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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:10:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ft Shafter/Schofield Barracks. Officer housing needed improvements back when iwas there |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:12:04 AM EDT
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Op if you like the outdoors go to NH or ME. There are USAF bases and the yard in Kittery.
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:12:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 29 Palms. Nothing but impact area. As a young infantry Marine that started out in Kaneohe Bay... I fucking loved 29 Palms. Barstow! |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:14:27 AM EDT
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Camp Merrill had great blueberry pancakes; the other accommodations.not so much.
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:19:54 AM EDT
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I spent a lot of time, as a civilian only, at Fort Hunter Liggett. From an outdoors activity standpoint, not sure how you could do better. All the hunting and fishing on base was phenomenal. But I bet training there in the summer sucks ass with the heat being over a hundred most days. It was an awesome place to go to back in the 80's early 90's. Now, I'm sure it's like most everything else in CA. A complete shithole. Having San Antonio and Nacimiento Lakes nearby was awesome as well. That part of California used to be a true paradise. What a shame.
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:22:20 AM EDT
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Without of doubt, San Ysidro or San Sid as the locals call it. Outstanding laid back command climate and culture, until a little dustup in '97. Captain Wallce B. Binghamton swooped in and tried to clean house to do things his way but was eventually sent packing. Best job I ever had.
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:31:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NOT the following... Ft Benning or Ft. Moore now i guess Ft Polk aka Ft. Puke Ft. Irwin For context, the thing about these is they are all TRADOC bases. 87% of the people who see these places are there for training programs that are designed to make life suck (basic, NTC, JRTC, etc). Judging the installation based on the experience in these programs is a bit unfair. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:40:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For context, the thing about these is they are all TRADOC bases. 87% of the people who see these places are there for training programs that are designed to make life suck (basic, NTC, JRTC, etc). Judging the installation based on the experience in these programs is a bit unfair. Polk and Irwin are not TRADOC, CTC falls under FORSCOM. Judging the installation from a military career perspective does need context, but for overall quality of life the fact that the base is dedicated to rotational BCT sized training 10 times a year absolutely has a negative QOL impact.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 10:49:12 AM EDT
[#9]
Not Sill.
Sherman was very nice. Other than the snakes, rabies-infested bats, black palm, and monkeys flinging their shit at you from above. 
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Posted: 6/27/2024 11:04:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Point Mugu is the only one I've enjoyed as a civ living in a hotel. Pretty area. The rest are a list of "places to avoid"  Yep. I used to do Gray Flag and they'd put me up in a hotel for those weeks. Usually Ventura area, which I absolutely love--but the cost of living there is ridiculous, and why I didn't offer it as an option. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 11:11:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not NAS Lemoore,,, It was the first Navy base to me that did not have any Payday loan place, tattoo parlor, or car dealer with 22% APR outside the main gate... That means the base is so bad, even they don't want to put up any business like that out there. I can still smell the pig shit, leaving from the back gate. ...and the worst fog I've ever been in, anywhere in the world. How? Where does it come from??!? |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 11:20:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Edited for video of absolute shit show Yeah...that was bad. If you're not familiar with the horizontal stabs of an F/A-18, they're pretty fucking sharp. My head carries a couple of scars from walking into them at night. You can see where the jeep hit the aircraft...killed the passenger right away (I heard she was decapitated) and cut the throat of the driver...You can see him bleeding out in the IR. Got him to the hospital, but too late. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 11:22:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anderson is the only one of those o haven’t been to multiple times Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I was 20 years Navy. Having said all that: Tinker AFB, Travis AFB, Hickam AFB, and Andersen AFB. Anderson is the only one of those o haven’t been to multiple times If you're into the "island paradise" thing, it's really hard to beat Guam. Best diving I've ever done. I was only there for a couple of weeks at a time while our pilots got their night carrier quals done before deployment, but it seemed like heaven. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 11:24:21 AM EDT
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sure as shit wasn't Ft. Bragg, but at least the grass was mowed on the regular unlike today where Division area looks like a post apocalyptic place with all the old motor pool buildings by Div HQ have friggin trees growing out of them.
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Posted: 6/27/2024 11:30:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Any Air Force Base. The Army ones all sucked, except Ft Ritchie, MD. Long gone by now. This is correct about Army bases. Imagine watching the wizard of OZ. being on a army base is like being in Kansas in black and white, but the second you cross the gate on to LITERALLY any AF Base and it turns to bright colors all the mess halls serve real food, people have really nice barracks. the only thing that is the same is that all the aviators especially the attack pilots are still dicks. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 1:27:51 PM EDT
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Feldberg radio site.
Highest peak in the black forest. Also a ski resort. They paid me to live there and eat food prepared by one of two master chefs. We did have to ski down to the top of the ski lifts, so it wasn't perfect. So, it was the best duty station in the Army. At least for the 6 of us there.. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 1:38:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For context, the thing about these is they are all TRADOC bases. 87% of the people who see these places are there for training programs that are designed to make life suck (basic, NTC, JRTC, etc). Judging the installation based on the experience in these programs is a bit unfair. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: NOT the following... Ft Benning or Ft. Moore now i guess Ft Polk aka Ft. Puke Ft. Irwin For context, the thing about these is they are all TRADOC bases. 87% of the people who see these places are there for training programs that are designed to make life suck (basic, NTC, JRTC, etc). Judging the installation based on the experience in these programs is a bit unfair. I was one of the instructors, |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 2:48:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is like saying the best part of prison is all the sex. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 29 Palms. That is like saying the best part of prison is all the sex. LoL |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 2:56:54 PM EDT
[#19]
 Robert Plant - '29 Palms' - Official Video [HD REMASTERED] |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 5:49:49 PM EDT
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Quoted: I'm looking at jobs for the DoD as a civilian. I can apply anywhere and have two middle school age kids. I'm wondering which military bases you've all found to be the best place to live at. I'm not 19, so no need for a Camaro at 18% APR and excellent gentlemans' establishments. Been married, no interest in repeating that experiment. Great weather, low cost of living, conservative as shit. Buy a house in Madison and send your kids to some of the best schools in the country - not the state - the country. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 6:24:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Two middle school kids. Easey-peasey: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville AL. Great weather, low cost of living, conservative as shit. Buy a house in Madison and send your kids to some of the best schools in the country - not the state - the country. I spent 3 months at redstone and it's a great area. |
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Posted: 6/27/2024 7:06:20 PM EDT
[#22]
Ft. Carson
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Posted: 6/27/2024 9:17:51 PM EDT
[#23]
I was born on Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt. My dad said it was the best place you could be stationed at in the US military. He said Diego Garcia was the worst.
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Posted: 6/27/2024 9:52:04 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Barstow! Nobody got my joke
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Posted: 6/27/2024 9:56:17 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody got my joke Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Barstow! Nobody got my joke Nobody laughed. Not the same thing. |
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Posted: 6/28/2024 12:45:50 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Eglin AFB/Hurlburt Field 100% agree. I retired out of Hurby. I also liked my time spent at Luke AFB. |
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Posted: 6/28/2024 12:57:58 AM EDT
[#27]
NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
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Posted: 6/28/2024 8:12:18 AM EDT
[#28]
I liked Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah,GA or Ft Stewart or whatever they may be calling it now is near by.
Lots to do in a very historic town and water all around. Not sure as to the school situation though as I was single when I was there. Fort Story was pretty cool but only spent a week there TDY. Located right on Virginia Beach, BOQ was steps from the sand. Had sand swimming pools on post and the hovercraft would cross the roads with gates like RR crossings and go run on the ocean. Neat place to be for the short time I was there. |
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Posted: 6/28/2024 8:16:10 AM EDT
[#29]
I really like Kitsap-Bangor.
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Posted: 6/28/2024 9:41:50 AM EDT
[#30]
Hunter is a good location, I liked it
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Posted: 6/28/2024 9:42:17 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody laughed. Not the same thing.
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Posted: 6/28/2024 9:51:42 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dad was stationed at Elmendorf for three years. We had a blast there. Next duty station was Hurlburt Field. We loved it even more & hated when we had to leave. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Eglin AFB/Hurlburt Field Dad was stationed at Elmendorf for three years. We had a blast there. Next duty station was Hurlburt Field. We loved it even more & hated when we had to leave. That was my brother too. All my family kept coming back to Eglin/Hurlburt. Love the area. |
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Posted: 6/28/2024 10:25:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone ever stationed at NAS Sigonella? I went through there a few times but never for any extended period, it seemed like a nice place. My biggest complaint would probably the 500-1 male/female ratio on base and all of the drama associated with it, although I did meet and marry my wife there |
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Posted: 6/28/2024 10:58:47 AM EDT
[#34]
Shaw AFB, somehow I was told to never go down town. I was there only for a few days, and took that advice.
Minot, I'll be there soon. |
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Posted: 6/28/2024 11:10:33 AM EDT
[#35]
Anyone mentioned the Presidio? I went on post before closing but never assigned there. Sad what the city of San Francisco has done since it closed
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Posted: 6/28/2024 11:52:23 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My dad was there. Was still pretty rural when he was there. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Aviano. Unbelievable there. My dad was there. Was still pretty rural when he was there. I'm currently hanging out here, it'sstill very agricultural and a skip to the Alps. North Italy is so chill, even by Euro standards. |
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Posted: 6/28/2024 12:10:37 PM EDT
[#37]
As a DoD civilian? Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, AKA: NSWC Crane (Indiana)
If you have any questions, shoot me a pm! |
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Posted: 6/29/2024 9:00:41 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Two middle school kids. Easey-peasey: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville AL. Great weather, low cost of living, conservative as shit. Buy a house in Madison and send your kids to some of the best schools in the country - not the state - the country. Madison prices are just as insane as DC metro prices. The best time to move to Huntsville was 10-15 years ago and I was too chicken to do it.  Kharn |
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Posted: 6/29/2024 10:26:36 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Madison prices are just as insane as DC metro prices. The best time to move to Huntsville was 10-15 years ago and I was too chicken to do it. Kharn Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Two middle school kids. Easey-peasey: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville AL. Great weather, low cost of living, conservative as shit. Buy a house in Madison and send your kids to some of the best schools in the country - not the state - the country. Madison prices are just as insane as DC metro prices. The best time to move to Huntsville was 10-15 years ago and I was too chicken to do it. Kharn 
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Posted: 6/29/2024 10:47:30 AM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The best probably are located in a place the average person cannot afford. Coronado Island Colorado Springs Etc. The best bang for your buck is probably San Antonio, TX. The town surrounding the base has a lot to do with it and how they treat GI's. Also being on a more laid back base with easy going brass would be nice also...as well as having the right MOS. I liked Ft Sam a lot back in the day...as a kid we lived in Coco Solo Panama back when it was a beautiful base...now it's a nasty ass ghetto. |
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Posted: 7/8/2024 11:15:08 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Officer housing needed improvements back when iwas there Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ft Shafter/Schofield Barracks. Officer housing needed improvements back when iwas there I took the BAH and ran with it, bought a townhouse and pocketed $1k/mo that went to gun and car stuff. |
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Posted: 7/8/2024 11:35:24 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Germany. Take your pick of any of the bases. Worst by far is Fort Hood, now Fort Cavazos. Really? But Hood has (or did have) a Taco Johns, LOL. Hood also was in, "the hood". |
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Posted: 7/8/2024 11:38:07 AM EDT
[#43]
Every Air Force base was better than every Navy base I was on.
The joke it the Air Force puts in all the recreational services buildings and then sees if there's money leftover for airplane hangers and runways. The Navy operates nuclear reactors and spends their money on them. Any money that is leftover they spend it on the crew. |
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Posted: 7/8/2024 12:00:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah Georgia, when I was in the 1st Ranger Battalion in the early 80's. You are right in Savannah, you have the beach at Tybee Island, River Street and all that. Of course we were always in the field at Ft. Stewart or on deployment but it was pretty nice. I love HAAF and the surrounding area, my kid was stationed at Hunter and still owns a place out on Tybee. I was in 2/75 and we stayed on Hunter for a month during the summer of 88 and we had a blast! |
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Posted: 7/8/2024 12:16:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: NAS Whidbey Island, WA. That's a gorgeous area, too bad it's in Commie land. |
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