BogueRat.com http://boguerat.com for the Rats of MCALF Bogue, NC Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:13:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 ’271 Marines ‘break backs’ to replace flight line http://boguerat.com/?p=120 http://boguerat.com/?p=120#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:34:08 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=120 Continue reading →]]> Some of you may have done this before! Another matting project underway at MCALF Bogue to improve FOD prevention and convert the simulated LHA into an LHD. I started planning the conversion in 2008 and I just missed the execution as I retire this month. You can check out the full article here. I recognize SSgt Goodwin down there on the right with the oversized Bogue Rat patch from E T’s Military Surplus. Semper Fi, Brother!!

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 engineers lift a 155-pound piece of aluminum matting on the flight line at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue March 18. The Marines will replace approximately 200,000 square feet of matting during the upgrade. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy)

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 engineers lift a 155-pound piece of aluminum matting on the flight line at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue March 18. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy)

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 engineers lift a 155-pound piece of aluminum matting on the flight line at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue March 18. The Marines will replace approximately 200,000 square feet of matting during the upgrade. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy)

The Marines will replace approximately 200,000 square feet of matting during the upgrade. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Glen E. Santy)

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=120 0 Mini MatPacs now available at the PX http://boguerat.com/?p=144 http://boguerat.com/?p=144#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:08:54 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=144 Now I have the 3d Printer running and it is just amazing what you can create with a little melted plastic.

Holy Smokes! That's really banding and as realistic as I can get in my garage workshop.

Holy Smokes! That’s really banding and as realistic as I can get in my garage workshop.

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=144 0 The PX is open! http://boguerat.com/?p=109 http://boguerat.com/?p=109#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:48:46 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=109 Continue reading →]]> I bought a laser engraver off eBay earlier this year and have come up with some EAF VTOL Coasters that you might enjoy. The designs are similar to the old CAL sites and the current CALA pads. Check out the store at http://px.boguerat.com. Most the proceeds will go toward the fees for the Bogue Rat website.

VTOL Coaster Set

VTOL Coaster Set

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=109 0 New Pictures http://boguerat.com/?p=110 http://boguerat.com/?p=110#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:48:54 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=110 Continue reading →]]> I have created a couple pages devoted to the visual history of Bogue. Send me your photographs to help create the worlds largest collection of stuff on MCALF Bogue! Looking for aerial shots and group photos right now. Post others to the guestbook with a great story (real or otherwise)!?…

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=110 0 Fulfilling a 6 year old promise. http://boguerat.com/?p=89 http://boguerat.com/?p=89#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:17:49 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=89 Continue reading →]]> I finally posted the history page.  Stop by and learn the history of MCALF Bogue.  

We have 40 posts since the guestbook was added.  Thank you all for sharing your experiences at Bogue.  I left last year for Cherry Point and I miss being away from the flagpole.

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=89 0 Posted a coin in Vaernes, Norway http://boguerat.com/?p=66 http://boguerat.com/?p=66#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:30:14 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=66 Continue reading →]]> Just got back from a trip to the hangers in Vaernes, Norway where I presented a coin (previously offered on this site) to JT, the Supervisor there.  He manages a whole lot of gear for the Corps.  I previously posted a coin at the World Trade Center memorial site back in ’07.  Sorry for the lack of a photo in Norway as it was a spur of the moment thing.

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=66 1 I got a little behind there… http://boguerat.com/?p=59 http://boguerat.com/?p=59#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:05:29 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=59 Continue reading →]]> Just approved a slew of comments for the guestbook, et.al.  I’m not receiving notices from the site when you post so I’ll get in there a bit more often to check on new activity.

 

Facilities Maintenance got around to knocking down a huge amount of trees off the approach of 23 and I was able to reclaim three huge sections of pine that I’m looking to transform into plaque material.  I have it out in the backyard drying right now and will keep ya’ll posted on what I end up doing with it.  If you live close to Bogue and can still get on the base, you can get a permit to take fallen logs for firewood.

Semper Fi,

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=59 0 Been a long while… http://boguerat.com/?p=56 http://boguerat.com/?p=56#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:57:40 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=56 Continue reading →]]> …since I updated the site with features or information so here you go.  A new picture of the Bogue Rat and a Guestbook

I’ve received some interest in locating friends and comrades that worked together at MCALF Bogue.  Stop by and drop a note or crusty story in the new Guestbook by following the link over there on the right.

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=56 0 Ressurecting the old pic http://boguerat.com/?p=51 http://boguerat.com/?p=51#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:05:30 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=51 Finished cleaning up a digital picture of an older Bogue Rat.  I’m trying to provide some higher quality images  of the rat that you can scale down as needed.  So here you go…

Bogue Rat and Beer.

Bogue Rat and Beer.

]]> http://boguerat.com/?feed=rss2&p=51 0 Sandstorm 2007 http://boguerat.com/?p=31 http://boguerat.com/?p=31#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 16:22:32 +0000 Top http://boguerat.com/?p=31 Another deployment, another sandstorm. This one is not as pretty as in 2005 but it is just as menacing.

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