DaGimp 0 #1 September 30, 2004 I am on orders for LA and was wondering where is the closest DZ to Ft Polk, LA???"Professor of Pimpology"~~~Bolas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #2 September 30, 2004 Are those PCS orders or TDY? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #3 September 30, 2004 Ft. Polk is in Lower Alabama?I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaGimp 0 #4 September 30, 2004 polf is in LA and its PCS orders"Professor of Pimpology"~~~Bolas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #5 September 30, 2004 I've heard horror stories about the base housing there dude. Dunno the nearest DZ, but NawLeans is a good place to party. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #6 September 30, 2004 Actually, Vinny, I have just heard the opposite. I just heard this weekend that all the on-post housing has been renovated, but it's the town outside which is the total shit-hole. Jake is a single E-6, so he will definitely be getting BAQ and living off-post. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #7 September 30, 2004 Good lord man, stay out of Leesville. I was there in 1967 and it hasn't changed since then! See the attached map for approximate locations of New Orleans, Tallahassee, Moss Point & Houston (Spaceland & Waller). Hope this helps. Blues, Blues, Jim Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #8 September 30, 2004 Sorry, Lower Alabama was a joke-Skydive Shreveport is about 130 miles away according to Streets and TripsI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #9 September 30, 2004 So does this mean you won't be at Raeford when I come back? -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 September 30, 2004 *COUGH COUGH* You didn't have a cool little star for Aggieland.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #11 September 30, 2004 Doesnt look like theres much of anything close. Either go directly west to Bryan (Aggieland), SouthWest to Spaceland, NorthEast to East TX Skydiving in Tyler, or down to New Orleans. Looks like 3 hours drive no matter what. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ncrowe 0 #12 September 30, 2004 Fort Polk ? Yikes my dads retired military they use to drive out there to go shopping , buy tabacoo etc. And i'll be the first to say its in the middle of freakin nowhere .............. "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #13 September 30, 2004 Ar ya gonna be Op4? I wanted to do that. Looks like fun. Unconventional tactics, no uniform. Like I said, fun."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #14 September 30, 2004 I lived in 3 different cities in LA and loved them all. I swear, the nicest people and best food in the country are there!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #15 September 30, 2004 I'm going off memory, here....so my times may not be accurate, but should be close. If you cut down and across SW, you can reach Houston in about 2.5 hours or so. Bryan/College Station is probably about the same, Westish. Leesville wasn't so bad... just have to stay away from the bars.... Catfish Junction up 171 toward town from the base has good food. Starlight (Moonlight?) Cafe, where 171 splits in the middle of town had good food also. Not much, shopping wise, unless things have changed a good bit. Wal-mart in town, Super Wal-mart in DeRidder, South on 171. North of town to the other highway (don't remember the name) and right (East) is Alexandria. Lake Charles is about 1.5 hours South. Hope this helps....Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaGimp 0 #16 September 30, 2004 QuoteAr ya gonna be Op4? no actually 10th mountain is starting a task force there and i have been selected/recruited/dragged screaming and kicking."Professor of Pimpology"~~~Bolas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #17 September 30, 2004 QuoteQuoteAr ya gonna be Op4? no actually 10th mountain is starting a task force there and i have been selected/recruited/dragged screaming and kicking. At least 3 dz's within a reasonable drive Toledo Bend within a reasonable drive N'Awlins within a reasonable drive ....ah, kwitcherbitchin.... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #18 September 30, 2004 Ft. Polk!?!?!?! So sorry for you. Who did you piss off?Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #19 September 30, 2004 Really? That's long overdue if it's been done. My info came from a guy stationed there about three years ago or so - he said it sucked donkey balls. Hope Chuck is right and I'm wrong on that one. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #20 September 30, 2004 come check out gold coast sometime(moss point,ms)if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #21 September 30, 2004 my mistake dave. Just got in a hurry to respond. Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #22 September 30, 2004 oops even left off gladewater.... Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #23 September 30, 2004 Met a couple that is currently stationed there... it's growing up. Hell, you put up with Fayette-Nam, you can put up with Sleezeville! Anyways, I remember this thread from a while back. Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tailgate 0 #24 September 30, 2004 Quote 10th mountain My respect! _________________________________________________ Let me live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend to man- Sam Walter Foss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #25 September 30, 2004 QuoteReally? That's long overdue if it's been done. My info came from a guy stationed there about three years ago or so - he said it sucked donkey balls. Hope Chuck is right and I'm wrong on that one. chuck's right... last time i was there Sept of last year last i think, the Post itself has been seriously renovated....both housing and training areas, as part of the new digital training and simulation centers, but outside?? its a shit hole and in the middle of no where...but you can get some good crawdads and catfish in a couple of places, there is one really nice, fairly famous 'seafood' place a little ways out on the way to Alexandria, right on the lake, people pull up in their boats and eat on, or come inside for the ‘fine dining’.. live music several nights a week too. The day we went there, there was a college party going on and the eye candy was phenomenal...cant recall the name of the place though….____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
