From the Past. And not Darkly, either!

By ORPO, on 31 January 2011

I was goofing off this past weekend and bingo, I came across this.

For old Seventh Fleet-West Pac guys this was sort of Heaven and a Bacchic type place! But as we used to say………………….”What happens in Westpac, stays in Westpac!”

Las Vegas owes the US Pacific Fleet royalties over that line!

Subic Bay RP. NAS Cubi Point(L) and NS Subic Bay(R)

And here it is! Out past the Air Station is Grande Island with the recreation area complete with a hotel, cottages, athletic facilities and a pretty decent beach! There are/were gun emplacements with rusty guns still there.

Yeah. This was our place over in West Pac. There are other stories to be told……………someday?

Buck

February 1st, 2011 at 1214 · Reply

Heh. We zoomies had our own such place, that being Angeles City right outside the gate at Clark AB. It was a BETTER place, though, in that we didn’t have to put up with hordes of sailors arriving on liberty with three months of back pay to blow in a matter of days. I’m talking Econ 101 stuff… that supply and demand thing, yanno? :-)

ORPO1 Glenn

February 1st, 2011 at 1823 · Reply

I’m hip! We would get Air Force guys over to Olongapo. The said it was “a bit different!”

Old Quartermaster

February 1st, 2011 at 2226 · Reply

Meet my ship there in ’68. Many fond memories.

Saw a NH veteran plate “SUBIC” while on vacation.

Check for familar faces at http://www.subicbaypi.com

SoCal Pir8

February 3rd, 2011 at 1859 · Reply

Do you know the date that photo was taken? I’m guessing mid Dec 90 – early Jan 91.

ORPO1 Glenn

February 3rd, 2011 at 2159 · Reply

January of 1990. A shipmate of mine from days long past did a wiki check on it.
Miss the place now and then.

February 4th, 2011 at 1533 · Reply

Compare this with this
http://www.subicbaypi.com/sub_pho_aerial_main.htm
Think month maybe right but not the year. All the ships on the Subic side are part of the Amphib forces from San Diego on our way to Desert Storm. ATF was there mid December ’90 – 1st week January ’91. Ranger boat at the carrier pier on CUBI side.

February 4th, 2011 at 1951 · Reply

I think you are most definitely correct!
I was working phase crew at VA128 on my last shore tour.