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Re: Barbados military housing

When I left there in 1968 there was no military housing. The married folks all lived off base wherever we could find a place. I don't think I ever heard that they added housing before closing.

O.B. Corning

Re: Barbados military housing

Greg, There's a discussion on-going today on the SOSUS Facebook page among a number of former SeaBees and Operators who constructed the base and worked at the NAVFAC in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Perhaps they can answer your question. - Jim

Re: Barbados military housing

I was there when it was shutdown arriving from Barbers Point in Oct and lived in a hotel for a little over 60 days. There was no military housing. As the rents for large houses was so low, Military and their families lived on the economy.

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