego and remember all the spots on RTC and NTC.

[@jmdminiaturehorse63]

I went to Great Lakes in 1979

[@feraxks]

I went to TTY school there back in '83.

[@Pilgrimdave1960]

Happy Anniversary !