FORT SAN MIGUEL

  Between Santa Cruz and Monterey Ca. near US 101

This is a shot of the Command Bunker right after completion. The view is from Oak Knob towards the Sniper Hill. See the map below.

Below, Looking from the Trench Line into the Command Bunker.

This view is from the Command Bunker along the Trench back towards Sniper Hill.

Alpha is an important gun position at the base of Sniper Hill.

First Sergeant Wizard of Marauders Fourth Squad is on Garrison duty next to Bravo with The Oak Knob in the background. He is also the resident Airsmith.

This is the speedball section of the field and shows Opposition Forces holding their ground.

These Opposition Forces are under fire in a flag game.

Plague Tower

Plague got a wild hair and built this 20 ft tower with some added help from the rest of Second squad. It's new so the position has not been added to the Official Map. It is about 150 yards north by north east from the Fort. Games between the Tower and the Fort make possible a whole new range of scenarios. The above shot is before the paint job.

Here it is with the camo paint.  Too bad a lot of players never saw the finished product.  Some people were coming on the field when it was closed.   We had some vandalism,  then finally some real jerks shot up the PG&E trucks with paintballs when we weren't there.  The owner cancelled the contract on the land; and the Marauders' last game was played on June 6, 1999.

(It just so happens June 6 is the anniversity of the WWII invasion of Europe. D-Day)

Plague (on the left)  built the tower, Boxcar, and BigDog of 2nd Squad lent a hand in the final phase.  Predator and PacMan of 1st Squad (not shown) gave it the paint job.

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