Military Vets?

[jerrys]

I'm not sure who knows but ships were anchored a mile or two out to avoid another Pearl Harbor where they were easy targets for Japanese planes.

What would be the reason to build artificial islands? Are they populated?

We have a steam locomotive being restored here at the Florida Railroad Museum. The trains are not blue.

[Leon]

Here I am left with black glasses and that is my dear grandmother on the right RIP>..

1979 USMC boot camp MCRD....

[xplainer]

Air Force for 10 years.
461 = Ammo troop.
1982-1992.
Stationed in Europe for 8 years, Alamogordo New Mexico for last two years.
TDY to Wales, Scotland, Norway, Germany and Italy.
Deployed to Saudi during the first Gulf War with my F-15's from Holloman AFB.
Exited as E-5. 20MM crew chief.
Started new career in Corrections.
Still there now.....

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by jerrys

I'm not sure who knows but ships were anchored a mile or two out to avoid another Pearl Harbor where they were easy targets for Japanese planes.

What would be the reason to build artificial islands? Are they populated?

We have a steam locomotive being restored here at the Florida Railroad Museum. The trains are not blue.

That makes sense!

Yes, the artificial islands are populated. Kobe is just too crowded and there wasn't enough land, so they literally made more!

That is nice about the steam locomotive restoration, I'm a huge railway enthusiast!

And since we're sharing pictures (or were until they all disappeared), this is me and my dad. He served 35 years in the army and was 2 years from retirement when I joined. This was after the grad parade for my GMT (basic training).