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Do you remember Harvey degree he was here in the Navy .

You can never go home again. So true ...

Aug 30 1980-Sep 30 1981

What is it to do out there

@nepafu666 they just want to live in the US. This would be a great processing station instead of them being free to roam across the country. Housing and work is readily available. If it is good enough for our Military to live there, it is good enough for them. It is better than waiting in a prison like center. I will be a deterrence. Alaska can the people.

I was there 77 - 78 but a civilian with my company. My office was in the admint bldg but I was all over and into every bldg. I did not see the little National Forest in this vid.

I was there Jan 70 to Feb 71'I ran the navy exchange at the com sta

I'm taking a job as a TSA airport worker there

@@user-jz3vc9kd2j TSA? In Adak? What are all the other people doing there? I mean, it's not like a farming or manufacturing area, White Alice is long since obsolete, the nukes are gone, the VP squadrons don't deploy there any longer. It seems to me the place is useless except for independently wealthy people who love cold, wind, and beautifully clear water. I flew the SAR helicopters there and we could see bottom at 120 feet deep. When I was there Special Services got skis and we screwed on the bindings and started the Adak Ski Club but it only snowed a few days out of the year where the cabin was. I wonder if my red '65 Olds Cutlass is still there?

@@DavidParker-cf2km They produce petroleum, have fishing, and also are still the westernmost city in the USA

@@Shadow0fd3ath24 Produce petroleum? You mean someone struck oil there?

tags NOLA I’ve got photos of some of those posted here: flickr.com/photos/65110342@N07/sets/72157629086370891

@@gvschaaf Great pics! I assume the interior of the large wooden structure was Birchwood hangar. When I was there it was used for storage. Directly across the ramp was the AIMD hangar where I worked as airframes and power plants division officer. At AIMD, we did aircraft component parts and engine maintenance and repair. Since your visit, I think Birchwood hangar has been demolished. I've seen a vid of an Air Alaska arrival into Adak. As the plane taxied to the terminal, I saw a brief glimpse of the AIMD and VP squadron hangars but nothing where Birchwood hangar would have been. Until just this past week, I'd assumed Base Admin would have been used for city administration, but evidently, they're using the high school and have left base admin to deteriorate. But in your photo, I did see the overhead lights were still working in spite of debris lying on them deck. The high school building wasn't there when I was stationed there. There was an older school building where all grades were situated. And they hadn't built the McDonalds yet when I was there. They did have 1-story prefab houses. My boss, the AIMD Department Head lived in one. But the 2-story prefab were not there when I was, 08/73 - 06/75. I think in hindsight, maybe we should have maintained a naval presence on Adak, even if in reduced numbers, with capability of stepping up our presence in the island if circumstances warrant. Thanks very much for the link to your pics.

@tags NOLA - Awesome! It’s nice to hear from someone who served there. We’ve always enjoyed visiting and exploring, but there isn’t much context to what we see. If this was Birchwood, it was gone when we visited in 2012-16 (pin.it/1ELIajr). The metal hangar shown in this archive photo is still there, but the VP squadron was in a newer, larger building to the south (goo.gl/maps/JKMX8SwUmSEZ5CSU6). Here’s a photo of the exterior (flic.kr/p/bktsBZ). It was being used to store hundreds of appliances removed from base housing when we were there (flic.kr/p/bktnbg). The village offices are indeed in the high school, along with the clinic and post office. The only other building that still have the lights on are the airport terminal and grocery store, which moves every year or two due to roof leaks. It was in an old community center for a while, and is now in the former childcare building that looks like a Pizza Hut. It is staggering to see the investment made in Adak over the years, and hard to believe it made sense to just walk away.

@@gvschaaf unfortunately, none of these newer links worked, but I very much appreciate those earlier links. I've debated a return visit to Adak, but after seeing the deterioration of the facilities on base, it's one thing to see all that in a vid on my phone, but seeing it up close and in person might be a bit much. I am curious, is the BOQ still used as lodging for visitors. From vids I've seen so far, it seems visitors are billeted in some of the base married housing that's still being well maintained. I did see that the COs house has been allowed to deteriorate. Sad, it was one of the nicer homes on the base! It had a fire place!

My uncle Harvey degree was stationed here during that time in the Navy