I was deployed to Adak in 1990-1991 flying the P-3 Orion. Those houses were new-"ish" at the time and quite a shock to see in such a remote location. Likewise, that McDonald's was quite a shock and I'll never forget chatting with the tower at Shemya or Attu about our shock at spending a deployment in Adak and how much it differed from our home base in Hawaii (Barber's Pt - now also abandoned). The controller responded to our complaints about Adak with a dry, "At least Adak has a McDonald's". He made us laugh and shamed us at the same time, so the following week we bought 25 Big Macs at that MacDonald's and hand delivered to the tower who had taught us something about gratitude. I believe the Mexican restuarant (near the "forest") that you mentioned in one of your other videos from Adak was an Italian resutarant when I was there. One of the waitresses was from Long Island and brought her accent with her. As a native New Yorker, she was a comfort. I see from a few of your panning shots that our barracks hasn't fared too well over the years. What a shame. Lots of good times there. Yes, Adak was once a bustling place. I was told at the time I was there that it was the 4th largest community in the state of Alaska and would regularly be visited by politicians seeking office. That's probably how the island got a MacDonald's. Oh well. Ashes to ashes.

@JaysWorldTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks a lot for the descriptive comment. I always wondered how it was like during those bustling times. It's hard to find any videos from those times, so I can only imagine how it used to be. I went in 2012 and it was all abandoned with only 300 people left, but I definitely could see how it housed much more people in the past, especially by walking through that abandoned high school. I always wanted to go check out Shemya or Attu island, but it's off limits as it's only for the military. Nice to hear you got to see so many remote places that are hard to reach. I have visited other parts of Alaska like Little Diamede Island, so I'll get around to posting those videos later.

@speckitis

3 жыл бұрын

No, thank you! I’m really enjoying your videos in Adak..... But I have to admit I’m jealous. You got to see some sunshine there! I was there from early December of 90 to June of 91. I don’t recall seeing any sun. In fact, I had to walk down a taxiway one typical “Adak night” to file a flight plan. The wind not only knocked me down, it blew me about 30’ across the taxiway and ice until I could find some traction in a snow bank. It was nuts; and we were nuts because we’d fly in weather like that. (By the way, that control tower was state of the art back then! I never would’ve thought they would let that go to pot.) There’s a book about a P-3 flying out of Adak in the early or mid 80s that had to ditch in the Bering Sea. I don’t know if it’s still in print, might be available electronically, it’s title is, “Adak: The Rescue of Alpha Foxtrot 586”. That book really sums up what it was like to fly maritime patrol in the Aleutians back then. Quite a history in those islands. Thanks for your videos! I plan on watching them a few times to help resurrect some memories.

@corvetteguy1980

6 ай бұрын

Did the gate guards carry M9s?

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

✈️✈️✈️ No McDonald’s or BIG MACS 🍔🍟🥤 When I Was Stationed On her !!! 80-81

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

✈️✈️🧥🧥☢️👻🙀🚶🚶‍♂️🌬️🌬️💨💨💨💨❄️❄️💧💧💦🌊☁️☁️ I Never sa The Sun 🌞 but One ☝️ Day On Adak Out Of 395 Days !!!

Thank you for documenting this American history

@JaysWorldTravels

Жыл бұрын

Sure, anytime. I enjoyed my trip too.

I lived on Adak '54-58 as a youngster when my dad was a subcontractor dockhand for the Navy. The housing then as I've seen from photos looked like poured concrete walls and I understand were all demolished because of asbestos. I have nothing but good memories there and actually recall things like a few outings to the hills and seashore. I also remember the bowling alley which had a large open grill that was pretty fascinating, the K-12 school, pool where I learned to swim, movie theater, and roller skating rink. My mom who is still alive said those were good years with memories such as having lonely young sailors over for dinners and holidays. Thanks for the video!

@JaysWorldTravels

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the memories. Nice to read some commentary from people, who lived on the island during its hayday.

Lived her from 87-89. My dad was stationed there. So cool to see our old house

@claudefleming4223

3 жыл бұрын

Was your last name Jones I met a girl named Trish up there bought her a necklace was it you lol

@HateTheIRS

2 жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you keep the house?

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see all the comments from past residents.

Adak was my duty station from December 1969, to December 1970. I loved it there, was even able to get my (new) wife up there for two months, we did a LOT of exploring, hiking and just walking around. Saw Mt. Sitka blow it's top, (felt it too) !!! Spent many hours at the bowling alley, and the roller-skating rink. That "High Security Area" ?? that was my duty station, along with the Armory. I was NOT guarding it, I was working in the 'shops', with "The Advanced Undersea Weapons" that the others were talking about. I made several trips out to Shagak (?) Bay, and on one trip I brought back the skull of a Killer Whale, It was mostly intact and kinda cool looking, so I gave it to the High School, for their Science Department. When I was there the 'trees', in the Adak National Forest weren't much bigger than the sign announcing its self !!! Great memories, thanks for the videos ...

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry for sharing. I never knew I would get so many comments from past residents.

Use to be a very busy base. It served its purpose. 1987-1991 was my tour there. Good video. 🍺☘️

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, you saw the better days there.

Thanks for video. I was stationed on Adak from 82-84, attached to NAS on the harbor tugs. Primary mission to support NAS operations, SAR teams on the USS ESTEEM. Good times, met many service members from Sea Bees, Marines, NSGA Cryptologists. Shout out to my weight lifting buddies Chuck Walston and Shane Perdue!

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for share an update for us Adakians. My wife and 3 kids lived across from the runway. We were there for 3 1/2 years. It was my best enjoyable duty station. I worked at Zeto Point up by Clam Lagoon. That 8 drive across Candelstick bridge. In my off time I worked for Reeves.

@jimmyburks4345

2 жыл бұрын

My department had shack for off times like that shack.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Awesome video I was a Marine there 87-88 That weapons storage place was called the MAUW compound Modified Advanced Underwater Weapons I stood guard duty in that tower on the roof that building was called the RFF Reaction Force Facility

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

GO MARINES 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

exactly how I remembered these units from 07. they were selling these houses for 20$k back in 07

@JaysWorldTravels

5 ай бұрын

I went in 2012, so just 5 years after you. But I doubt prices have changed.

1973 TO 1974 IN THE MONTH OF JULY my brother was stationed in Adak.He really enjoyed his tour there.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days.

So I was the last Navy Air Traffic Controller to use that tower. I did not leave it like that back in March of 1997. In fact, I had left post-it notes to show what worked and what didn’t and what was what. Too bad people destroyed it and made it useless.

@JaysWorldTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I couldn't believe how damaged it was. Someone must have came in and rampaged the place. Nice to hear the history on it, though. I had no tour guide, so I was exploring it on my own.

@driverjoelonghauler2881

2 жыл бұрын

Hello. I have fond memories of white knuckle landings and hearing the comforting sound of Adak ground. Yes it’s a shame how destroyed everything is. I was there living in Bayshore housing from 87-91.

I was stationed on Adak from 3/78 to 11/79 as an air traffic controller, so I spent a lot of time in that tower. We were very short staffed for about 8 months myself and one other controller were the only two facility rated . So we worked two days on then two days off . I also worked part-time for Reeve Aleutian. Good fishing and bird hunting. Sad to see the tower and operations building in such bad shape from the weather.

@JaysWorldTravels

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the story. It’s always fun hearing what happened back in those days. There are no videos from those days that I can find online. Must have bee bustling with people during its hayday.

@cliffyoung9260

Жыл бұрын

@JayPiper UnCut During the time I was on the island we had a population of over 6000 people. This includes civilian and all branches of the military.

@cliffyoung9260

Жыл бұрын

I also started digitizing my slide collection from my time there.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

Jay- I just left a Comment on Another Adak Website Of Yours !!! I’ll leave U here The Same Message: Utube 1981 Video by Gerrit-During My Time Stationed On her !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

If it would be possible to renovate one of the "houses" the cost of getting the materials would be astronomical.

@JaysWorldTravels

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, that’s why you buy one that is inhabitable.

Good video, thank you.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

cool video! what cellular service works best there?

@Jayson-2020

3 жыл бұрын

GCI, the local Alaskan service.

@Jayson-2020

3 жыл бұрын

This video is becoming popular. I should make more Alaskan videos.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

GCI, which is the local Alaskan service.

Wow, look at the size of the tree by the control tower at 9:58!

@JaysWorldTravels

3 жыл бұрын

Good observation.

Wow. I would like to visit

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

You should, but it’s just far away.

I lived in one of those units. It was nice.

@JaysWorldTravels

Жыл бұрын

Nice, I liked these houses too. Nice and quiet at night except for the wind sometimes.

Would appreciate any answers from those who lived / live there. - i can't get my head around there being no police on the island. There must be some crime? - is there any social security? Presumably if you don't work, there's no income? - are the groceries very expensive and limited? - do Amazon deliver!?!

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Amazon delivers, but it just costs more. Groceries can be bought on the island or ordered online and shipped by plane. There is two flights per week. There are no police, but there is usually one person who is the VPSO (Village Public Safety Officer). If anything happens, you call him.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

🚔🚗🚓🚓🚒🚑

I wonder if the recent Netflix documentary will get more people visiting or even moving there. Always sad to see a town die.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Haven’t heard of the Netflix documentary, but it might spark people’s interest.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

A dud !!!

I was born on Adak lots have changed since then

@JaysWorldTravels

Жыл бұрын

One of the few born in Adak.

@adammorton2062

Жыл бұрын

@@JaysWorldTravels winter storm and the power was out I got a tuff momma

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

A Total Of 300 I Read Somewhere !!!

The ammo bunkers were Nukes for the Navy's P3 aircraft

@JaysWorldTravels

Жыл бұрын

👍

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

☢️☢️☢️🇺🇸🇺🇸✈️✈️☝️👍😎😱😳🫣🤫🤫😬🫨😵😵‍💫🤐💀👻🙀👊👈💪🏿🫵✍️👁️👀

How would somebody go about buying a house on Adak island? 5,000$ per house is a great deal! If I was a millionaire, I’d go buy a house in adak just for the hell of it, I’d buy a whole section of the neighborhood, and create a private neighborhood for myself and fix up all the houses.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but there's isolation and lack of work.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

😳😁😄🫵

Adak NSGA 80-81. 395 days on the ROCK 🪨 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@JaysWorldTravels

6 ай бұрын

That’s got to be a record.

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

6 ай бұрын

It felt like a Record !!!!! 😁😁🤣🤣😂

@MitchellBrown-su9dc

4 ай бұрын

Felt like a RECORD !!! 🤣😂🤣😂😅😄😆☢️☢️👻👻🙀👀✈️🇺🇸

The front porch of the scary Klopek house. Notice the dead plants.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

An abandoned house

@mistervacation23

2 жыл бұрын

@@JaysWorldTravels just joking

Good place to raise family? You have to have food shipped in, and probably water.....you have daily earthquakes and lots of ash from volcanos. Not to mention all the hazardous waste that is covered.....after all this was a navy base....

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, great place to raise a family. No violence at all and every place is safe there.

Man they should have wind turbines and just use the diesel generators for backup.

@JaysWorldTravels

2 жыл бұрын

That’s an idea.

Wow, that place looks really fun......

@JaysWorldTravels

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, really fun and spacious.