Old 07-27-2012, 08:29   #1
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A sad sight

Barracks at Ft Sherman, Panama

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a53...ortSherman.jpg

(sorry, the image didn't link...please delete)

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Old 07-27-2012, 09:39   #2
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Not sure sure, but that may be housing and not barracks.
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Old 07-27-2012, 10:07   #3
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Looks like quarters to me. Hard to believe that they would let it got to hell like this, but everyone there at the time said that this is what would happen.
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Old 07-27-2012, 10:14   #4
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I have memories of passing back and forth through "The Zone" pre- and post-Carter and the PCC, and its return to the Panamanian Government; the changes which began taking place due to their neglect of the infrastructure were almost immediate and I can imagine what the areas look like today.

And so it goes...

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Old 07-27-2012, 11:10   #5
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Grass looks cut though...maybe sched for tear down....Bubba H lives down there now. I'll ask him whats up with the Post.
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Old 07-27-2012, 11:38   #6
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Thank you for restoring the link.

IIRC those were the quarters.
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Old 07-27-2012, 11:43   #7
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Definitely quarters, not barracks. A damn shame. Maybe they were going to put up a 4 Star Resort, like over by Kobbe Beach.

Lots of good memories from Ft Sherman and JOTC.
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Old 07-27-2012, 14:24   #8
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There was something about it I liked. We may be sorry we gave it up someday.
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Old 07-27-2012, 17:55   #9
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Have any seen the 4 star hotel that was the School of the Americas?
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Old 07-27-2012, 18:20   #10
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Have any seen the 4 star hotel that was the School of the Americas?
Isn't that where we trained hispanic assassins
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Isn't that where we trained hispanic assassins
S**t, you said the "a" word....... wait till the media gets a hold of this....
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Noticed in Quantum of Solace that the boat scene was filmed in the lagoon at Ft. Sherman. You can see the theater (?) in the background.

Ft Sherman clip starts around the 2:15 mark on this video; only lasts about 5 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X3_3...feature=relmfu
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Great instructors there. Too bad I went through the course after Vietnam and not before. It's been a long time but I remember doing seat hip rappels down a cliff that had a waterfall streaming down it, and when you swung back into it your boots went underwater.

But that jungle....

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Noticed in Quantum of Solace that the boat scene was filmed in the lagoon at Ft. Sherman. You can see the theater (?) in the background.

Ft Sherman clip starts around the 2:15 mark on this video; only lasts about 5 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X3_3...feature=relmfu
A barracuda stole my St. Christopher in that lagoon.
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A barracuda stole my St. Christopher in that lagoon.
Is THAT what you called her?

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