Takhli RTAFB Hootchs

Hootch Photos - Takhli RTAFB
hootch or hooch: is Military Slang for a
thatched hut or any living quarters.

Upon arriving at Takhli RTAFB in Summer '65, we were assigned to
a hootch. There were 14 to 20 officers per hootch with no closets,
no storage containers, nor air conditioning.

Reading and playing contract bridge
were popular past times.

Hootch boys swept the floors, shined shoes,
exchanged sheets and pillow cases, etc.

There are two seasons in Thailand... Dry and Wet.
During the Wet season, monsoon rains become a challenge.

Boardwalks helped keep our feet dry during the Wet Season

Hootch Construction

New hootches were built as new personnel arrived
at Takhli RTAFB. It only took a couple of days to
build a hootch. The basic steps for constructing
a hootch are shown below.

Concrete pylons kept the water, reptiles and other
pests out of the hootches during the Wet Season

Next phase was the framing

Hootches had sceened sides for breezes to
keep occupants cool during the Dry Season

EB-66 Officers' Quarters area shown during the Dry Season.
Shower and latrines are shown on the left

An Officers' shower and latrine facility. Banded krait
poisonous snakes were occasionally seen in the area.

In late 1996, crews lived in 2-story cinder block barracks

ALL PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE COMPLIMENTS
OF PAUL DUPLESSIS - 1965-66

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