Comments on: See Alaska: Adak in iPhone snaps

By: Theresa Robl

Theresa Robl — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:23:56 +0000

We lived on Adak from 1979-1983 when hubby was in the Navy. Your pictures make me miss being a newlywed on this remote Alaskan island. So many memories there. The loneliness, the friendships, the strangeness of living so far away from the “real” world, making the best of things. Life there was good and we were well taken care of by the Navy. Great times.

The weather was gloomy 98% of the time. Rain and strong winds constantly.When the sun came out in the summer is was like being in a Hawaiian rain forest, so lush and green with beautiful purple and yellow flowers.

I can’t go back – in time or to see how it is a ghost town now. I don’t want to remember it that way. Great photos and thank you for capturing Adak through your lens and self.

By: Jay Freeman

Jay Freeman — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:20:26 +0000

We were stationed there 1990-1994. My wife worked at PSD and I was at PW both NAS and NSGA. This was out best tour ever, and we would probably still be there if the Navy had not pulled up anchor. These pictures sadden me, but i thank you anyway for making them available.

By: Tony Stone

Tony Stone — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 23:33:59 +0000

This was awesome (and so sad) to look through. I was stationed there from 1/88 to 6/92. The shot of the old video game totally shocked me!! Although I was full time Navy as an Avionics Technician working in AIMD, I worked part time for the Navy Exchange System maintaining all of the video games and jukeboxes on the island. When I started that job all they had were OLD games such as Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Asteroids, Centipede, etc… I finally convinced them to let me spend some money and get some new games on the island. One of the first new games I ordered was the one in your picture!! And the Forest.. Holy Crap!! The trees have actually grown!! LOL.. Thanks again!!

By: Eddie Ham

Eddie Ham — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:59:38 +0000

Doug, who lives in town (or at least used to), kept the bowling alley open at odd hours at least until 2007, when I bowled a few frames. If the machine didn’t work, he’d trot down there and set the pins himself.

By: Colin hawkins

Colin hawkins — Tue, 26 May 2015 23:26:36 +0000

Interesting place. My aunt was the judge in Unalaska for years and got too go too adak for work… It was too marry military folks.. Married housing was better then singles housing… Then she’d “divorce” them if they were going too be stationed elsewhere… Stuff that was kept under wraps…