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TN, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:49:41 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Breven52]
Accidental
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:50:53 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By CPT_CAVEMAN: I hear Ft. Drum is pretty sweet Only post my ex wife liked because she went to Canada all the time 1 hour drive or NYC 5 hour drive though. But she wasn’t with me for Hawaii or most of the other active duty locations. She hated military life, really really really hated it. Hence my ARNG shit. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:52:25 AM EDT
fort carson.
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:53:03 AM EDT
No love for Ft. Irwin?
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CA, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:53:50 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By MNRidesHonda: Me personally it would either be Mainland Japan (the USAF has it best..) or Okinawa. If you like race cars, Japanese foods, Japanese women (or Australian women or European women or even American women; just don’t f with Sgt. Maj.’s daughters lmao), beautiful beaches those places have it all  Second pick would either be Oceanside, Cali or South Korea preferably Seoul. Wholeheartedly agree with Oki and Japan. I extended my tour there three times. Spent 7 1/2 months in Korea, then used the 10$ MAC flights all over the place to use the 30 days "basket" leave for said tour extensions. Oki had great beaches, great diving, and lots of those women you mentioned. Also, Semper Fi! |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:54:01 AM EDT
Is Fort Monroe even a base any more? My Dad did three years there eons ago, and I thought the actual fort was super duper cool. Way back then, Hampton Roads was still a nice coastal community, populated by civilized humans.
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:55:10 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By crownvic96: 29 Palms intensifies... 
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:56:00 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By Breven52: Fort Erwin, California. Come see both of our luxurious shopettes, or dine at our exclusive local Pizza Hut or call ahead for a romantic dinner night at the Burger King located in the historic RUBA. Conveniently located at least an hour and a half from the nearest civilization on one of the most heavily policed desert straightaways in the southwest. Enjoy complimentary passes our many beaches(water not included) and wonderful rock art. Invest your hard earned pay in $35 burritos from food trucks, or catch a DUI charge on your off day returning from Barstow. Whatever your needs, Fort Irwin has you covered. 
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NM, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:56:10 AM EDT
It's not a base anymore sadly. But Orlando Navy training center. Every week a fresh group of females would graduate from boot camp. Every week. Then Daytona was a small drive away.
What great memories. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:58:43 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: https://media.tenor.com/images/44fdad644f70898c0e91786d749def61/tenor.gif Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Originally Posted By crownvic96: 29 Palms intensifies... https://media.tenor.com/images/44fdad644f70898c0e91786d749def61/tenor.gif . I think there was a 1:1 ratio of barber shops to Marine's in that area.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:58:45 AM EDT
Originally Posted By Butternut:  (I'm wondering if this has changed greatly over the years, too. When I was a little boy, we had huge bases all over Germany that I understand are all gone) I've been stationed at both Ft Drum and Ft Polk--which i've often compared to being at opposite ends of a anal thermometer |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 10:59:20 AM EDT
Supposedly there was a SIGINT listening post in Key West with a two van motor pool.
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OK, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:00:59 AM EDT
I know Casey in Korea was horrible
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:01:32 AM EDT
Camp Pendleton, CA. Surfing at San Onofre is t half bad. Weather is warm. San Diego beaches on the weekends. Most all the barracks are newer (if you’re living on base). I really enjoyed my time there.
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AL, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:02:05 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By crurifragium: Supposedly there was a SIGINT listening post in Key West with a two van motor pool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West#Tenant_commands |
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MS, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:09:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RayFromJersey]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cjjohn: Wholeheartedly agree with Oki and Japan. I extended my tour there three times. Spent 7 1/2 months in Korea, then used the 10$ MAC flights all over the place to use the 30 days "basket" leave for said tour extensions. Oki had great beaches, great diving, and lots of those women you mentioned. Also, Semper Fi! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cjjohn: Originally Posted By MNRidesHonda: Me personally it would either be Mainland Japan (the USAF has it best..) or Okinawa. If you like race cars, Japanese foods, Japanese women (or Australian women or European women or even American women; just don't f with Sgt. Maj.'s daughters lmao), beautiful beaches those places have it all Second pick would either be Oceanside, Cali or South Korea preferably Seoul. Wholeheartedly agree with Oki and Japan. I extended my tour there three times. Spent 7 1/2 months in Korea, then used the 10$ MAC flights all over the place to use the 30 days "basket" leave for said tour extensions. Oki had great beaches, great diving, and lots of those women you mentioned. Also, Semper Fi! Being stationed in Japan in the 2000's after numerous murders and rapes of civilians by service members was kinda shitty. I think shit got bad again in 2016 after a marine vet and civilian contractor killed another Japanese chick. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:09:34 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By 9divdoc: Were you ASA? Have had 5 MOSs but no not signals intelligence. For my Fort Gordon time it was 25C and 25U. Basically it’s just platoon and battalion level commo. Nothing special. Somehow I got assigned to multiple 2,3 and 4 star generals though. 18th corps, I corps etc. my time was either with company commanders, 1SG and XOs or O-4 and up. I did communications work at the Pentagon as well. Forgot to mention my time at Ft Meade. Also time at Ft Belvoir with 29th infantry division HQ but that was ARNG plus surgery at Ft Belvoir one time. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:11:35 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By markl32: Fort Dix, New Jersey. For ETS out processing. 
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:14:13 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By MikeJGA: No love for Ft. Irwin? 
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:15:19 AM EDT
Key West in the late 60's was great...
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:18:02 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CarmelBytheSea]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By crurifragium: Supposedly there was a SIGINT listening post in Key West with a two van motor pool. Didn’t think we’re counting Key West. No sizeable personnel there. If we’re including shit like that then I change my answer to Thailand or Australia  Attached File |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:18:20 AM EDT
Cousin's husband did Korea as first assignment so he got Honolulu next. They were there on the island for at least a decade or more iirc, then Pensacola. We stayed on base and got to go pretty much anywhere beaches-airfields with their minivan's pass, which was neat.
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:20:40 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 9divdoc]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: No longer have the photo I took of my son at that tank in front of the Ft Dix post sign Ft Dix the most depressing place I've ever been...only for a couple of days waiting to go to Germany but still...aye yae yae... I did Hawaii,San Diego,Philadelphia,Great Lakes,Panama,Gitmo, as a Navy Brat...Coco Solo,Panama was the best...(worse than any ghetto in the 3rd world now)... When a person is young they have different interests and motivations and bases have different amenities,housing,chow for that matter... What I thought was cool at 10 yrs old and 19 yrs old and 25 yrs old were totally different... I would say K I Sawyer in the UP of MI would be my favorite place...deep snow winters, great trout streams,biking trails, lake Superior, college nearby,skiing,snow mobiling,dirt bike & ATV trails,hunting...got it all year round... |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:21:07 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By banditbigdog: Ft. Polk I will raise you ft hood |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:22:10 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By 9divdoc: Ft Dix the most depressing place I've ever been...only for a couple of days waiting to go to Germany but still...aye yae yae... Only using base lodging on vacation in NYC. I wasn’t stationed there. Aberdeen Proving Grounds was a fun place to take my son to see all the vehicles, arty, etc. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:22:49 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By 9divdoc: Ft Sam was my favorite...back in the 60's though... I doubt it's much like my memories today. 
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:25:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: _DR]
Fort Campbell had the best chow halls I'd seen when I was there. Of course the only posts I had to compare them to was Leonard Wood, Riley, Hood and Benning.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:25:34 AM EDT
Ft. Stewart
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:26:18 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By ArmedSerenity: I will raise you ft hood Dear God, no, just no. Ft Hood is what caused me to get out of the Army. Going from Germany to Ft Hood was such a shock and the quality of soldiers I encountered at Hood, plus all the gang and racial bullshit happening on base and in the barracks just turned me off. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:26:28 AM EDT
RAF Edzell back in the day (was a US Navy base), DLI in Monterey (other than the Cali laws).
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:31:58 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam: I think there is still an MP company at Artillery Kaserne in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. That's one of the few I can thunk of where loving in base is probably preferred.In most places, even if the area is nice, it just sucks to live in post. Camp Humphreys in Korea is a perfect example of how to make what could be a great assignment for Joe, just eat at your soul. Korea in general is a great assignment if you don't have to live on post. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By daemon734: Base life ebbs and flows with mission and leadership. The only real fairly constant variables are the surrounding areas, and often the quality of the infrastructure on the post itself. For Army I would say Fort Carson Colorado, Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio TX, and JBLM in Washington state. I think there is still an MP company at Artillery Kaserne in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. That's one of the few I can thunk of where loving in base is probably preferred.In most places, even if the area is nice, it just sucks to live in post. Camp Humphreys in Korea is a perfect example of how to make what could be a great assignment for Joe, just eat at your soul. Korea in general is a great assignment if you don't have to live on post. My dad was stationed in Korea He was an NCO ans had a house in town. Complete with a tall (for them) beautiful korean woman. He would vote Korea I wager |
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:32:57 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Didn’t think we’re counting Key West. No sizeable personnel there. If we’re including shit like that then I change my answer to Thailand or Australia https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/20C1F274-C439-4A85-B53B-9875E5F79CA4_jpe-2383422.JPG It’s a Naval Air Station. Legit base. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:33:51 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By NC_Andy: The Navy base in Yokosuka Japan was great in the 90's compared to most of the others I had been to. The only one that was nicer was NAS North Island, all the benefits of being in San Diego, without the mess at 32nd Street. I had a lot of fun at Yokosuka 94-97. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:34:04 AM EDT
Everyone knows the best post to be stationed at is anywhere other than where you are now.
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:37:14 AM EDT
FT Huachuca was awesome for bird hunting and being out of doors. Same with Ft Riley. Korea sucked but a lot of guys that couldn’t get laid in the US absolutely loved it.
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:39:27 AM EDT
Carson was great before the state really commiefied. An hour drive and you were in the wilderness at 12k ft elevation.
Huachuca is a hidden gem. Other than the lack of recreational waterways nearby it’s really amazing. Miles and miles of off-road trails, lots of cool non-touristy history if you know where to look…and lots of folks who shoot. Bliss actually wasn’t that bad. Not because El Paso is great, but because hunting in NM was absolutely awesome. Duck hunting, aoudad, oryx, etc. all very accessible. Plus a short drive up to the Sacramento Mountains and you felt like you were detached from the slum that is El Paso/Juarez. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:41:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Capt-Planet]
Fort Bragg, NC.
I joined the Army to jump out of planes and shoot guns and fight. Not to have a choice vacation spot. Ft. Bragg has the best opportunities to do cool Army stuff. I'd rather not be distracted by wanting to go to the beach while I'm working. Although Ft. Huachuca is a nice place to spend a few months where you get weekends off to explore and hike and shoot. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:42:12 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By whiskerz: Italy is supposed to be a great place. When I was in Panama was considered one of the best places to live. I was in Italy for 2.5 years at Camp Darby... only 5 minutes from the beach.. was pretty sweet. It spoiled me on food and coffee. I also got a 4 month tdy to Panama  |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:42:34 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By Kharn: If you love beating your dick like it owes you money. Aren't there sharks in the water so no diving? Kharn Twenty or twenty-five years ago they arrested two US mil females on Diego who both had something like $200K+ in their bank accounts. They were the only show in town, and had been taking full advantage of the situation for months. Both were courts martialed and drummed out, but if I remember correctly the military couldn't touch the money. The Stars and Stripes tried hard to make it sound serious, but everybody thought it was pretty amusing... |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:44:45 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By Capt-Planet: Fort Bragg, NC. I joined the Army to jump out of planes and shoot guns and fight. Not to have a choice vacation spot. Ft. Bragg has the best opportunities to do cool Army stuff. I'd rather not be distracted by wanting to go to the beach while I'm working. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:44:46 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By M48flex: Everyone knows the best post to be stationed at is anywhere other than where you are now. Your two best assignments...the one you just left and the one you're going to next 
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:52:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Kharn]
No love for Meade?
Within spitting distance of DC, Baltimore ( ), and the Chesapeake Bay, automatic CCW in MD since you likely have a TS clearance, high BAH numbers and able to work your next assignments or retirement job to not relocate the family. Kharn |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 11:57:56 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By swampvol: Ft. Sill Stuck there for a year in the mid 90’s |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 12:01:53 PM EDT
I'd probably pick Sigonella, Naples, Souda Bay or Rota.
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 12:06:24 PM EDT
Never stationed there, but I never heard a bad thing about The Presidio from my friends stationed there back in the day.
Ft Carson Tripler/Fort Shafter Ft Sam Fitzsimons was great in the 90s, in pre-commie Denver. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 12:07:52 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By swampvol: Ft. Sill So for you guys who were stationed at Ft Sill, why does it get a bad rap? I live about 35 miles away and am on the base all the time, granted I am a retiree now I like the base, its laid out nice and the historic buildings are cool. The base has a good PX and commissary, the hospital is good as well as the VA clinic. All I ever hear from Army guys though is the base sucks, not sure why. |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 12:08:40 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By JestersRevenge: Diego Garcia. https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/05/3a/4f/8b/diego-garcia.jpg?w=700&h=500&s=1 Wow that's beautiful... |
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Posted: 5/14/2022 12:09:51 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By FlyNavy75: It’s a Naval Air Station. Legit base. I figured any place with less than 2,000 personnel was a lottery ticket to get stationed at. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 12:10:59 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: I figured any place with less than 2,000 personnel was a lottery ticket to get stationed at. The NAS plus the Southcom stuff is bigger than most think…..for an island that size anyway. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/14/2022 12:12:42 PM EDT
Marine Corps Base Hawaii is 100x better than any of the Army installations in Hawaii.
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