Jim, I arrive at Clark AB on Friday August 8, 1969 and was assigned to the 6200nd Security Police Squadron. I left there the last week of October 1970 and proceeded directly to Europe via India where I spent a week and saw the Ta j Mahal and then onto the Italian Aps where I spent a month visiting my mother relatives.  I was in a small village of about 300 individuals and no one except my mother spoke English. Eugene      ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R Smith" <jim@historysmith.com> To: norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:36:00 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [NORCAL] OT- drivers training Hey Eugen, when were you at Clark?  I was there in 67-68.  1st Mobile Comm Grp. Jim -- James R. Smith Author/Speaker/Researcher Author: San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks         California Snatch Racket, June 2010         San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years, Nov 2010 www.HistorySmith.com eugenemelvin.roots@comcast.net wrote: > I received my driver education along with my on the job training as a security policeman. I had just enlisted in the Air Force right out of high school and was stationed at Mather AFB, in Sacramento , California . On the night shifts I would take an Air Force truck (standard transmission) and drive around the flight line hoping not to hit a B-52 bomber or a KC-135 tanker. > > > > After two years of this I returned to my home town found a local commercial driving school. Paid the $ 25.00 fee for one hour and had the instructor show me the driving test given by DMV. He included all the pit falls and what to watch out for. About an hour after this class I took the real test from DMV and the examiner ask me to drive the exact same route I drove earlier. Naturally I pass with a perfect score. > > > > But before I could buy a car I was transferred to Clark AB in the Philippines . It wasn’t until I returned from their and had re-enlisted that I bought a new Ford Pinto. I paid cash for the car using part of my re-enlistment bonus. > > > > And I use the rest as a down payment on a condo I bought in Vacaville , California . I had some great neighbors who lived less than a mile from my home. Two that I am sure everyone has heard of is Sirhan Sirhan and Charles Manson. I used to drive by their residence everyday as I went to work at Travis AFB, California . > > > > Eugene > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message