Famous places on your post

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:00:13 -0400

What happened at your post to make part of it famous? Did Elvis sit on the barber chair (Fort Chaffee, AR) or was We Were Soldiers filmed there (Fort Benning, GA and Fort Hunter Liggett, CA) or was Geronimo buried there (Fort Sill, OK)?

Tell us what makes your post or part of it famous. It may be a local myth or legend.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2014 1:53 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:53:28 -0400

Bears like to say BOOOO!!!

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2014 7:14 AM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 07:14:37 -0400

The White House. Because ya know, the President and stuff.

Response by CPT Jacob Swartout made Jul 25 at 2014 9:35 PM

CPT Jacob Swartout — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:35:42 -0400

I just visited the house that Mel Gibson filmed the movie, We were Soldiers a couple of weeks ago. Our friends were watching our kids while we attend a unit function down the road on post. I was talking to the owner and he pointed out the street, rooms, and mentioned specific scenes from the movie that showed the house. What is interesting is that the house is entered from the back since there is no front street. The front is just a small lawn and then there is a steep and wooded embankment going down.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jul 26 at 2014 10:01 AM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:01:47 -0400

Well there's my second garage which is the envy of all the other guys in the cul-de-sac. Then there's my not so famous lawn which is the bane of the lawn-Nazis which live on either side of me.

Response by COL Randall C. made Jul 26 at 2014 9:46 PM

COL Randall C. — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 21:46:08 -0400

Famous, yet little known at the same time.

Fort Belvoir is home to the Army's central collection of artifacts (30k+) and paintings (16k+) from the Army's birth until today.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/treasure-trove-of-us-army-artifacts-in-need-of-a-home/

Treasure trove of U.S. Army artifacts in need of a home

A massive facility at Fort Belvoir, Va., is preserving the U.S. Army's 240-year history while money is being raised to build the Army a museum of its own

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 26 at 2014 11:49 PM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 23:49:27 -0400

I went to school at MCAS Tustin, CA and the hangers were not only the largest wooden structures that housed blimps, they also filmed several big screen films there.

As a civi, I worked in the hanger at Love Field that JFK was brought to after the assassination.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 27 at 2014 1:00 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 01:00:16 -0400

WSMR...Trinity nuclear test site. 1945.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 27 at 2014 7:37 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 07:37:58 -0400

Rose Barracks- highest percentage of Alcohol related incidents per capita!

But more because Patton and his "Ghosts" fought throughout this area in WW2