USMC Barracks Room Tour 2022 (Okinawa, Japan)

Semper fi to the delis.
All background music is from squirl beats: / squirlbeats
Copyright Information:
► Under the copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, I have full legal permission to terminate any channels that illegally download and or use my work without written consent.
►No copyright infringement is intended. All rights to any art/music used in my work belong to their respective owners, who can be found above.

[@landoturner1602]

WTF, I was there 30 years ago in a squad bay , damn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maxblaser4939]

lol yes me too im thinking green wool U.S. covers lol

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I was there Aug74 to Sep 75. Yes 45 Marines in one squad bay at Camp Foster

[@jhollie8196]

Exactly. Semper Fidelis

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I was at Marine Air Base in Futema in 1967/68. We lived in a long squad bay but it was sectioned off in cubicles with 2 of us per cube. It was better than one big open squad bay. We had nasans who came in 5 days a week. They did some small amount of cleaning, sewed on chevrons, but mostly sat around giggling and jabbering in Japanese. We had a 6-day workweek repairing war damaged electronics equipment that was sent up from Vietnam. Shortly after I left the Japanese took back control of the island. It was great duty. Much better than stateside.

[@T5d1Va]

I was at Camp Hansen (9th Marines) in 1991-92 and we had brand new barracks that looked exactly like this.

[@jesustrevino4087]

Those were the good old days, the thing I remember were the Marines that were about to rotate saying.... What kind of bees don't fly and the other Marines would say in unison, New bees. It was all good. Semper Fidelis !

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

WOW... I was stationed at Camp Foster Aug74 - Sep75. Open squad bay with 45 Marines. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant

[@WayneHarris]

Nice apartment. We had Squad bays back in the mid-80 on Okinawa.

[@billwest6406]

I was at Camp Schwab up north. I used to do midnight runs down to Kinville and bang mamasans outside Camp Hansen and stroll whisper alley down by gate 2 street. I’m planning a trip back there to relive my past. I wonder if they’ll let me see my old room in the barracks.

[@warshipsdd-2142]

Not like this in the Old Corps. In 1963 many were in Quonset Huts, at best a shared bunk bed in a squad bay separated from the beds on either side by double wall lockers. Personal storage was a double wall locker and a footlocker stored under the bed. Heads shared with one or two of the four duty sections. Need I add we used iron sights? Semper Fi, it's still the Green Machine and gets the job done :)

[@robertbenson3437]

I too was on Oki in1966, Mc T., which is now gone to base housing. Semper Fi

[@markallison5641]

I was on Okinawa for parts of 1971 and 1972. 3/12 155 Howitzers. Was there when the island was transitioned back to the Japanese in 1972. We lived in Quonset huts at Camp Hague. Good times, fond memories.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I was stationed at Camp Foster Aug 74 to Sep 75. Looks like a lot of changes since I was there. We lived in 40 men in a open squad bay. When I made Sgt at Camp LeJeune it was nice to live in an area for Sgt. Single racks no double racks. Semper Fi, Long Live the Legend of Chesty Puller

[@onikonobi]

It’s really nice to see everyone who lived in Okinawa connect. We were stationed on Camp Kinser from 90-95. Best childhood ever! Lol

[@jerrysullivan8424]

I can tell you this when I was there in the year 1976 at Camp Hanson, we sure would have no blankets like yours. LOL! all of us had wool green. nor would we have a computer, they were not around yet, however you would see a lot of Boomboxes. Semper Fi.

[@nctjc]

Hey man! I was there in 76 too! Camp Schwab. No rooms. Just squad bays, racks, and metal lockers. Good times!

[@lucashahn5512]

Thanks for the tour! Im getting stationed at Camp Foster 3rd LSB

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Are you on Okinawa now? I was stationed at Camp Foster Aug74 to Sep75. I worked at H&S Bn S-1 3rd Force Service Regiment today 3rd Marine Logistical Group.

[@marine698]

Looks nice! I loved Okinawa, was there twice.

[@craigbjork7786]

Times have changed, we got one seabag and barracks held 40

[@thomasparkin4183]

What Happened to the Open Squad bays and Mammasan doing laundry ? I was with the FMF, 78-84, Bravo 1/1 & India 3/4. 6 months at Hansen and 2 years at Schwab. No wonder we have a bunch of lightweights now. No one know each other the way we all knew each other back then.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I too, lived in an open squad bay at Camp Foster Aug74 to Sep75. A close friend of mine was in the 4th Marines at Camp Henson. The Corps has changed a lot since the mid-70s. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant

[@charliemoorejr.]

Thank you for the room tour. Thank you for your Military Service 😀👏🏿🇺🇸!

[@49ersmahsf1]

They renovated the barracks just to move to Guam !

[@metrotcb9560]

I was 1986 in squad bays, metal wall locker's, metal racks, old desk furniture that look like they were there 15 years, camp Hansen. No cell phone, no computers, entertainment kin ville or USO club

[@dave-d-grunt]

I was at Hansen when the EM club became the USO. NCO and EM club combined.

[@briantaylor6545]

Marine Corps forever, but wow the barracks are unchanged. I was there in 1996, 1997, and 1998. I don't miss the restrictions in Okinawa.

[@danielstevenson1250]

I lived in those barracks from 1994 to 1998.

[@tiffanygrever8092]

Did you know a Eric Craig I think he spent some time there?

[@danielstevenson1250]

@@tiffanygrever8092 no

[@nctjc]

You had rooms? We were all stuck in a squad bay together, with big windows and steel wall lockers, back in 1976. NO wifi, no computers...I don't even think we had a TV. You boys have it easy. Besides the bars off base, there was nothing pleasant about Camp Schwab......

[@sleeperino3054]

You had squad bays? You boys had it easy. We were all stuck in a single hut with nothing but a candle. Back in 1957 NO bars off base and no peace

[@cozys3296]

I'm stationed @campschwab now and love it, only marine corps base where you have a room to yourself hehe😎

[@GregShieldsOutdoors]

Great looking space iron man!! Wishing you the best. CTR2 (E-5) USN back in the day

[@richthomson6174]

9th engineers Camp Hansen (Kinville) 1990-1991..lived in the old barracks while they built the new ones.. Pile drivers forever..Got to live in a new one for a few months till Desert Storm..Semper Fi.

[@BushidoDevilDog]

I was with 9th ESB at the same time (Feb 1990-Oct 1991)...H&S Co. Comm platoon, deployed with Charlie Company to Subic Bay from January to May 1991.

[@edgarguerra170]

My son is stationed in Japan he's in the Marines I have not heard of him for a long time

[@MrSwccguy]

Good

[@clearnights5867]

Is there a reason he's not reaching out to you?

[@tiffanygrever8092]

I know the feeling I'm always initiating the contact they told me at the very beginning no news is good news.

[@315njp]

did you get your pc shipped from the states or did you build a new one there cause i want okinawa to be my duty station but im not tryna spend another 2k on a pc if i already have one

[@Skaterlunatic]

I never had a pc before this one so I built it here, you can send stuff to Japan however if its your first duty station you most likely won't be able to unless its shipped from your family.

[@didis0143]

Wait I thought off base wasn’t a thing no more?

[@PlayfulWithIt]

Mostly if you're married.

[@F.l.x.d]

Make another video about your experience?

[@Skaterlunatic]

doesn't sound like a bad idea

[@jaildawg1971]

i didnt catch which base you were on devil...i was on schwab both in 94 and 96 i think those barracks rooms havent changed since then the two man rooms with the conjoining bathrooms? i was with camp gaurd on my second deployment they put us in these old one man rooms in an old building i think they tore that down by now

[@GT0311]

They're New! I was one of the first to stay in them at Hansen, 1995! Stayed in the squad bay in 1993!

[@byff2323]

10,000 yen. That’s literally a hundred bucks you’re keeping as a souvenir. You must be a baller!

[@paulwestmoreland8498]

I was in an open squad bay on Camp Schwab

[@nctjc]

Yeah man! I was there too, in 1976. We had a common head, metal lockers and racks, and only tape players and radios. I was a cook.

[@curtiscosta3306]

Schwab in ‘91-‘92 with 3/6 Open squad bays!

[@SkoolConnor]

Im going into the Marine Corps, my MOS is gonna be MSG, and I hope that I can get stationed in Okinawa some time, hopefully the first time! but one can dream as itll never go the way you want it to haha

[@tiffanygrever8092]

My son is there right now and likes it but just remember if your there your only five hundred miles from Taiwan and if things go down your most likely going to be on the front lines.good luck semper Fi.

[@tajwortham]

How did you enjoy your time in Oki? How’s COVID there now?

[@Skaterlunatic]

I liked Oki a lot, and it got way better once I got a car out here to travel around Island, COVID is taken way more seriously out here than the states and usually we follow the Japanese Government if they want things to be strict or not, right now things are pretty laid back, just wear a mask off base is all.

[@tajwortham]

Dope! I’m getting ready to ship soon and Oki is on my radar. Is there nightlife at all? And how easy is it to get to mainland? Appreciate you replying!

[@Skaterlunatic]

@@tajwortham there is definitely a night life here, just don't go to places black-listed or stay off base during curfew hours and you will be fine, I just don't like to party personally so I don't know too many locations. It's very easy to get to Mainland, you can go on a 72 or 96 too if you want, but to get a really good experience I would take 1 or 2 weeks off and go, it's usually only around $150 for round trip tickets.

[@tajwortham]

You the man! Appreciate the info! That’s all I’ve got for now. Best of luck in the civilian world boss 👌🏾

[@TRose-hc9pv]

I was in Camp Hansen in 99 and 2001. Yut yut! Please tell me we're still leaving a six pack in the ceiling for the next Marines.

[@saulgoodman6683]

What the heck is this…college?!! LOL - glad they give you decent rooms. It wasn’t like that back in the day. Semper Fi

[@willyho2g]

I was stationed camp foster emc company barracks 5703 up the hill lol

[@raffig6626]

Yea I'm super salty right about now lol We had nothing this plush at Camp Schwab

[@dave-d-grunt]

3/4 and 1/4 1974-1977. Camp Hansen cube squad bays.

[@392DOSS]

Are you still in oki

[@Skaterlunatic]

nah man, been back in America for around 3 years.

[@isaacneale2891]

is this mcas futenma?

[@ftua4006]

I was there when we moved into that barracks on a Saturday 5703 to 5704 good times 😂

[@xandhtx6764]

Kind of a dumb question I am thinking on joining the US Army but do they go to Japan to or just marines?

[@billwest6406]

The army does have a base on Okinawa, it’s called Torii Station. Special forces soldiers are there with some support elements.

[@colenikavlogs794]

Hello. Is it easily to extend marines in Japan ?

[@Skaterlunatic]

Depends, usually you can do a one year extension most of the time

[@maxblaser4939]

yea ask for w95 orders i worked in 3rd marine logistics group commanding generals office was the command sgt majors driver i got W 95 orders and stayed past my year

[@DTaze]

When did you graduate high school?

[@Skaterlunatic]

4 years ago

[@iplxel7888]

@@Skaterlunatic when did you enlist? Ive been seriously considering joining the marines or the army next summer the past few months nd I'm 16 right now, turning 17 in May

[@Sonny.C04]

Are you allowed to have a car or motorcycle?

[@oneday3857]

Do you get to choose what country you want to go to?

[@Skaterlunatic]

i depends, you can but its not guaranteed.

[@burleyrogers9823]

Nothing like that in 83-84

[@UsmcDevildog-rd1yt]

Pimp my barracks addition

[@misterxrd]

Any barracks bunnies there?!

[@totalrobot]

Former Camp Hansen 31st MEU HQ S-2 '95-96

[@danielmiranda232]

Dam bro looks like you didn't get much action there when I was in oki it was a non stop party camp foster shit I used to hit the e club to start every weekend off and I had to take the loser cruiser to get there some of the best marine corps years I had I was there in 02 to 03 wish I did some fishing over there il go back someday

[@carmenmusse6863]

I WAS THERE IN 82 TO 83 USMC

[@Billkellar]

i was in camp schwab barracks big squad bay 1978

[@83Utica]

Camp Foster 84 - 87 open squad bay

[@Theresistance64]

Looks like MY old room at Courtney. At least they got rid of those damn bathtubs. Much better.

[@demech07]

Camp Foster, 9th motors, 1993

[@lqdxoni1]

invest in something with better motion control

[@stanleystempinski235]

This guy for damn sure ain't no 0300! I was there in '84 and '86 at Camp Hansen with the 3/5 "Get Some" and we lived no where near like this cat! I don't think that the camp commander had it that nice, just saying. Shit we didn't even have screens on the windows until mid summer of '86 and I belive that we only got them because of the AIDS pandemic and that the higher ups were trying to slow down the possibility of the spread of AIDS by mosquitoes. Be fore the screens we had mosquito nets. No A/C either. Wasn't that bad. We were hard core!

[@rostamlong380]

Dig that bro Camp Hansen mid 80's 2/9 and 1/7 squad bay all day and then kinville or NTA lol...

[@play2dnplays279]

Did you have a roommate

[@Skaterlunatic]

Yes for a long time, but when he moved out I got to keep the room to myself

[@iamme4494]

Please check out fingers or oil angels

[@LynxNYC]

Wow. Quality of life in Army so much better lol. Even in Infantry.

[@adrenalyx5926]

Joji !!!

[@sharonc6505]

Hi My son is there ..he has been there 3 years 3rd battalian Camp Hansen ..he might know you ..

[@Skaterlunatic]

He might not, I had to leave Camp Hansen in 2020 when he would have gotten there unfortunately I was on Camp Foster from that point on

[@sharonc6505]

@@Skaterlunatic ok yes he has been there awhile 😐 He Supposed to leave in August or so..thank you for your Service and Stay Safe!

[@stevengorecki5042]

Are you kidding me a nco with stuffed animals. Don't know how this guy made it through boot camp,much less becoming a no. Some different when I was In 82 thru 90

[@lqdxoni1]

Must not move often

[@MrSwccguy]

Pog boot fuq