USMC Barracks Room Tour 2022 (Okinawa, Japan)

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  • @landoturner1602
    @landoturner1602 Před rokem +50

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

    • @maxblaser4939
      @maxblaser4939 Před rokem +2

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

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 Před rokem +3

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

    • @jhollie8196
      @jhollie8196 Před rokem

      Exactly. Semper Fidelis

    • @Dr.Pepper001
      @Dr.Pepper001 Před rokem +1

      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
      @T5d1Va Před 9 měsíci

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

  • @jesustrevino4087
    @jesustrevino4087 Před 2 lety +19

    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
    @usmc-veteran73-77 Před rokem +10

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

  • @WayneHarris
    @WayneHarris Před 2 lety +19

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

  • @markallison5641
    @markallison5641 Před rokem +9

    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
      @usmc-veteran73-77 Před rokem +2

      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

  • @billwest6406
    @billwest6406 Před rokem +4

    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.

  • @jerrysullivan8424
    @jerrysullivan8424 Před rokem +12

    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
      @nctjc Před rokem +1

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

  • @warshipsdd-2142
    @warshipsdd-2142 Před rokem +8

    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
      @robertbenson3437 Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @metrotcb9560
    @metrotcb9560 Před 4 měsíci +1

    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

  • @craigbjork7786
    @craigbjork7786 Před 9 měsíci +2

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

  • @onikonobi
    @onikonobi Před 8 měsíci

    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

  • @charliemoorejr.
    @charliemoorejr. Před 2 lety +17

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

  • @lucashahn5512
    @lucashahn5512 Před rokem +2

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

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 Před 7 měsíci

      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.

  • @49ersmahsf1
    @49ersmahsf1 Před 29 dny +1

    They renovated the barracks just to move to Guam !

  • @thomasparkin4183
    @thomasparkin4183 Před rokem +3

    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
      @usmc-veteran73-77 Před rokem +1

      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

  • @nctjc
    @nctjc Před rokem +4

    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
      @sleeperino3054 Před rokem

      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
      @cozys3296 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @GregShieldsOutdoors
    @GregShieldsOutdoors Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @danielstevenson1250
    @danielstevenson1250 Před 2 lety +6

    I lived in those barracks from 1994 to 1998.

  • @richthomson6174
    @richthomson6174 Před rokem +1

    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
      @BushidoDevilDog Před 10 měsíci

      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.

  • @GT0311
    @GT0311 Před 21 dnem

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

  • @TRose-hc9pv
    @TRose-hc9pv Před 5 měsíci

    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.

  • @marine698
    @marine698 Před rokem +3

    Looks nice! I loved Okinawa, was there twice.

  • @curtiscosta3306
    @curtiscosta3306 Před rokem +2

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

  • @SkoolConnor
    @SkoolConnor Před rokem +1

    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
      @tiffanygrever8092 Před 10 měsíci

      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.

  • @byff2323
    @byff2323 Před 9 měsíci

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

  • @jaildawg1971
    @jaildawg1971 Před rokem +1

    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

  • @ftua4006
    @ftua4006 Před rokem

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

  • @edgarguerra170
    @edgarguerra170 Před rokem +3

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

    • @MrSwccguy
      @MrSwccguy Před rokem

      Good

    • @clearnights5867
      @clearnights5867 Před rokem +1

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

    • @tiffanygrever8092
      @tiffanygrever8092 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @willyho2g
    @willyho2g Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @didis0143
    @didis0143 Před 2 lety +8

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

    • @jon8207
      @jon8207 Před rokem

      Mostly if you're married.

  • @xandhtx6764
    @xandhtx6764 Před rokem

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

    • @billwest6406
      @billwest6406 Před rokem +1

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

  • @colenikavlogs794
    @colenikavlogs794 Před 2 lety +1

    Hello. Is it easily to extend marines in Japan ?

    • @Skaterlunatic
      @Skaterlunatic  Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @maxblaser4939
      @maxblaser4939 Před rokem +2

      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

  • @tajwortham
    @tajwortham Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @Skaterlunatic
      @Skaterlunatic  Před 2 lety +4

      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
      @tajwortham Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @Skaterlunatic  Před 2 lety +4

      @@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
      @tajwortham Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @paulwestmoreland8498
    @paulwestmoreland8498 Před rokem +2

    I was in an open squad bay on Camp Schwab

    • @nctjc
      @nctjc Před rokem

      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.

  • @UsmcDevildog-rd1yt
    @UsmcDevildog-rd1yt Před rokem +1

    Pimp my barracks addition

  • @isaacneale2891
    @isaacneale2891 Před 6 měsíci

    is this mcas futenma?

  • @raffig6626
    @raffig6626 Před rokem +1

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

  • @83Utica
    @83Utica Před rokem +2

    Camp Foster 84 - 87 open squad bay

  • @Wilson0621
    @Wilson0621 Před rokem

    Are you allowed to have a car or motorcycle?

  • @saulgoodman6683
    @saulgoodman6683 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @oneday3857
    @oneday3857 Před 5 měsíci

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

    • @Skaterlunatic
      @Skaterlunatic  Před 4 měsíci

      i depends, you can but its not guaranteed.

  • @Theresistance64
    @Theresistance64 Před rokem

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

  • @DTaze
    @DTaze Před 2 lety +2

    When did you graduate high school?

    • @Skaterlunatic
      @Skaterlunatic  Před 2 lety

      4 years ago

    • @iplxel7888
      @iplxel7888 Před rokem

      @@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

  • @danielmiranda232
    @danielmiranda232 Před rokem +1

    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
    @carmenmusse6863 Před 7 měsíci

    I WAS THERE IN 82 TO 83 USMC

  • @392DOSS
    @392DOSS Před 12 dny +1

    Are you still in oki

    • @Skaterlunatic
      @Skaterlunatic  Před 8 dny

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

  • @LynxNYC
    @LynxNYC Před rokem

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

  • @Billkellar
    @Billkellar Před rokem

    i was in camp schwab barracks big squad bay 1978

  • @adrenalyx5926
    @adrenalyx5926 Před 2 lety

    Joji !!!

  • @totalrobot
    @totalrobot Před rokem +1

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

  • @burleyrogers9823
    @burleyrogers9823 Před 3 měsíci

    Nothing like that in 83-84

  • @Lucious.Fletcher
    @Lucious.Fletcher Před 9 měsíci +1

    Make another video about your experience?

  • @demech07
    @demech07 Před rokem

    Camp Foster, 9th motors, 1993

  • @misterxrd
    @misterxrd Před rokem

    Any barracks bunnies there?!

  • @iamme4494
    @iamme4494 Před rokem

    Please check out fingers or oil angels

  • @stanleystempinski235
    @stanleystempinski235 Před rokem

    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
      @rostamlong380 Před rokem

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

  • @lqdxoni1
    @lqdxoni1 Před rokem +1

    invest in something with better motion control

  • @play2dnplays279
    @play2dnplays279 Před rokem

    Did you have a roommate

    • @Skaterlunatic
      @Skaterlunatic  Před rokem +1

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

  • @lqdxoni1
    @lqdxoni1 Před rokem

    Must not move often

  • @sharonc6505
    @sharonc6505 Před 2 lety

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

    • @Skaterlunatic
      @Skaterlunatic  Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @sharonc6505 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @MrSwccguy
    @MrSwccguy Před rokem

    Pog boot fuq