It was at 29 Palms in the Klintoon years.
Lt. Cmdr. Guy Cunningham thought it up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFOBKoNuoc
However, that story itself was a coverup of sorts, since my unit was given a similar questionnaire back in 1981 when we were at 29 Stumps participating in a NATO exercise called Gallant Eagle 81.
I was an HM3 TAD'd out of Camp Pendleton at that time.
The federal government has been floating this trial balloon on and off for quite a while.