Posted: 1/3/2011 7:55:46 AM EDT
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Can anyone in here give me any info on Arnold AFB? I'm very curious about it but nobody I know seems to know anything about it. I don't want to even try to put in for orders if there is no chance of getting stationed there. I figure its one of two things.........
1. Best kept secret in the AF. -or- 2. They don't have any active duty Security Forces at that location. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Can anyone in here give me any info on Arnold AFB? I'm very curious about it but nobody I know seems to know anything about it. I don't want to even try to put in for orders if there is no chance of getting stationed there. I figure its one of two things......... 1. Best kept secret in the AF. -or- 2. They don't have any active duty Security Forces at that location. Any help would be appreciated. They have like 6 enlisted Airmen on Arnold (ok, maybe a few more, but not many) and I have never seen an actual Security Forces guy there. All security is Fed/Cops, so unless you want to ETS, move to Tullahoma, and get POST certified, I doubt we will see you here anytime soon. Good luck! |
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Quoted: Can anyone in here give me any info on Arnold AFB? I'm very curious about it but nobody I know seems to know anything about it. I don't want to even try to put in for orders if there is no chance of getting stationed there. I figure its one of two things......... 1. Best kept secret in the AF. -or- 2. They don't have any active duty Security Forces at that location. Any help would be appreciated. It's a small testing base, maybe 3000+/- personal, if I said 50 blue suits I'd be lying, security is contracted. |
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AEDC (Arnold) started its existance as a POW camp for Italian Prisoners during WW2. Since then it is mainly just a wind tunnel testing facility with some small ranges the guard uses and woods for small FTX's. While it does have a PX and a Comissary they are both very small. Nice folks and nice area with good schools. Frankly everyone I've know who were stationed there liked it.
NCO and Officers clubs are nice and as per ALL AF bases it has its own golf course. |
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AEDC (Arnold) started its existance as a POW camp for Italian Prisoners during WW2. Since then it is mainly just a wind tunnel testing facility with some small ranges the guard uses and woods for small FTX's. While it does have a PX and a Comissary they are both very small. Nice folks and nice area with good schools. Frankly everyone I've know who were stationed there liked it. NCO and Officers clubs are nice and as per ALL AF bases it has its own golf course. Camp Forrest, located in Tullahoma, Tennessee, was constructed as one of the Army’s largest training bases during the World War II period between 1941 and 1946. The camp, named after American Civil War cavalryman General Nathan Bedford Forrest, was originally named Camp Peay. Camp Peay was named after 1920’s Tennessee Governor Austin Peay and built east of Tullahoma, Tenn. as a National Guard Camp in 1926 In 1949, Congress authorized $100 million for the construction of the Air Engineering Development Center. |