In another message string on the message board someone noted that his father had been transferred or assigned to the "Armed Guard pool" in a foreign port. Searching the Armed Guard website I can find other Armed Guards who, in their biographies, noted that they had been assigned temporarily to the Armed Guard pool at various locations, one being in Norfolk.

Can any of you AG vets clarify the notion of Armed Guard pools? I know of the three Armed Guard Centers (Brooklyn, New Orleans, Treasure Island) of course, but how did the pools work?

[I'm sure we're not talking about swimming pools here, desirable as they may have been in some climates, heh.]

Ron Carlson, Webmaster