ilovewindex
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SO during a good chunk of my child hood I was passed around from time to time to differing family members to be watched while my grandparents or dad or mom could deal with things and not worry with me (or in the case of my grandparents they could go visit friends and me not be bored)
Anyway, my uncle was an officer in the USMC and i spent ALOT of time on several different bases and in base housing.. I always remember how crappy base housing was, and how unkempt it could be
I first remember base life at Camp Pendelton in 1989/1990 but they lived off base and remember very little from the base
My first ACTUAL rememberances of base life where at Quantico in late 1991... It was a duplex of some sort, with the kitchen/laundry off to the right, a living room area and dinning room dead ahead and bedrooms to the left.... I was always fascinated by appliances then and I remember it had a gas over/under stove and my aunts GE top freezer she carted all over the us for 16 years..They've redone all the housing there, so I can't find pictures.. It always intrigued me and i've ment to ask for pictures from my aunt
In the end of 1992 they moved to McCoy Annex of NTS Orlando and where there until 1996... I remember the house well... It had a carport and the washer and dryers where in a room off the carport... I remember sneaking around during the day and looking in the neighbors laundry rooms (i remember this once, knowing me, i did it a bunch)... Alot of Kenmore's! Lots and Lots of Kenmores... Thats why mid to late 80s Kenmores are so special... Anyway, you walk into the kitchen and it had 2 doors and an akward layout.. The dishwasher was probably a WCI clone of somesort (Gibson or westinghouse, Gibson sticks in my head), a basic 18 cu ft fridge (my aunt had her GE where there fridge whent and used the base one as a second, it was off white and brand new, Gibson or some off brand was its name, I didn't really pay attention)... What stuck in my head was the stove... It wasn't special, it was BOL as all can be... It had a slightly slanted control panel and a window in the door... It had gray decals with the lettering for the stove and sliver and black knobs... IT said "VISTA"on it... I think it had lines on the window for the oven.. But i can't remember.. We used it for several thanksgivings and such and it worked well...
In 1996 they moved to Stella NC to an off base house for 18 months.. It was almost new, had full black whirlpool appliances and the first ceramic topped stove i ever cooked on. It was nice.. TOL everything... Then 18 months later, they got a house on base... This was the house I had to dodge the MP's because i thought they would arrest me for not being in school (I was schooled in a wierd way)... Anyway, it was a full on 1970s GE Kitchen.. GE SXS, GE 40" dual oven range and AND GE Potscrubber.... Sadly, the potscrubber didn't work, and it was replaced with a Whirlpool gold power clean of around 1997... That 40" GE stove was a beast.. I mean it made some mean cookies.. I loved using it... The wierd thing with this house is the washer and dryer was directly behind the stove and in a closet, almost too small for them. The water heater was tucked in here.. They also used the trash can carrier heatpumps that always seemed broken... I loved that kitchen.. It was huge, and the house had a maids quarters even... The base was actually getting ready to redo the housing at that time, and looking online, i see they moved the laundry upstairs along with the water tank and hvac.. Such fond memories.. I remember begging to keep the stove because we knew they would be ripping the houses apart.. My grandmother and aunt go so mad because I wouldn't shut up about the damn stove
They moved back to Camp Pendleton next, and the house there small and cramped.. I actually was not out to this house, as they where there like 18 months..
In the summer of 2000, they moved to my uncles final installation (he was mad, had they kept him in San Diego, he would have stayed in until 2005)... They moved to Paris ISland, SC... I actually learned to drive on Paris Island and have so many memories here as well.. The house was OLD and falling apart... The floors tilted, it creeked, the kitchen sucked, but it was decent.. We stayed across the field most of the time at the Osprey Inn.. My aunts old Kenmores where stationed by the back door, there poor (and now inside was cracked) GE fridge was stuffed into the tiney kitchen, along with a White Westinghouse fridge and dishwasher (that was 20 years old) and a 1980s White Westinghouse Range that looked similar to the Vista in orlando... The HVAC and water tank where in a sub basment thing and always flooded during the rains or storms.. Those houses are now also gone.. They needed it... It was so dark and cramped in that house...
It was an intetresting 13 years of life for me and I do miss the travel and the bases, but i know they where glad to be done
So did any one else grow up in base housing or spending time on military bases
Anyway, my uncle was an officer in the USMC and i spent ALOT of time on several different bases and in base housing.. I always remember how crappy base housing was, and how unkempt it could be
I first remember base life at Camp Pendelton in 1989/1990 but they lived off base and remember very little from the base
My first ACTUAL rememberances of base life where at Quantico in late 1991... It was a duplex of some sort, with the kitchen/laundry off to the right, a living room area and dinning room dead ahead and bedrooms to the left.... I was always fascinated by appliances then and I remember it had a gas over/under stove and my aunts GE top freezer she carted all over the us for 16 years..They've redone all the housing there, so I can't find pictures.. It always intrigued me and i've ment to ask for pictures from my aunt
In the end of 1992 they moved to McCoy Annex of NTS Orlando and where there until 1996... I remember the house well... It had a carport and the washer and dryers where in a room off the carport... I remember sneaking around during the day and looking in the neighbors laundry rooms (i remember this once, knowing me, i did it a bunch)... Alot of Kenmore's! Lots and Lots of Kenmores... Thats why mid to late 80s Kenmores are so special... Anyway, you walk into the kitchen and it had 2 doors and an akward layout.. The dishwasher was probably a WCI clone of somesort (Gibson or westinghouse, Gibson sticks in my head), a basic 18 cu ft fridge (my aunt had her GE where there fridge whent and used the base one as a second, it was off white and brand new, Gibson or some off brand was its name, I didn't really pay attention)... What stuck in my head was the stove... It wasn't special, it was BOL as all can be... It had a slightly slanted control panel and a window in the door... It had gray decals with the lettering for the stove and sliver and black knobs... IT said "VISTA"on it... I think it had lines on the window for the oven.. But i can't remember.. We used it for several thanksgivings and such and it worked well...
In 1996 they moved to Stella NC to an off base house for 18 months.. It was almost new, had full black whirlpool appliances and the first ceramic topped stove i ever cooked on. It was nice.. TOL everything... Then 18 months later, they got a house on base... This was the house I had to dodge the MP's because i thought they would arrest me for not being in school (I was schooled in a wierd way)... Anyway, it was a full on 1970s GE Kitchen.. GE SXS, GE 40" dual oven range and AND GE Potscrubber.... Sadly, the potscrubber didn't work, and it was replaced with a Whirlpool gold power clean of around 1997... That 40" GE stove was a beast.. I mean it made some mean cookies.. I loved using it... The wierd thing with this house is the washer and dryer was directly behind the stove and in a closet, almost too small for them. The water heater was tucked in here.. They also used the trash can carrier heatpumps that always seemed broken... I loved that kitchen.. It was huge, and the house had a maids quarters even... The base was actually getting ready to redo the housing at that time, and looking online, i see they moved the laundry upstairs along with the water tank and hvac.. Such fond memories.. I remember begging to keep the stove because we knew they would be ripping the houses apart.. My grandmother and aunt go so mad because I wouldn't shut up about the damn stove
They moved back to Camp Pendleton next, and the house there small and cramped.. I actually was not out to this house, as they where there like 18 months..
In the summer of 2000, they moved to my uncles final installation (he was mad, had they kept him in San Diego, he would have stayed in until 2005)... They moved to Paris ISland, SC... I actually learned to drive on Paris Island and have so many memories here as well.. The house was OLD and falling apart... The floors tilted, it creeked, the kitchen sucked, but it was decent.. We stayed across the field most of the time at the Osprey Inn.. My aunts old Kenmores where stationed by the back door, there poor (and now inside was cracked) GE fridge was stuffed into the tiney kitchen, along with a White Westinghouse fridge and dishwasher (that was 20 years old) and a 1980s White Westinghouse Range that looked similar to the Vista in orlando... The HVAC and water tank where in a sub basment thing and always flooded during the rains or storms.. Those houses are now also gone.. They needed it... It was so dark and cramped in that house...
It was an intetresting 13 years of life for me and I do miss the travel and the bases, but i know they where glad to be done
So did any one else grow up in base housing or spending time on military bases