Does anybody here remember,

11-16-2008, 21:58

When it was called "Cherokee Trail" or "Gobblers Woods"? Am I that old?

CSB · 11-16-2008, 23:01

1 - I remember that they told us it used to be called "GOBBLER WOODS."

2 - Yes, you really are that old

longrange1947 · 11-16-2008, 23:30

No problem Col, I remember Gobbler Woods.

Soft Target · 11-17-2008, 08:30

My first unit was the 14th/519th MI Bn in the old Spring Lake area in '71-'74. They provided interrogators for captives during "GOBBLER WOODS". Quick story, I was the PBO and one of the "sterile" sedans was in a wreck. I had to go recover it in Ellerbee. I found it in one (of two, I think) gas station, but I had to wait in the diner across the street for Mr. XXXXXXX to say it was OK (vetted, I guess). That's how I found out about local participation in the exercise. I put that knowledge to use in '78 during Robin Sage.

Richard · 11-17-2008, 08:34

Yep - GOBBLER WOODS, EXOTIC DANCER, SOLID SHIELD, and FLINTLOCK were the on-going exercises for us.

Richard's $.02

**Pete** · 11-17-2008, 09:15

Solid Shield and Bold Eagle were "the" big FTXs in the South East US during the late 70s.

You could be isolated at Ft Bragg and hit the ground anywhere from VA to FL, out to MS and up to TN.

They involved Air Force of course and Navy & Coast Guard units depending on what you were doing.

zdect · 08-04-2011, 19:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by colmurph

When it was called "Cherokee Trail" or "Gobblers Woods"? Am I that old?

I went through Gobbler Woods in Mar 69. That's OLD.

Buffalobob · 08-05-2011, 05:51

Zdect

I went through Gobblers Woods in March of 70. The thing about it back then was that there were less rules. It seems like all the young been sprouts have just gone around making rules and more rules and then even some more rules. This trickle on you theory has even permeated the forum here and they have this goofy set of rules that you are supposed to read when you agree to the rules. One of the rules is that you at least read the rules that you have agreed to. Another rules is that you abide by the rules that you didn't bother to read. One of the rules that you agreed to but didn't read or else you decided it was just a big ole crock of possum bait was to fill out your profile immediately. Second rule was that after getting your static line hooked up properly was to go to the "Introductions" part of the forum and write at least three inane sentences concerning why your GPS systems failed on you and you wound up here instead of Tucumcari.

mark46th · 08-05-2011, 11:03

I went through it in May of 1971. I don't know what it was called but I do remember when we were "captured". We were taken to a farmhouse with sandbags on our heads, they took our boots and placed us in a barb wire pen. I was the last one to go to be interrogated. As the guy in front of me got up, he whispered to me that they left the gate to the pen open. I got my hands free, untied my feet, jumped three rows of concertina and headed out to the woods. I was 2 or 3 miles down the road when they came looking for me with my other guys... Good times.

BMT (RIP) · 08-05-2011, 11:11

Support for GW in '65.

BMt