[MV] Ramstein

Sonny
[color=blue]
> Does Ramstein ring a bell?
>
> I flew out of there on a C5A this past July. They have a huge new
> terminal building there and they are building a huge huge hotel just
> across the street from it. [/color]

A few months back there was an article on TV that said the US was
closing all its bases in Germany in order to concentrate its
resources on the current problem areas.

Either the media is wrong - now that would be a first, wouldn't it? ;-0

Or somebody has spent a lot of money in the wrong place.

Regards
Doug

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I heard that they had made a decision to cut back within Germany but I did
not hear that they were closing all bases there. I don't think they will
close Ramstein nor Landstuhl but I could be wrong.

I watched the Navy build billions of dollars worth of different buildings
and infrastructure at the NTC in Orlando during the late eighties and then
five or six years later they got bulldozed to the ground and the Navy closed
up and moved away. Made me sick. I went back there after not being there
for two or three years and had a hard time finding my way around to my
Credit Union building, which did not get dozed but the city forced them the
remodel it to fit in with all the buildings they built there. Talk about
Government waste, geez


Sonny


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From: "dgrev" <dgrev (AT) iinet (DOT) net.au>
To: "Sonny Heath" <sonny (AT) defuniak (DOT) com>
Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh (AT) mil-veh (DOT) org>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 6:16 PM
Subject: Ramstein

[color=blue]
> Sonny
>[color=green]
>> Does Ramstein ring a bell?
>>
>> I flew out of there on a C5A this past July. They have a huge new
>> terminal building there and they are building a huge huge hotel just
>> across the street from it.[/color]
>
> A few months back there was an article on TV that said the US was
> closing all its bases in Germany in order to concentrate its
> resources on the current problem areas.
>
> Either the media is wrong - now that would be a first, wouldn't it? ;-0
>
> Or somebody has spent a lot of money in the wrong place.
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
>
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> [/color]


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I went back to the base I was stationed at in Foley Ala (Navy) about 5 years
ago and its gone only the runways (aircraft) are still there.I was a kid
when I got there in 1952 and when I was discharged in 1955 I went home from
there.I figure I grew up there and when I saw it was gone I almost cryed as
it was like my home or home town was gone.
For MV contant I was a truck driver and equiptment operator.I also was part
of the aircraft crash crew.We went there to pick up the pieces.But that is
another story
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny (AT) defuniak (DOT) com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh (AT) mil-veh (DOT) org>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Ramstein

[color=blue]
>I heard that they had made a decision to cut back within Germany but I did
>not hear that they were closing all bases there. I don't think they will
>close Ramstein nor Landstuhl but I could be wrong.
>
> I watched the Navy build billions of dollars worth of different buildings
> and infrastructure at the NTC in Orlando during the late eighties and then
> five or six years later they got bulldozed to the ground and the Navy
> closed up and moved away. Made me sick. I went back there after not being
> there for two or three years and had a hard time finding my way around to
> my Credit Union building, which did not get dozed but the city forced them
> the remodel it to fit in with all the buildings they built there. Talk
> about Government waste, geez
>
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dgrev" <dgrev (AT) iinet (DOT) net.au>
> To: "Sonny Heath" <sonny (AT) defuniak (DOT) com>
> Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh (AT) mil-veh (DOT) org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 6:16 PM
> Subject: Ramstein
>
>[color=green]
>> Sonny
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Does Ramstein ring a bell?
>>>
>>> I flew out of there on a C5A this past July. They have a huge new
>>> terminal building there and they are building a huge huge hotel just
>>> across the street from it.[/color]
>>
>> A few months back there was an article on TV that said the US was
>> closing all its bases in Germany in order to concentrate its
>> resources on the current problem areas.
>>
>> Either the media is wrong - now that would be a first, wouldn't it? ;-0
>>
>> Or somebody has spent a lot of money in the wrong place.
>>
>> Regards
>> Doug
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 1/6/2006
>>
>>[/color]
>
>
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At 8:40 PM -0600 1/8/06, Sonny Heath wrote:[color=blue]
>I heard that they had made a decision to cut
>back within Germany but I did not hear that they
>were closing all bases there. I don't think they
>will close Ramstein nor Landstuhl but I could be
>wrong.
>
>I watched the Navy build billions of dollars
>worth of different buildings and infrastructure
>at the NTC in Orlando during the late eighties
>and then five or six years later they got
>bulldozed to the ground and the Navy closed up
>and moved away. Made me sick. I went back there
>after not being there for two or three years and
>had a hard time finding my way around to my
>Credit Union building, which did not get dozed
>but the city forced them the remodel it to fit
>in with all the buildings they built there. Talk
>about Government waste, geez[/color]

Some of the highest costs for the military isn't
capital purchases, but manpower costs. If the
IOWA's didn't take 1000+ crew to operate, they'd
not have been mothballed as much as they were.

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Ryan
[color=blue]
> Some of the highest costs for the military isn't capital purchases, but
> manpower costs. If the IOWA's didn't take 1000+ crew to operate, they'd
> not have been mothballed as much as they were.[/color]

I was under the impression it was a vulnerability issue plus OH & S
concerns that finally caused their demise. Real pity whatever the
reason.
I got a deck tour of the New Jersey in Sydney about 20 years ago and
it was one very impressive ship.

Regards
Doug


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