In those days if you weren't assigned to a school and you were an E-2, you got Galley Duty for 90 days. I was in company 072 from April to May. RTC Transit is the name of the bus system in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Clark County, Nevada. Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, Direccin General de Radio, Televisin y Cinematografa, Rochester Telephone Company (disambiguation), Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County, Category:State road transport corporations of India, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RTC&oldid=1147528344, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Replication and transcription complex, the most vulnerable part of a, This page was last edited on 31 March 2023, at 15:10. Double breasted dress blues and combo hat, worn once at Preble Field for graduation. 101, 102 & 115 currently used as training buses. They even tore down my barracks and "C" school on the NTC side and made it housing. My other photos show various sections so that you can see the faces of the men a little better. The driver was arrested and officers said he was under the influence of prescription painkillers. Due to the size of the cleanup, and the need to investigate the accident, the road was not reopened until approximately 10:00 am the following morning. I was the Yeoman We were all quarantined which caused a delay in our recruit training and we didn't graduate until late in June. The Downtown Transportation Center (or "DTC") was the main transit center for the RTC systems in downtown Las Vegas. The chow hall, the indoc building and the west/north half of the barracks complex were literally ground-up with hugh piles of concrete chips and being hauled away to some other construction sightprobably a portion of Interstate or new roads. I am interested in the person that you mentioned running into after basic named McElroy. U.S. Navy Boot Camp RTC San Diego California Co. 194-75, Summer 1975. The GG Archives is the work and passion of two people, Paul Gjenvick, a professional archivist, and Evelyne Gjenvick, a curator. However, time is running out. It was colder than a well digger's a$$ in Norway. 1.6K comments 54 shares. I do remember once being downtown SD sometime after bootcamp and seeing a boot shipmate named McElroy. On the afternoon of 9 March, Lorraine Macdonald was cycling towards the Fashion Show Mall alongside a CAT Bus. Nonetheless, you know the saying: Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda. In 2007, nine RTC executives received pay raises which averaged 22%. Paul earned a Masters of Archival Studies - a terminal degree from Clayton State University in Georgia, where he studied under renowned archivist Richard Pearce-Moses. 704 donated to City of the World. In 2002, The Amalgamated Transit Union and the bus contractor, ATC, began contract renewal negotiations, but the two sides were unable to reach a compromise on operators' wages and in May of that year, CAT suffered its first strike. Enough for the travelog. These buses served on the new Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) route, which serves Nellis Air Force Base via North Las Vegas Boulevard. July 1972 San Diego. Our families were impressed, when we came home on boot camp leave. However, things began to change in the following years. Navy Military. Company 164 of 1972. 800 & 822 Were used as training buses for a time. The fleet consisted of mostly old vehicles such as Flxible Grummans, GMC RTSs, TMC RTSs and Gillig Phantoms. However, in the fallout of the court decision, the RTC returned for a re-vote in which the board then deadlocked at 4-4 for multiple months. Bootcamp RTC San Diego 1979 More like this Naval Training Center Navy Seabees Navy Aircraft Carrier Navy Life Boot Camp Us Navy San Diego Flickr Memories Pictures of the now closed San Diego Recruit Training Command and Naval Training Center P Peter Bradley Navy Day Camping San Diego Navy Chief Petty Officer Navy Boots Navy Veteran What a nice site to visit while one is in San Diego. The Civis featured an optical guidance system (OGS) to automate docking at level-boarding platforms, similar to a light-rail system; however, the OGS proved to be unreliable in service due to the difficulty of maintaining pavement markings. Wasn't all bad though. CO 930 1987 RTC San Diego. Those poor kids stood outside in the freezing Michigan Winter in overcoats before coming inside for the ceremony. I am listed. The Anchor . The day I arrived was 23:00 PST in 1979 but coming from the East it was 02:00 EST within my body clock. I never really liked that name Boatswain Mate. Later that year, an additional 40 double deck vehicles from Alexander Dennis arrived, and the RTC unveiled a new rapid transit system which uses the new Diesel-Hybrid RTV Streetcar from Wright Group. Routes 120, 207, & 209 were removed from here while Route 121 began service here on November 8, 2015. BOOT CAMP PORTRIATS . It seems to have avoided the brunt of the training for the San Diego Fire Department. However, on the same day, around 5am, a 201B heading east, was pulling up to the curb on Tropicana and Dean Martin Drive. According to the sign in front of the men, the date is March 7, 1978. Recruit commander Frederick. While it services most of Clark County with regularly scheduled routes, most of the service is in the immediate Las Vegas Valley; outlying places such as Mesquite and Laughlin provide transit services to their residents via the Southern Nevada Transit Coalition, which uses several vehicles acquired from RTC Transit. Arrived NTC, Feb 23 1965 in blue jeans and T shirt. [12] MV also operates the 700 series (Silver Star) routes. Add yours! Company 592 October '58 to December '58. Initial investigation revealed concerns about problems with the tire were reported a few times by drivers prior to the accident. I remember he had a certain straight-faced glare, that when looked at me, he made me almost pee my pants. Provides neighborhood loop routes that connect senior living communities with shopping areas and regular fixed-route service. 1979 Orlando Company 145 Navy Boot Camp Book, 1979 San Diego Company 252 Navy Boot Camp Book. is now closed and on Nat'l Register of Historic Places. It is indeed a sad sight and a contrast to what the other segments of both bases have been worked out. I would like to walk through my old barracks looks like its still standing. 98k followers. The coach was spinning clockwise when it was hit by a tractor trailer, which caused the bus to spin the other way and collide again with the trailer before coming to a rest. These routes are primarily in the northern portion of the service area. Boot Camp Graduations . Navy Day. Naval Training Center. For what your company destroyed and re-built, rennovation one old barracks and bringing it back to life for all to see should not have been that difficult. [9] The fixed route system had been operated by Veolia Transport and its predecessors, ATC-Vancom and National Express, since inception. & officially opened on September 4, 2013. Coach operators from sister agencies were called in to drive the buses and serve the city before a settlement was reached. Search and browse yearbooks online! It was a strange and yet sort of good place for me at that time in my life. I chose the Navy. The RTC does not have a program for low-income workers. The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTCSNV or RTC) was formed in 1965 by state legislation to oversee federally-mandated transportation planning in Clark County. I should have went with my first choice at MCRD just around the corner, but I was one of those 17 year old kids whose "mom" would not let me wait a couple of weeks longer to get in. In my second photo, I cropped that top area off so you can see how it would look if trimmed. I retired in 1979 as Force Master Chief, Navy Recruiting Commanding. Navy Heritage Merchant Marines BuildFight in the Seabees Cadets for Naval Aviation Wish I could Join Waves Sub Spotted Let Em Have It Submarine Service Become a Nurse Don't Let Me Down Sailor and his Girl Because Someone Talked Be a Marine Free a Marine Admiral Halsey Join Navy Free World American Fighting Forces Fight Lets Go! All rights reserved. Recruit was commissioned for 18 years, for much of that period the only landlocked ship to . Recruit training is a sharp break between civilian and Navy life and is the fundamental element in any man's time in the Naval service. It has 16 internal bays, 5 external bays, and an air-conditioned lobby for transit riders. See more ideas about navy life, navy day, san diego. For the other half of the barracks that were razed now stands a couple of very nice looking buildings that I know nothing about. I remember towards the end of boot I had never went to marching party and they sent me just for the hell of it. Yep, 1979-1982. N.T.C. Route 120 began service here on March 2, 2014. Remember Camp Nimitz well and the smell of the sea air early in the mornings there. N.T.C. The numbers were moved to the right of the front and rear of each coach, and "www.rtcsnv.com" is placed on the rear either on the destination sign just under the screen or on one of the engine doors. My name is Kyle Overby. It didn't start out to be a career, but 21 years later, Nov 11, 1986, I was transferred to the Fleet Reserve, I was RMC(SS) at the time. I went through Navy boot camp there, starting in mid-December, 1977. Several drivers walked off the job and onto the picket lines, and service had to be suspended on several routes. I was assigned to the WAVE dining room and got to know a couple of the station photographers. March 7, 1978 Boot Camp Graduation photo from N.T.C. Bootcamp . Aug. Co 161. This is a page for sailors that began their USN careers at San Diego, or those that worked there. The initial route structure was soon seen as deficient and second complete revision was made in June on 1993. In 2008 the Park & Ride lot was expanded, doubling the amount of spaces available in response to the overwhelming use of the lot by commuters heading to the airport. Coordinates. 1984 1989 The Bonneville Transit Center (or "BTC") is a transit terminal that was built to replace the aging Downtown Transportation Center as the main downtown terminal for local fixed route service. We also serve the various counties, plus info concerning our sister city Tijuana MX in the sharing of information, opinion and events to bring us closer together in the richness & diversity that makes us Americas finest city Thanks for this site. All remaining CAT buses are in the process of retirement or being refurbished to the new RTC gold/blue livery. Even if this was not your company it will bring back memories guaranteed. LVT service mainly consisted of loop routes that made many turns throughout the city, sometimes doubling back on its own routes and making several "subloops" within a loop. To marching party and they sent me just for the other segments of both bases have worked. 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