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Barracks And Headquarters Area
Ah, may ever be so humble, there's no place like a home away from home. Everything we needed was here, and for the most part it wasn't a bad place to get three hots and a cot...!
Here is an interesting comparison between two different states of time and place. You can Click Here for that comparison.
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Barracks Right End View
This view of the barracks brings back memories I'd rather forget. My bunk was in front of the third floor window where the fire escape ladder was. What that means is that I ended up being the “door man” for certain individuals, and shall go unnamed here, who made it a practice to come in off pass well beyond the time we were all supposed to be back. So, to avoid the orderly room, they would climb up the back side of the building
That unofficial designation got real old very fast for various reasons, one of which meant I kept getting woken up at all hours of the night. One night I rebelled and refused to open the window and it was promptly smashed in upon me, much to my dismay...! That guy was really one of the battery JERKS...!
I was so glad to make Spec 4 so I could move into a smaller room that didn't have a fire escape next to the window.
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Ca’mon You Guys, Hurry UP...!
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Let’s Go.. Time For Chow...!
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Physical Plant With Motor Pool Beyond
This image was taken from out third floor room and really gives a great illustration of the area beyond the barracks. The building in the foreground is the physical plant the source of our heating, which was steam heat, hot water, etc.
The building beyond with all of the upper windows and facing the parking area is the motor pool garage. The MOS for the motor pool was 631.xx, depending on what one's rank was. As I remember, the garage area had maintenance pits that vehicles drove over and one would go down the steps to service vehicles from down below.
I think an example of those pits can be seen in an image, so Click Here to view it. If anyone has any good images of the motor pool please let me know.
The shack on right is the fueling station where vehicles gas up and check the oil. The tank to the immediate right and across the street is the fuel supply tank, which uses gravity flowing down to the fueling station gas pump.
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The Motor Pool In Detail
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Bulldozer - Wayne Berlinsky’s Toy
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The Reservoir
The reservoir was our water source, and it was also a play pool for the local ducks in the neighborhood.
They love it and were regular visitors, and they were the only ones who didn't have to show an ID to get on to the kaserne
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Yours Truly And My Good Friend Ken Nendick At The Reservoir
I think a lot of these winter shots of the barracks area were shot on the same day. Sometimes you just have to get out and get some air and do something different. And when not on duty, and that means if we were on duty we would be somewhere else, you just hang around the barracks.
So, that means doing something like going out and taking pictures and, I must say, I am so glad we did. We would trade cameras so everyone had a picture for there collection. We rarely went anywhere without our cameras.
The reservoir was our water supply, so it was a vital resource. It had a road around it that became a spare parking area for all the GI vehicles that began to accumulate.
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A Stream Below The Reservoir
This winterscape compliments of mother nature really caught my eye and I just could not resist capturing it on film. The way the water of the stream has undercut the snow banks reminds me of an intaglio etchings I used to do in art school.
The whole scene is perfectly composed, and not by me. Mother nature truly is the perfect artist...!
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