« Back to website

8:58pm 12-24-2010

Adam Golsan

Year(s) in the Corps

a few months

Section in the Corps

cymbals / corps commander (temp)

Your Favorite Food

fast food? does that count as a food?

What You Want For Christmas

i've already passed that list along

Was in the BKD&BC in 2004. Was the Corps Commander (or so it was/is called) for 2 parades, and every wednesday for retreat. Probably the best thing I liked about the Air Force.

6:58pm 12-22-2010

Kevin M. Woodvine

Year(s) in the Corps

1976 to 1977

Section in the Corps

Drums/Drum Sgt

Your Favorite Food

Beef. All kinds of beef!

What You Want For Christmas

Peace and quiet.

Totally by accident I found Darrell Allens story about our time in the Corps. Without a doubt, those years were the most memorable of all my years. Darrell, I will never let you live down breaking my center tom head the day of a performance! If I can track down any of my memorables, I'll get them posted. Feel free to contact me at my e-mail address.

11:25am 12-13-2010

Michael Severson

Year(s) in the Corps

1

Section in the Corps

Photographer

Your Favorite Food

Italiano Anything... I am really a Castelli!

What You Want For Christmas

Adobe Photoshop for my Mac

I was part of the 3419th from Nov. 1978-Mar. 1979.

What a memorable time! I can sympathize with Joseph Lovett about the smell from the periodic "Boot Burning" in the back of the squadron building, everyone set their cans of polish aflame, and then worked the liquid wax into the boots... what a job that was!

But then afterwards, somebody had pizza and beverages to enjoy, so it was not all that terrible...

The Blue Knights were scheduled to go into New Orleans to march in Mardi Gras, but I believe that was either cancelled or postponed, due to a threatened or actual policeman's strike in New Orleans.

What DID happen, was a wet trek through Slidell, LA, which was quite challenging, as the Tom Tom guy (sorry, getting older is robbing me of names right now...) collapsed at the end of the parade with his Tom Tom set still on him.

We all went to the emergency room to look after him and cheer him on, but he was fine. He was straining so hard with the cold, the wet, and the weight of those things, but he was a trooper and finished the parade!

It turned out he was both exhausted and dehydrated from sweating so hard and straining so much, but he was fine after a liter of saline solution to fill him up a bit...I think he deserved a medal for bravery!

I have a number of faded pictures from the squadron, and some flaggers images also, which I will post at some point. Many have unfortunately faded, and a number of slides, such as those of the parade I mentioned were ruined by water... :-(

I will scan and upload the other images when I can!

I am glad to see this page here!

Best regards,

Michael Severson

9:19pm 11-29-2010

Ed Schroeder

Year(s) in the Corps

1966

Section in the Corps

Tenor Drum

Your Favorite Food

Anything I don't have to cook myself

What You Want For Christmas

Snow,but in Australia that's impossible

Lt. Wilson was an OK guy. When he got his silver bar we knew he'd grown up. Hugo's Restaurant and Burger Chef are happy memories. Who could forget the airman who stole a bulldozer and ploughed up the squadron area. I still have a photo. Now living in Sydney,Australia. Still have my Blue Knights jacket.

11:52pm 11-21-2010

Octavius Wright

Year(s) in the Corps

6-8 months(??)

Section in the Corps

Styx

Your Favorite Food

anything grilled on open fire

What You Want For Christmas

OneLove

I happened upon this site by chance. And it has rehashed so many fond memories of my timeat Keesler AFB. And the D&B. No longer Air Force active, but still musically active. Check out Vibe Irie on YouTube.(my hair is not reg. LOL) OneLove to all the Blue Knight Family

9:23am 11-10-2010

Rick Floyd

Year(s) in the Corps

1966 - 1967

Section in the Corps

Bugle

Your Favorite Food

Steak

What You Want For Christmas

peace, love, happiness

Fond memories of the corps. I remember marching troop changes each day – having to blouse your pants over your boots. Favorite piece to play was, "Watermelon Man" as I loved watching the student's heads bounce around when the off beat started.

9:49am 11-06-2010

Jeff Fuss

Year(s) in the Corps

1983

Section in the Corps

Bari lead and corp commander

Those were the days. Going to Mardi Gras on the "Fuss bus", playing at the Edgewater Mall and doing $7000.00 worth of damage inside to glass breaking. Getting married to Natalie and yes we are still married with 3 wonderful children. Who look at us strangely when we say "move to the position of cleaning your room, move." Anyone who remembers us contact us, we would love to hear from you.

10:51pm 10-10-2010

Tom House

Year(s) in the Corps

Aug 1981 - May 1982

Section in the Corps

Horn -- Baritone

Your Favorite Food

have food will eat

I have fond memories of my 10 months at Keesler AFB and the Corp... the travelling, the marching in parades, especially in the Mardi Gras parades. The corp provided a well needed diversion from the 10 months of tech school.

12:09pm 10-02-2010

Pete Little

Year(s) in the Corps

8/77 - 12/77

Section in the Corps

Rifle Sargeant

Your Favorite Food

Any thing Exotic

I found this site just one week ago and have already reconnected to an old friend. I've got memories to share but unfortunately no pics as all was lost while stationed at Homestead AFB when hurricane Andrew hit. Anyone have pics from that era? Would love to have some.

The Corps made KAFB an unforgettable experience. We had our own family there unlike most of the other pingers. We had our great fun times. And if we had a bad time, there was always a Corpsman we could talk to. Most pingers hated tech school. We loved it.

Kob kun mak ขอบคุณมาก
Si Yu'os Ma'ase'
Todd B. (Pete) Little

9:51am 10-01-2010

Pete Little

Year(s) in the Corps

8/77 - 12/77

Section in the Corps

Rifle Sargeant

Your Favorite Food

Exotics, Anything different

Loved the Corps. Would do it again even at this advanced age I have achieved. But I hear that the freedoms we had in the 70's have been reined in. Not the Corps, the AF. (ie. Having a beer 3 hours after arriving from Lackland.) They did call us the "Drunk and Stumblers" you know.

Anyone from that era have any old pics, mementos stashed?? I lost all mine while stationed @ Homestead AFB and Hurricane Andrew hit my on-base housing. would appreciate a few scans.

5:31pm 09-24-2010

Victor Curtis

Year(s) in the Corps

1961-62

Section in the Corps

horn

I remember some people .Duane Cruse, Mike Consi and a few others. we had a good time.

5:16am 09-22-2010

SrA Joe Schmit

Year(s) in the Corps

1

Section in the Corps

Trumpet

Your Favorite Food

Chicken wings

What You Want For Christmas

my horn back!

I need help! When I was leaving Keesler back in 2003 I had my horn stolen or moved on me and to me it was lost forever. It is a silver bach stradavarious, in a brown zip up case, there still may be a patch on the outside of the case reading "National Adjudicators Invitational". In the sleeve there may even be some sheet music with my name on it Joe Schmit or Grand Island High School.

This horn has much sentimental value and I am hoping one last check in the bandroom or maybe someone will help find it. I will pay what it takes to get it back

Please contact me via email: [email protected]

Thanks

10:15pm 09-19-2010

Richard Simpson

Year(s) in the Corps

1988, April-November

Section in the Corps

Soprano (section leader)

Your Favorite Food

Tacos

What You Want For Christmas

More to do

I think my summer in the Blue Knights was the best year of my life... great friends, great events, great weekend trips... it went by far too quickly.

8:58pm 09-19-2010

Gregg Elliott

Year(s) in the Corps

1985-1986

Section in the Corps

Drum Line-Snare

Your Favorite Food

Everything

What You Want For Christmas

A Sweater

Had a great time playing in the Blue Knights. The Blue Knight Boogie is a real stand-out in my memory. Traveling and performing in parades was always great fun. Flying the Aero Club planes was cheap and got me off base before I had privileges to do so. I'm glad to see that the Blue Knight tradition continues.

7:20am 09-12-2010

Bill Orr

Year(s) in the Corps

1964 - 1965

Section in the Corps

baritone horn

Your Favorite Food

maple walnut ice cream

What You Want For Christmas

Porsche 911

The corps was the best way to do Keesler. Remember marching in Mardi Gras, getting sick on cheap wine. And afternoon practice - i loved it. There was also an occasional jam session that some of the guys with way better chops than me would join in the evenings. Great times - I only regret that I did not pay more attention to how great it was.

Messages: 211 until 225 of 238.
Number of pages: 16
Newer10 11 12 13 14 [15] 16Older

This free guestbook is brought to you by: 123Guestbook.com