Camp Wolters and Camp Hood here in Texas are now Fort Wolters and Fort Hood.
Wolters was always an aviation meca I believe. During Vietnam, it was primary
helicopter flight training (T-55's), before going to advance training at Rucker.
Hood is well known as the armor and mech infantry post. While Fort Wolters is
now defunct (Texas State Rifle Assoc maintains a 1000 yard rifle range there),
Fort Hood is of course still blowing and going and is the largest military
installation (I think), in the world.
Pete & Renee Davis wrote:
> The Mountain Division was also stationed at Fort Ethan Allen in Jericho, VT.
> I had to make a couple of deliveries there when I drove for a small freight
> outfit near Burlington. One of the shipments consisted of boxes of night
> vision goggles, and the count was one box short. The officer in charge was
> not very happy. I distinctly remember seeing several of those articulated
> Haaglund snow machines in the motor pool.
>
> GE also test fired the miniguns they made in South Burlington at Fort Ethan
> Allen. They set them up under corrugated sheet metal awnings and chewed holes
> in a gravel bank. I got to hear one once. Imagine the fastest drum roll you
> ever heard, using sledge hammers on a boiler. Wouldn't want to be on the
> wrong end of that.
>
> Pete Davis
> pandr@cybertours.com
>
> Thomas M McHugh wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > The Army has & had many bases that were Camps in the 50s & 60s. Forts
> > in the 60s & 70s. Now camps again for a few.
> >
> > Camp Pickett VA in 50s I believe was upgraded later.
> >
> > Camp Drum NY (Pine Camp) was then upgraded to Fort Drum & the Mountain
> > Division was stationed there full time.
> >
> > I am sure there are many more.
> >
> > Tom McHugh, NJ
> > 52 M38A1
> > MVPA, MTA
> >
> > On Fri, 11 May 2001 01:44:08 EDT Recovry4x4@aol.com writes:
> > > It was my understanding that Forts were Army and Camps were Marines.
> > > Now I
> > > don't know!
> > >
> > > Kenneth Engle
> > > Loxahatchee, FL
> > > '52 Stude M-275 tractor
> > > '78 Casemaster Pioneer Tool Trailer
> > > Recovry4x4@aol.com
> > >
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