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| Analogman @ 2005-07-14 16:39:08 | |
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This place is one good earthquake away from sliding down the hill into the bay. |
| Anonymous @ 2006-03-16 09:07:25 | |
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where is the FLAMINGO club |
| Analogman @ 2006-05-06 17:28:41 | |
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The Flamingo club is the building east of the main compound and south of the football field (looks like it has a big, white tent in the middle). It's the building with the green pool on the north side. |
| Anonymous @ 2006-05-17 08:18:14 | |
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must be the "new" flamingo club. i seem to remember it being somewhere NW of compound on a hill. |
| kjfitz @ 2006-05-17 09:37:20 | |
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I agree with Analogman. That's where I remember it too. I also seem to remember that the thin slot between the big main administration buildings (at the north end of the central quad) and the mountain behind them has multiple large tunnels leading back into the mountain. |
| Anonymous @ 2006-05-18 08:11:23 | |
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wish i had a legend of what those buildings were from 1968-71, worked thier but don't remember, especially where were the barracks |
| Anonymous @ 2006-05-24 06:45:46 | |
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the flamingo club in picture used to bo the O club 68-71. Flamingo club was the NCO club and was near the Bowling center area. Officers were mad because gambling was allowed at flamingo(slots,cards etc.) but not at o club. Flamingo club cleaned up when fleet was in. |
| Analogman @ 2006-06-19 08:20:47 | |
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I stand corrected. I was talking recently to a friend who is stationed at AFSOUTH, now called Joint Forces Command - Naples, and the Flamingo Club was, and still is, on the hill above the pool. The building in the SE corner of the facility, with the smaller pool, used to be the Officer's club but is now simply called the international club. It's used for all manner of functions. The Flamingo Club is still there but isn't used much any more. There is the occasional conference there, and the NATO band sometimes uses the building for practice, but as a club it's pretty much defunct. |
| Anonymous @ 2007-01-01 16:06:34 | |
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I served on the ComSubFlot8 staff from 1969 to 1971. I helped run the Submarine Fleet Broadcast which was a secure space located in the U.S. Navy Communications Station which was located in the southern most building on the the east side of the "Quad". ComSubFlot 8 was located in the north most building on the west side of the quad. The barracks was the big "u" shaped building just east of the big pool (only the south wing was in use), the Flamingo Club was just up the hill from the Barracks. One of those building betweent he barracks and the Quad housed a movie theater. There were several retail shops from the various NATO countries located in the southern most building on the west side of the quad. The tunnels mentioned earlier were used for storage and also housed an emergency communications station. We used to test it on occasion. The south wing of thge southern most building on the east side of the Quad housed the galley. They made a mean grilled ham and cheese sandwich! To get into the "back room" of our Broadcast space you had to have a Top Secret, Atomal, Crypto security clearance. Submarine service was about the last to use manually encrypted radio traffic. Once decryped a message from King Hussein of Jordan (via our embassy)addressed to the president of the Untied States while a 4 star Admiral stood over my shoulder! |
| Parabellum @ 2007-01-04 16:11:21 | |
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Have you guys taken a look at this site in LL? It looks like a jungle just sprung up in the middle of Naples. |
| kjfitz @ 2007-01-04 16:20:40 | |
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That's amazing. And more than a bit scary really. I shrugged off all the censorship up until now but the quality of this type of this censorship is very good. |
| dda @ 2007-01-04 16:46:28 | |
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I think that they have read my advise on this post : http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24576/ But they forgot to call me... :) |
| Anonymous @ 2007-01-18 11:22:22 | |
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what is LL |
| kjfitz @ 2007-01-18 11:42:21 | |
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LL is Live Local (Microsoft's version of Google Maps (GM). Just click on the "Live Local" under the middle thumbnail image above. |
| Anonymous @ 2007-02-28 09:18:21 | |
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Does anybody remember the name of the 2 bars outside the main gate? |
| Anonymous @ 2008-03-02 18:02:35 | |
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Wow.. I know it's been a couple of years since the last post. I was in the NAVCAMSMED bldg on AFSOUTH in 82-83. I was an ET. Went through a couple of earthquakes.. scary to see the big chunks of missing plaster showing the rebar. I did have a lot of great times there though. I remember the pizza joint outside the gate.. where we'd run to and bring back dinner. |
| Anonymous @ 2008-10-24 18:19:43 | |
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Hi Guys, Referring to your memories of 'The Flamingo Club'...correct it was on the hill. I should know because I worked as a girl vocalist/guitarist with a resident band for Mecca International in 1975. Anyone remember Angus the MD/keyboard player? Those were brilliant days & I had an absolute blast! Great to read your memories. Sandie (still gigging in the UK) |
| Anonymous @ 2009-10-26 11:05:21 | |
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I was stationed at AFSOUTH from Jan 1970 to Dec 1972. I worked in what was called Tunnel 4. It housed a comm. center and support staff (maintenance, etc.). While I was there, the maltese govt kicked NATO out and the command and staff from there moved to Naples. For a while, the comm. staff shared space with us in Tunnel 4. Too bad about the Flamingo Club. Some very good entertainment came through there whuile I was there including the British band "Freddie and the Dreamers". Jerry Scannell |
| Anonymous @ 2009-10-26 11:08:52 | |
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To the person who worked at ComSubFlot8 --- do you remember Larry Buss and Mike Paulsrud?? They were very good friends of mine. We lived in the same apartment complex out by Carney Park... |
| Anonymous @ 2009-11-23 06:29:09 | |
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I served my 2 years National Service at Afsouth Naples from 1955 - 1957 with the Royal Army Service Corps., together with about a dozen or more UK personnel (AirForce, Navy,Army). It was a great joy to be there as I was due to be posted to Germany but it was changed at the last moment....phew what luck! I remember the Flamingo Club very well on the top of the hill and have seen many a good man being carried out feet first on a Saturday night back to his barracks......good job it was all downhill. I remember the 'poor man's morning' on a Sunday when all of the beer was free there. There was a small cinema on the base which also acted as a Theatre and I joined the theatrical group as a scenery/lighting technician (didn't know much about that as I was only 18 yrs of age!) but had a great time, I have a wonderful rather large certificate on my wall which shows my service there signed by all of my buddies from the USA, Italy etc and is certified by Colonel W M Edwards, USA. my pride and joy. Wonderful memories |
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