'70 Wine

[longrange1947]

Very good Pete! You hit all the really fine establishments!

Me, being the fine young man that I was, avoided all the bad places and went only to the good reputable ones, like the annex by the now class six, and the GB club. Came back in late 70s for a school and took a bit to find the GB club on the back side of the old hospital and I mean the "OLD " hospital. Came back again in 85 and all the good places were gone and the GB club had moved again.

Guess that's what I get for avoiding Bragg all those years and staying either overseas or at Devens. Now that place didn't have the military clubs but did have its share of civilian clubs with a rep.

[Pete]

The NCO Club by the Old PX complex was a nice place to go in the mid 70's. They had a weekly special in the dining room each night and some of us barracks rats would walk down a couple of times a week for dinner, even though we were on meal cards. Happy Hour could be fun.

The crack down on drinking pushed a lot of after work beer drinkers off post so the club tried Disco Night and a few other theme nights, didn't work - then went to all ranks and just kept on going down hill.

I enjoyed the military clubs of the other services. I think the edge has to be given to the Navy's 456 Clubs for "Fun Times".

My dad, retired AF, came down to visit me at USASMA, Ft Bliss and we went to the NCO Club there for a couple of beers. He looked around and said if it had been an AF NCO Club the manager would have been fired. I had to agree, all the AF NCO Clubs I visited had been real nice.

Little Rock AFB NCO Club had a membership card you could use similar to a credit card on base and get a monthy bill. The family went out for many a steak night while we were there.