tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post2167116228833491944..comments2023-11-05T01:50:47.040-07:00Comments on Bike Commute Tips Blog: Marine Corps looks to bicyclesPaul Dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893190816290007375noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-80062900765011007972008-07-28T09:28:00.000-07:002008-07-28T09:28:00.000-07:00Hi Paul, I think you're aware that I grew up as a ...Hi Paul, I think you're aware that I grew up as a military brat. <BR/><BR/>Traffic safety generally wasn't an issue on base where I lived -- traffic rules are vigorously enforced. As a teen getting around by bike I never had issues with other traffic on base.<BR/><BR/>Also, where I lived, shuttle bus transportation to get around the base was always available. I don't know about these days, but back in the 70s and 80s it was always free and the schedules were generally worked around operational needs. They were geared more toward single airmen living in dormitories rather than families, but the shuttle service was available to everybody.Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-68054355632530166302008-07-21T18:56:00.000-07:002008-07-21T18:56:00.000-07:00Take a look at the second photo at:http://www.vac-...Take a look at the second photo at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=feature/normandy04/norm_media/print_images<BR/><BR/>Caption:<BR/>Troops of the North Nova Scotian Highlanders and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada going ashore from LCI (L) 299 [Landing Craft Infantry], Bernières-sur-mer, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. <BR/><BR/>Yes, those are bicycles being taken ashore on D-day. I searched unsuccessfully for a similar photo of my old Militia regiment, The Royal Regiment of Canada, which landed on Juno Beach the next day. <BR/><BR/>The Swiss Army maintained bicycle units until 2003. Source:<BR/><BR/> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1325485.stm<BR/><BR/>I have it on good authority that a counter-penetration force plans to use bicycles in the upcoming Ontario Militia exercises at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa.Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-28671961938433142412008-07-20T17:45:00.000-07:002008-07-20T17:45:00.000-07:00I was stationed on Camp Pendleton in the late 80s ...I was stationed on Camp Pendleton in the late 80s early 90s. I used to bike to work both when I lived off base and when I lived on base. I never had any trouble at all biking on base.<BR/><BR/>Generally the environment in the Marine Corps is very favorable toward any kind of exercise.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539283659956860176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-51013663467082459782008-07-20T13:00:00.000-07:002008-07-20T13:00:00.000-07:00As a civil servant and former-Marine, I've got to ...As a civil servant and former-Marine, I've got to say that this is one of the least known programs through-out the Department of Defense.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the information, Paul. I'm going to find out how to get signed up for it here at Camp Lejeune.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36250316.post-34099607813664773382008-07-20T12:51:00.000-07:002008-07-20T12:51:00.000-07:00I am an active duty Chief Petty Officer in the Nav...I am an active duty Chief Petty Officer in the Navy and I commute by bike to Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport five days a week. My commute is about 3.5 miles one way through South Mississippi's streets which are narrow and filled with drivers who believe that bicycles belong on the sidewalk. But the base has done a decent job of making cycling a viable option with most buildings having bike racks right by the entrances. <BR/><BR/>For the most part, most of the personnel who work at large Navy bases live too far to commute to base by bike only. Either, they are living far away for nicer surroundings (i.e. Norfolk, which has crap for mass transit) or living further away just to afford rent/mortgage (i.e. San Diego, which has a decent mass transit system).Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047680586695004232noreply@blogger.com