The last Fort Knox Tanks Depart

[HURRICANEBOB]

2 pics, 2 August, the last tanks depart Fort Knox KY. The end of a segment of history for KY.

[Tom523]

2 pics, 2 August, the last tanks depart Fort Knox KY. The end of a segment of history for KY.

Why didn't you get a little closer and show off my handsome face?

[HURRICANEBOB]

Cause I wanted the pictures to have credibility.

You see a guy running around in a Colts Hardhat? That was ish. Tell me you worked with Cuz? OMG!

[stratosjoe]

where are they going?

[DJD]

Lol I see someone didn't shut the dog house doors on the tank on the right!

[HURRICANEBOB]

Lol I see someone didn't shut the dog house doors on the tank on the right!

DUDE....You da man......good catch.

Now for the $1000 prize, after looking at the picture, can you tell me how many end connectors are missing, and how many wedge bolts it would take to replace all missing end connectors.

[DJD]

DUDE....You da man......good catch.

Now for the $1000 prize, after looking at the picture, can you tell me how many end connectors are missing, and how many wedge bolts it would take to replace all missing end connectors.

LOL...I remember many days of walking those tracks and replacing those items.

[Tom523]

Cause I wanted the pictures to have credibility.

You see a guy running around in a Colts Hardhat? That was ish. Tell me you worked with Cuz? OMG!

Cuz is cool! Do you know anybody that can get away with more than him?

[Tom523]

DUDE....You da man......good catch.

Now for the $1000 prize, after looking at the picture, can you tell me how many end connectors are missing, and how many wedge bolts it would take to replace all missing end connectors.

Since there are 312 end connectors on each side (inner and outter). That would mean 312 bolts on each side. So just the inner end connectors have missing bolts because the commander never checks the inner ones!

[HURRICANEBOB]

Cuz is cool! Do you know anybody that can get away with more than him?

C. JEWELL.

[HURRICANEBOB]

It's all over.

All the tanks and trucks and HMMWV's and Bradleys are gone.
All the small arms, machine guns, commo equipment, tools, and spare parts are gone.
All classes have ended, the barracks that used to house up to 5000 soldiers at any time are all empty.
There's no soldiers marching, and no vehicles moving.....it's just quiet now.

I drove thru a motorpool that used to have hundreds of combat vehicles in it.
The lot they parked in is bigger than 20 football fields. Everything was gone, it was empty, still, and quiet.

In 1989-1990, I was part of the task force that operated the inactivation of the 194th Armored Brigade, a full heavy combat brigade that inactivated at Fort Knox. In 2007, that desiganation of the 194th Armored Brigade, was given to a training brigade at Fort Knox. Now in 2011, I've been part of the operations group that moved it off post again, some 21 years later.

Amazing how things cycle. Oh well, if it comes it goes, and if it goes it comes, just to go away again I guess. On with the future. Goodbye tankers. It's going to be just to quiet around here with you all gone.

[BassMasterMikeD]

I'm actually going to miss my house shaking everyday.