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For comments and information, Sandy Newberry amlctr@sbcglobal.net
I was stationed at CSC 3/5th Inf from 79-81. I can still remember riding our air mattresses down the drainage ditch heading towards Howard AFB from the top of the hill. Ahy how great site! I have a lot of old pictures if anyone is interested. Darren Smith
I am one of the "Campbell Clan" (8 kids). We moved to Farfan from Cocoli in 1970 and lived there until 1980 and then moved to Gamboa. My brothers and sisters are; Lina, Johnny, Ray, Joanne, Mike, Ronny, Michele.(I was born after Joanne). I was all over Howard/Kobbe for those ten years and then some later. I played football on the Howard Eagles when we use to play @ Kobbe field. I also remember playing baseball and jumping out of my cleats every time the Howitzer cannon went off @1700. Thanks for the opportunity to share the memories.
Joe (Pat) Campbell
joseph.campbell@andersen.af.mil
I lived in Ft. Kobbe from 1970 to 1975 at 405-A. I was about 8y.o. when we moved there, attended 3rd through 6th grades at Kobbe Elem. and 7th grade at Curundu Jr. High until we left in Feb of '75. Dad was SGM Don Gilbert, Stepmother was Silvia, brothers Donny and Scott, stepbrother Eduardo and halfbrother Alex. Sister's name is Tammy Greg Gilbert
It is a wonderful website that brought back many pleasant memories of my adolescence from 1965 to 1968, even though I was a Ft. Clayton kid. Kobbe beach was the best. Frank Jones
I was there 89-92 in B Co. 536th Engineers. Can't believe its been 10 years! Rob Harshbarger
We need more pictures of Kobbe beach. I lived in lower Kobbe 1963-1968 and on Kobbe Hill 1973-1982. Linda Studley-Sullivan
Kobbe's of 3 brother from Germany generation. Settled in Sullvian County Pa, I live in Troy PaAbout 6 gens down the line. Richard L. Kobbe
I lived on Howard AFB From 1979 to 1984......I have alot of good memories...Best place I've lived.....I was in the class of 1984 Balboa H.S...... GO!!!!RED MACHINE & BULLDOGS....... Byron D. Rogers
Brings back memories with visual aide from whem I was stationed there. Chris Lemon A Co. 1/508 ABN/INF 1990-1992
Hi to all from Buzzy Kennon. I was all over the place 1960 to 1976. My father was a teacher at Curundu room c-305 history. He left panama in 1982...yes Coach Kennon. Any and all please e-mail me. I am looking for Jonnie Mitchell who lived on the hill in Howard afb. We uesd to go to kobbe beach. BUZZY KENNON
I retired from the Panama Canal Commission while it was a U.S. Agency, and continue to work there in my same job for the Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP). Panama has really changed a lot...the Amador Causeway is looking great and will soon have a hotel at the extreme end...a jetty for passenger ships has been constructed and will allow tourists to disembark. Kenny Underwood
Awesome heavy duty... My hats off to you all...Steve Soriano Curundu Power Army Base Brat...Anyone from Curundu Army Base Curundu Power. This is little Soriano OSSO in Saudia Arabia Al- Jubail working at Desal-Powerplant. Steve Soriano Curundu Army Base Brat
In 1968 I moved there with my young bride as a LT US Army....My son was born In Gorgas Hospital...Wow It brings back memories....why did we give it back???? George V. Donatello, CPT US Army
MG William August Kobbe was my great-grandfather. My dad is the only family member who was able to visit Fort Kobbe. The closest I ever got was a best friend in high school (in the 60's!) who had lived at Fort Kobbe! It seems that my brother and I have lost our chance to ever see Fort Kobbe as it was. Christine
Kobbe Allin 1991 till 1992. It was an amazing experience which I will never forget. Ya'll Have done a great job with the site and I look foward to visiting it many times in the future. Amanda Ballard
It brought back a lot of memories for me and I havent been in Panamain over 22 years. We spent some time in a part of Ft. Kobbe that eventually was condemned, it was for incoming Air Force persons, I think. I explained to my two sons what the shark cage was for, NO it was to keep the sharks out not in. Tim McDonald
This site is great! I can actually see my house in one of the pictures. My family was one of the first Air Force families to move to Kobbe. I was there from 1961-1964. What wonderful memories. Terri Lockhart Muha
I grew up in Panama and lived at both Albrook and Howard AFB. I was there from birth in 1973 till leaving in 1989. I played football in 9th grade for the Kobbe Raiders. Joe Cassidy
Lived A Howard AFB from 79-82. Loved it!! I was on the school board at Fort Kobbe. Jerilyn Alf
I am not a Kobbe Kid but I do envy you. I was in the Army at Kobbe from 1958 until 1960, and as you can see by my user name I haven't fotgotten. Coming from a big city, I thought that Kobbe was heaven. You were very privileged to grow up there. Tom Joyce
I was at Howard AFB from 91-93 and before that I lived on Amador for a year. It has been so amazingly difficult to ever discuss anything about my tour there. I was living there within weeks after Just Cause and as you well know, there were tensions between EVERYONE down there at that time. That made things just a touch more "savage" in my transition there. I would love to see if I might not be able to find some of my friends.......time to dig up the old year books. Anyone who lived there and came back to the United States knows that any legnth of time in Panama had a profound impact on all of our lives. I am just glad to have found a place where I can visit in my private time and reflect on my life when I was there. Thank You! Emily Anne Reynolds
You were a privileged group to have the opportunity to live in such a wonderful environment. I was born and raised in the Canal Zone, joined the Air Force in 1975, was stationed at Howard AFB 82-88 and 95-99. Retired 1999, Howard AFB. The CZ was one of the best places in the world to live, work and bring up a family! Javier Soriano
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moved to Panama 2 years after I was born in 1986 and moved back to the
Very
nostalgic. I spent 3 tours there in the AF. 77 to 79 when Carter Bill Wagner
I was stationioned at Fort Kobbe c/company weapons platoon m 60 machine gun and 90 mm recoilless rifle from about august 1966 thru about august 1967. Welcome home all my bros and may [god] bless you and your family now and forever [amen] from my family to yours. Great Site. Keep it coming...Airborne all the way
What a great look into the past! My absolute favorite was the pic of ginnups! They had to be my most favorite fruit! We were stationed at Albrook but I remember all the great trips our family took on weekends.The shark net sure brought back memories too. I would love to here from anyone who remembers me or my family. We lived at Albrook and also in Pannama City. I must have been 8-9yrs old at the time, I'm 45yrs now. I was on a swim team at Albrook. I can't remember the name of my school, but I remember a few teachers. Ms DeLaPina and Ms Faucet > must have been my 3rd or 4th grade teachers. I also remember the Balboa club house in Balboa.We lived at Albrook during the riots and had a few families stay with us during the uprise. Henrietta Rose Cabrera/Heldt
What
a wonderful site! You have really brought back some great memories
Thanks
for all the memories. I finally have a picture to go with my Thanks, Denise Mousaw
I lived on Kobbe Hill house 301 around the age of 9 to 14. I LOVED IT! Kobbe is dreamland. I havent been back in 10 years. Im 24 now, and i dream of riding my skateboard down kobbe hill on my way to kobbe flats to visit my freinds. I still remeber my phone number! Somethings you never forget. Kobbe kids Rule! Kobbe Raiders Rule. Kobbe Elementry Rules...they say! That heaven is more beautiful then your dreams! Well it better be beautiful if it plans to top FT KOBBE. who knows.. maybe it is ft Kobbe. A land of Grass Fields! Pablo Manuel Vangas "slinky"
Having lived at Howard from '66 to '69 I could easily see thru the lens of Gary Strong's camera. Wow! Thanks, Gary. Great work. Great eye. I just wish I would have had the maturity and perspective at 16 to have savored it with such a sense of beauty and place. The shot of the cayuco in the mangroves at Venado is special. In 66 and 67, I was one of the Venado boys who spent countless hours surfing in the "mangies", eating fried plantains at the cantina, and munching "raspados con leche" in the village. Gary, you "speaka my language". To the creators of this site, Thank You! Lou Nelms
I am tickled to death to find it and hope it will help me find some of the people I have been looking for for years. I lived in Ft Kobee from 1962 to 1964 and went to Balboa High School. I was a very skinny, very shy plain jane and loved horses. I had some of the very best years of my life at Ft Kobbe. Laura Laird Causey |