Stairway to Heaven

[samaelofdis]

yep thats my motor pool down there Manchu!

[bignasty718]

i used to do the motorpool challenge which involved those stairs, talk about a smoker.

[bignasty718]

ha, in Alpha 2/9 we did the motorpool challenge, run from our Bradleys to the end of the fence toward the stairs, touch the fence, run back through the gate that was by the turtle ditch, to and up the stairs, do 25 push ups and run back.

[st0nehedge]

ahhhh memories.. thanks for the video.

[eneg1106]

wow!!! Dco 2/9inf for life. Is that dragon valley? Looks like it.

[jdwebbbear]

i was there '07 to '09, yes that is stair way to heaven. i like the cold winters. PT at 5 degrees. SPC Webb

[allcityny]

thats not the real stair way to heaven....thats the baby one i was there in 99-01

[CCBalltheway]

Thanks for the memories. Was there in 95/96 those stairs where bigger and no rails. I was in Delta Co. 1/72

[matixneo73]

Spent a year in Camp Hovey and somehow don't remember this. Cheese Hill was our big run. Where on post are those stairs?

[croftperkins]

@matixneo73 Up in Dragon Valley. Connected 1st Tank and Manchu.



[PistolaLolah]

How abt it sucks when its like 6am and there is fuckin ice on the steps, always travel with ur battle LMFAO

[x21bx]

I tell ya I don't miss this at all.

[geck0s0ld1er]

Echo 1/72 AR 2008-2009

[skew06]

Charlie 6/37 FA 2006-2008

[gospelfeet]

Been There Done That!

[MrLauli]

I know where exactly is that (Stairway to heaven). I was just there two months ago, am now in Ft. Riley, and boy I miss Camp Casey. I was with Fox Co. 1/72 AR. BN. (First Tank)

[geck0s0ld1er]

Echo 1/72 AR (Worse Tank)

[chaps666]

going down was worse.

[mikyong32]

2nd tank 92-93 we ran those steps all the time just like everybody else. dragon valley, stair way to heaven, in a word "sucks".

[Shifty567]

Join the army, run up steps...

Sounds like a fucking drag. I hope they pay you well.

[mlovmo]

Wow. So that's "stairway to heaven"! I remember my Platoon Sgt. talking about that when he was in Korea in the mid-1970s.

[croftperkins]

Anotyher fellow here sent me a picture of that same stairway five years ago. It had been completely remodeled. The original had no railing and was only 72 steps. VERY steep!

[bryman30]

ever done the mortor pool challenge

[oscooty33]

What about camp Howze? Now that was a set of stairs. A 44TH ENG. We moved from Mercer to Hovey and on to Howze.

[rtdunnone]

wow, the steps aren't the same, but it sure brings back the memories. I never thought I would ever see my old barracks again! HHC 1/72 94-95. First Tank!!!!

[thisismycoolname22]

green mile on red cloud has nothing on the stairway haha i have done them both.....WHO YOU WITH!!!!

[usarmy3id]

those stairs are nothing to the green mile on red coud

[panchov27]

i remember runnin that shit thats near dragon valley

[taemokalbo]

Sorry for the last comment. I didn't here it was Camp Hovey. Thats near Camp Casey. It looks the same stairs from 2nd tank brigade. Anyway, sometimes we go to Camp Hovey to visit the nightclubs outside Camp Hovey. Thanks.

[taemokalbo]

Camp Casey Korea. I remember when I was there in 94-95. I was in 2nd tank by 1st tank. We took that stairs when they closed the 2nd tank mess hall for about 3 months. I missed Korea and hope I could be back there again just to visit. Thanks for the memories.

[orbojunglist]

say hi to pvt james pierson,the cocksucker!

[alongtheway1472]

2/9 hhc manchu, did the manchu mile twice. i used to pt on these stairs.

[infantrykillz4fun]

i used to pt these stairs too unleash the beast

[mlrs1990]

I was in 2/72 HHC in 90'. We always ran in your area. Thanks for the view all these years later.

[zeeman1976]

1st Tank! Aces High! A -Co. Dec '99- Feb '01.

We used to call those 72 steps. Did they add some more steps to it?

[croftperkins]

Yes. Its been rebuilt and now it's 115 steps...still dangerous, though...

[zeeman1976]

1st Tank! Aces High! A-Co. Dec '99- Feb '01.

We used to call those 72 steps. Did they add some more steps to it?

[vkz02]

I had to run up those carrying a 245lb man on my back, twice, no more saying "Fuck you SGT!"

[infantrykillz4fun]

i remember those stairs they sucked!

[Stingertough]

I agree those steps are a bitch. Go E 1/43 DAMN STINGERS!!!!!!

[infantryman21]

them steps will break you off good if you do them 10x but 4x is good nuff for me! Go "E" 1/43.

[castercamber]

I haven't seen that view in a long time. Our CO took us over those stairs a few times on those loooong Friday runs. Luckily, no one ever stumbled. (A co. 1-72 Ar. "Strike Force" 1991- 1992) My bn. commander was LTC Taguba, the two star author of the famous Taguba Report on Abu Graib Prison a few years ago.

Thank you for posting that shot buddy. It was nice to see Dragon Valley again.

[croftperkins]

Ill try to post more later. Its been about 8 months so ive got some more...

[sojuman3885]

ACES HIGH HOOAH! I was so pissed when the re-orged and now they are the Dragons

[firefightermass]

I was 2/72 Mortars July 94 Dec 95, steps are diffrent and there was no rails when I was there.

[zenith990]

it used to be the last course of my running,PT time... the way to the my barracks Cco 1stTANK in 02~04!! WOW!! nice to see that again. I thoght I could never see it again!! AND now I miss my buddies in the states,.my buddies and sgt asked me to make sure I visit USA. but i lost their e-mail&ZIP codes right after my ETS,ㅠㅠ....Thank U much for the video!!

[magickmarkers]

Duece Tank rocks. 1994-1995 & 2000-2001

[levi79]

Damnit Perkins you have ruined my youtube expierence i was hoping to for get these bastards in about 3 months but now I wont be able to.

[ScoArc]

Camp Casey's infamous 72-steps are gone!!

[ScoArc]

If my memory serves me correct, there were less stair, but bigger.

[ScoArc]

Are those the stairs leading to Dragon Valley? I was there between 2000-2001. THe stairs look newer. They used to be yellow, and I don't remember the rails.

Haha - So much fun down range in Korea!! I wonder how it has changed.

[croftperkins]

I hve only been here for 5-6 months,so i'm not sure how it once was.I can't imagine it's really changed much in the last few years since they are pulling us all out by 2009-ish. I do know this: I hate running up that shit. I'm in Bco 1-72. who were you with?

[ScoArc]

I was with Dco 1-72 "First Tank!" My room was on the second floor above the cantina.

Anyway, I found an old pic of the stairs, and they certainly have changed. And yes, I remember sometimes running up them at the end of an early morning PT. A drunken stagger up them on a Korean winter night will quickly sober one up too.

Within the next week or two, I can try to find a scanner and send a pic.

[eyeluvcisco]

Coincidently, Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven was very popular back then and you could hear it playing often among the quonset hut barracks.

[eyeluvcisco]

I was at Casey in 73 and Hovey in 74. I pulled guard duty in one of those old guard towers that you walked passed. It was a different time and a different Army back then.

[croftperkins]

Amen to that. I cannot wait to get back to the States and in a real unit....