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bronco78 wrote:

Reserve161 wrote: I did get the chance to visit in the late 80's - after the base was closed. The only time I've
had the opportunity to go back to that area.

You must be confused on your dates, as the Base realignment commission did not even make the recommendation to close Fort Ord till 1991.. And I can assure you 7TH ID and FORT ORD were alive, and at full capacity until the first unit in the division started the move to Fort Lewis April 1993 .

If you visited in the late 1980's, You visited at the height of activity at Fort Ord.

Fort Ord was officially closed in 1994.

Yes, I indeed did get my dates wrong. I'm sure it was the late 90's - not 80's. That was a lifetime ago working at a different job so the chronology escapes me. :-)

I'm not a veteran (and THANK YOU! to those of you who serve(d)!
I was robbed of my Texas citizenship because my dad got drafted and was in basic training
at Fort Ord, Ca. My mom (already pregnant with me) went and I was born there.
We all moved back here to Dallas after dad was discharged... I guess I was a little over
a year old.

I did get the chance to visit in the late 80's - after the base was closed. The only time I've
had the opportunity to go back to that area.