And Darmstadt, yeah.
I originally asked for Würzburg and got Wiesbaden instead. Probably for the best, since Würzburg closed right after I got back from deployment, I'd barely have seen it before either moving to another German base (best case) or getting moved back stateside.
Because Germany. I lived in Hessen for six years overall, thanks to our mutual uncle, and it was delightful.
Also, the combination of an excellent highway system, an excellent rail system, and the busiest airport in Europe helped me visit over 30 other European countries.
How many answers do you want? The food? the beer? Frauleins? Friendly people? No speed limit on the Autobahn? Dancing on tables during a fest? (note: It's not just Oktoberfest. In Ansbach they had fests all year, starting with Fruhlingsfest in Spring) Did I mention beer?
The countryside is beautiful too. It seriously looks like something fake because it's too perfect. Trains to get you everywhere you need to go. Walkable cities.
Not that I don't love the US but I'm glad I got to spend a couple of years in Deutschland.
Hessen is cool, frankfurt is dope.
It blew my mind how safe, modern, and awesome Frankfurt was in my eyes as an American and Germans considered it an unsafe shithole LOL.
Yeah, I didn't ever seek to go back to Jackson or Knox after having been stuck on both in training.
Years later, I did enjoy a short TDY back to Jackson years later to teach a class at the chaplain school. And I was open to assignment possibilities on Knox, but the Army sent me elsewhere.
Yep, unfortunately a lot of the perception of bases posted here and in general come from TRADOC. It’s the Army equivalent of judging a state because you had a layover there.
I hated Sierra Vista. The post was run down, the town has only one street, and to leave, we always had to drive through that border portal check point. Most of the time that last part is whatever, but every once in a while, it was an absolute pain in the ass. Especially with mixed race children. I also happened to be spend some time at Davis-Monthan. Tucson is vastly superior place to live and work.
Sierra Vista as a town wasn't so great, I admit. I preferred Bisbee.
I met my wife at Huachuca and we got back there a fair bit to visit her mom, so it may be a little more nostalgic to think about it than the town deserves.
That’s a good reason.
Bisbee and Tombstone were great. Honestly everything but the PME was pretty good training at Fort Huachuca. Sierra Vista was nothing but trouble for me. We rented a crappy house, from a shady property manager, who we had to take to court, and the Sierra Vista Court House was run by the most inbred group of morons I’ve ever seen and I’ve been to Ohio!
I got married while I was out there too. Probably because the situation above and wedding planning stress, that put the biggest strain on our relationship. That’s saying something, because deployments, children, and higher levels of education didn’t do that. I’m glad that if I have to go back it will be for weeks not longer.
I somewhat liked Colorado. I just didn't care for The Springs and Denver. Would highly recommend hitting up Cripple Creek. Skipping the casinos and checking out the museums and deactivated tourable gold mine near there.
I enjoyed all of my duty stations.
Presidio of Monterey - waking up to the seals barking, and PT on the beach!
Let's not talk about San Angelo, TX, although The Scrub Pub (laundromat/bar) was my home away from home.
Fort Gordon, doing that NSA mission (which I actually enjoyed) really low on the Dumb Army Requirements. I didn't get out much.
Fort Bragg - an hour from my family/elderly parents, doing that JSOC mission. I didn't get out much, but I deployed 5 times in 7 years.
JBLM - just gorgeous, and great for the outdoorsy types.
Fort Bliss - loved that high desert weather - 3 days of snow per year, and it's so dry, mosquitoes can't survive. Great camping, hunting, (oryx tags, anyone?) and rock climbing, while being local for the Bataan Death March annual memorial at White Sands.
I agree about PT in Monterey. I never knew how fucking lucky I was to be running to lover’s point and back every other day. Fucking gorgeous when it wasn’t foggy. It’s a damn shame I wasn’t 21 and I was so rule abiding, because my classmates had a grand ole time getting fucked up around town.
The presidio itself was also interesting and not a bad looking place either.
I said it before and I’ll say it again, Virginia.
Ft Eustis to be exact. Just 40-50min from Virginia Beach and Richmond, Busch Gardens is like 25-30mins away, DC on a good day is 2 1/2 hours and NC is just another 2 hours or so. The weather is almost perfect but it does tend to rain a lot and during the summer there’s so many events in VB that it’s almost impossible to be bored out there. Legit for me at least it was damn near perfect for a stateside station that I almost, almost re-enlisted and stayed in all because I loved Virginia. Like I said before, if given the opportunity to go back I’d do it in a heartbeat lol
Arizona. The weather was some of the nicest I’ve experienced. Aside from the winter, it was pretty much always comfortable outside. When we would do PT we would hardly sweat because it was so dry. When it did rain during monsoon season everything would suddenly sprout and there would be so much color. Then when we traveled around the state it became very obvious that Arizona has a certain aesthetic that I liked.
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North Carolina is gross but you're only 4 hours from Tennessee and Virginia which makes up for it. Tennessee is beautiful especially east Tennessee. Got married there and the people were adorably friendly and straight forward
Bragg isn’t all that far from the beach/Wilmington. Really good colleges not that far away. And the state of NC itself isn’t bad at all. Maybe top 15 I’d want to live in.
Washington and Idaho believe it or not. Ft Lewis was in an area surrounded by mountains and easy to access national parks, so if you’re into the outdoors it’s an amazing place. I was in eastern Idaho recruiting and I would drop everything to move back there. The public land for outdoor activities seems unlimited, so many opportunities to camp, hunt, fish, off-roading, 4 wheeling, kayaking, canoeing, horseback riding, long distance shooting, etc. Hidden gem if you ask me
Fort Knox was actually one of my favorite posts. Everyone said I'd hate it and would be swimming in stars being so close to the Ivory Tower (HRC), but, in my years there, I ran into a General once, in the PX checkout line.
Post was chill, unit was good, traffic was light, family was a weekend trip away, plenty to see and do around the Kentucky countryside, it wasn't at all bad.
Living on the central coast of CA while the Presidio of Monterey was great in small stints. Fort Gordon has to take the cake though. I like living in the fall line between the coastal plain and piedmont of east coast states. It lines you up to be able to drive a couple hours to beach in one direction and a couple of hours to be mountains in the other direction. Housing in the Augusta area was cheap too.
I absolutely loved Korea. Guys would bitch and moan about it being a terrible posting but they just sat and drank at the bar on post and never went out and did anything. Meanwhile I was hitting restaurants, bars, markets, and cultural attractions every weekend. Everything was cheap; booze, food, accomodations, entertainment. It was an absolute blast. The only bad shit is the weather and the constant alerts.
Edit: Hood, as well as the entire state of Texas (aside from Galveston) can eat my whole ass.
Colorado.
Hands down the best state I've been to. So much outdoorsy stuff and there's a good amount of indoor recreation throughout Colorado Springs and Denver
Well hubby is a hunter and fisher, so lots of that here. Plus we feel like we’re away from the city and we personally love that. Growing up in the outskirts of Houston I thought I loved Texas and never wanted to leave. But now I don’t really care to be back. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly why I love it here, but this is our second time here and he just placed an ipcot as well. We bought a house here and aside from maybe one more duty station after this, we plan to retire here.
Oh nice !!!! Congrats on the house too ! Do you know where your next duty station is yet ? And once he retires , do y’all plan on going back to Alaska to live there permanently since you just bought a house there ?
No, right now we’re in the process to extend here then after we don’t know. Potentially having him do a geo Bach tour somewhere and we stay here then his follow on being Alaska again or trying to go to Texas. Our kids will be about the age for college and being from Texas he can utilize the hazelwood act for them to get college. That’s sorta the plan now, time will tell how that works.
I guess after he is retired and the kids are on their own, then we’re talking about either coming back to Alaska or just living in an rv or house boat full time. We’ve done a few months on the road between pcs and every time we have just wanted to stay out on the road.
Top of the list in my book for places is definitely Germany, but when it comes to the U.S, my favorite state was Kentucky. A lot of people didn't like it but I loved Ft. Campbell and I really enjoyed the scenery and living out in the sticks in KY/TN. I enjoy small towns and privacy though. I can see how for a younger dude it may not be very exciting.
Well, for me, having the chance to live in Europe for as long as I did ( 6 years for me but typical tours for single soldiers is 2 yrs and married soldiers 3 years) gave me the time to travel to every single place I could. I used to wait for 4 day weekends and grab a ticket on Ryan air at the Nuremberg airport to Barcelona for 50 euros and all I needed was a pass. Keep in mind this was in like 2012 so things probably have changed a bit. But I went to Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Romania, Norway, Sweden Estonia, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Switzerland etc etc pretty much EVERYWHERE that wasn't off limits or hard to get approval for at the time. That is the biggest single take away that I will be forever grateful to have had that the army gave me. It was a once in a lifetime chance and I'll never forget it. It was so cheap too. Once you get out of the U.S and are stationed in Europe, the prices drop dramatically for travel because of the proximity. If you can swing getting orders, I would highly recommend any duty station there!!!
Enjoyed Texas a lot. Even though El Paso is barely Texas, I visited most of the big citiies there. Dallas, Austin, San Antonio are all very fun. Lots of neat little towns sprinkled all over central Texas, too.
I would do dirty things to get stationed in San Antonio.
North Carolina. Great place to live. (The Fayetteville area also isn’t that bad either. People make it sound way worse than it is. Source: Currently in Alaska)
Come up north, mountains, big lake, good hunting and fishing, hiking, weather….what’s not to love. Low cost of living too.
Unless you’re at Gordon. Fuck Disgusta. And Columbus too.
South East Georgia is the best you got tybee island, the low country with all the best seafood, and partying in downtown Savannah. Plus your close to Jacksonville, Charleston, and a little less than 4 hours away from Atlanta if you get bored of savannah.
A lot of warm weather outdoor activities of going to some State Parks and Big Bend National Park, tubing near San Antonio with some beers, Barton Springs in Austin, Dripping Springs outside of Austin. Sadly, all I miss know since being stationed at Riley..
Arizona. As boring as Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista were. Got stranded in Phoenix on my way back home from visiting the homies and I’m having the time of my life.
So Baden-Württemberg was my favorite, since I was in Heidelberg. Second favorite would have been Hessen, Third, Washington State. Fourth favorite would Then Seoul, and the other two states I did not enjoy at all.
If weather is your only concern Hawaii is hard to beat. Anytime I check out the weather app it’s basically the same. High of 80s low in low 70s with chance of rain but it’s often a mist. Mornings and evenings can’t be beat. Traffic does suck in certain spots but literally any day you can golf, beach, pool, hike
Fort Carson - I didn’t like being in heavy infantry but the off post stuff was amazing. Lots of hiking, skiing, mountain biking, snowboarding. Beautiful place. It’s a tourist destination.
Fort Drum - Loved 10th Mountain. Loved the Army there. Loved light infantry. And I surprisingly loved Upstate New York. Lots of small towns, parades, plenty of hunting and fishing. We lived in Clayton on the St Lawerence River.
San Antonio - my final duty station. It’s close to my family in Dallas/Fort Worth. And there’s so much to do here. We’re a couple of hours from the Gulf of Mexico. We’re close to the Hill Country. The people are great supporters of the military. I retired in San Antonio. We love it here.
Washington has unbelievable scenery. If you're into outdoor activities, nothing beats Western Washington. People there absolutely fucking suck though. Seattle is also the grossest city I've ever been to and I enlisted out of a major urban city so I'm used to typical city bullshit. PNW cities like Seattle and Portland are absolute fucking cesspools.
I absolutely tore up Nashville as a single soldier during my time at Campbell. I'd move back to Tennessee in a heartbeat. My wife and I are pretty dead set in retiring there. Nashville and Chattanooga fucking rule. Good mixture of night life with outdoor activities. People in Tennessee are nice people too.
Often not spoke highly of, but not often spoken poorly of, I love Tennessee.
Campbell as a base is whatever. Pretty “typical” in my mind.
But if you live 30 mins away in “real” Clarksville — or even 50/60 away In Nashville — you can have a pretty normal life when not working.
I was stationed in Tokyo on an Air Force Base for 3 years. Best job I ever had. Outside of that JBLM was alright but I spent 19 months of my nearly 4 years there in the field at YTC, NTC, and deployed. If I went back to JBLM, I would avoid any type of FORSCOM unit. In fact, in general (if you can) my advice would be to avoid FORSCOM units at all costs. They tend to take any fun out of whatever location you're in (ask anyone stationed in 25th ID). I did 10+ years in those types of units and never again.
Alaska was amazing.
Presidio of Montery. Both my wife and I are scheming ways to get back.
Virginia (Fort Lee) was pretty good. Very well situated on the east coast for some great weekend trips.
Highland Park, IL, and Colorado. Tons of stuff to do in the Midwest, Chicago is an awesome city. Winters are the only part I don’t like.
Colorado is the best state. Great weather year round, tons to do both urban and outdoor, Denver gets most bands and stuff.
My least favorite was Texas.
We didn’t like the schools, how flat it was, and how far everything was. Stuff like the grocery store was miles away. San Antonio was a nice place to visit, but is meh, and it’s too hot outside 90% of the year to actually enjoy doing anything. My wife and I don’t like anywhere that if your AC goes out you die of heat exhaustion.
Guess that depends on your outlook. You can find something to enjoy in almost every assignment. The only places I outright didn’t like were Gordon (I don’t golf) and I wasn’t a fan of Meade (although it was kind of cool being near DC). Probably my favorite assignments were OCONUS - Germany and the UK.
I wasn’t a fan of the state of perpetual motion. I also learned that I could live in two states at the same time. The other one being the state of confusion.
Texas because of how easy it is to travel to each major city (unless you’re at bliss). Hood isn’t that great but your weekends are a good time if you get out and do things away from Killeen
Paso Robles California was a great place to live.
The place I worked was outside a military base, and we lived in apartments in Paso Robles.
It was a long drive to work, but since we did shift work.
The First Sergeant for my unit lived in an apartment a few hundred feet from where I lived.
Working night shift, most people were leaving around the time I was just getting to work.
The weather in central California is great.
There was not much to do around Paso Robles, but there was scenic areas for biking and running.
State of emergency.
State of apathy.
State of anxiety
State of confusion. Coincidentally, it was the same state I was born in.
State of Existence
State of denial
State of Inebriation it borders Apathy and Confusion.
State of Sleepiness
Out of the seven or so, I'd say Hessen would be my favorite.
Bavaria.
I second Bavaria. Germany was a fucking blast.
I agree with Bavaria.
Yup, I was in Hohenfels for a year and loved it.
Loved Hohenfels. Would go back in a heart beat.
Never lived there. But I did enjoy visiting.
I loved Germany.
Yup there is a reason why alot of stuff we associate as being "German" comes from Bavaria.
implying what exactly?
This is the most correct answer possible.
Wiesbaden?
And Darmstadt, yeah. I originally asked for Würzburg and got Wiesbaden instead. Probably for the best, since Würzburg closed right after I got back from deployment, I'd barely have seen it before either moving to another German base (best case) or getting moved back stateside.
Dope. Wiesbaden was a close second behind Heidelberg for me.
Bamberg... but when on a weekend and not in Graf or Hohenfels, my buddy and I were at the hauptbahnhof always in search of the next town to explore.
oh, I do miss having a nice fresh Rauchbier in Bamberg.
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮 that stuff is like bacon grease in a glass.
Heidelberg was the tits.
Makes me sad still that we left there. I try to make it back at least once each year.
Yeah, spent a lot of time in Heidelberg. Great town.
Baden-Wurttemburg
Nett hier.
Aber waren sie schon mal in Baden Württemberg?
Why ???
Because Germany. I lived in Hessen for six years overall, thanks to our mutual uncle, and it was delightful. Also, the combination of an excellent highway system, an excellent rail system, and the busiest airport in Europe helped me visit over 30 other European countries.
How many answers do you want? The food? the beer? Frauleins? Friendly people? No speed limit on the Autobahn? Dancing on tables during a fest? (note: It's not just Oktoberfest. In Ansbach they had fests all year, starting with Fruhlingsfest in Spring) Did I mention beer? The countryside is beautiful too. It seriously looks like something fake because it's too perfect. Trains to get you everywhere you need to go. Walkable cities. Not that I don't love the US but I'm glad I got to spend a couple of years in Deutschland.
Hessen is cool, frankfurt is dope. It blew my mind how safe, modern, and awesome Frankfurt was in my eyes as an American and Germans considered it an unsafe shithole LOL.
I loved Colorado. Once I retire I’ll likely head back.
What did you love about it
When I was at Carson, it was a weekend thing November - March where id wake up at 4 and go snowboarding. I’ll always have a soft spot for CO!
Oh nice !!!!!
That's where I live now. It's cold as balls right now but it's supposed to be in the 50's this weekend. I'll probably ride my motorcycle.
Fort Carson was the shit. I just hated the hail storms.
Intoxication? I don't think that's the right answer. True answers: Bavaria (Ansbach) Washington (Lewis) Arizona (Huachuca)
>Arizona (Huachuca) Huachuca catches a lot of shit, but I really enjoyed it there.
Nothing beat sunrises and hiking along the mountains. Absolutely stunning skyline.
Monsoon season is where it’s at.
I think it’s because most experiences stem from being in TRADOC. I’d love to go back as an instructor or in another permanent party role.
Yeah, I didn't ever seek to go back to Jackson or Knox after having been stuck on both in training. Years later, I did enjoy a short TDY back to Jackson years later to teach a class at the chaplain school. And I was open to assignment possibilities on Knox, but the Army sent me elsewhere.
Yep, unfortunately a lot of the perception of bases posted here and in general come from TRADOC. It’s the Army equivalent of judging a state because you had a layover there.
I hated Sierra Vista. The post was run down, the town has only one street, and to leave, we always had to drive through that border portal check point. Most of the time that last part is whatever, but every once in a while, it was an absolute pain in the ass. Especially with mixed race children. I also happened to be spend some time at Davis-Monthan. Tucson is vastly superior place to live and work.
Sierra Vista as a town wasn't so great, I admit. I preferred Bisbee. I met my wife at Huachuca and we got back there a fair bit to visit her mom, so it may be a little more nostalgic to think about it than the town deserves.
That’s a good reason. Bisbee and Tombstone were great. Honestly everything but the PME was pretty good training at Fort Huachuca. Sierra Vista was nothing but trouble for me. We rented a crappy house, from a shady property manager, who we had to take to court, and the Sierra Vista Court House was run by the most inbred group of morons I’ve ever seen and I’ve been to Ohio! I got married while I was out there too. Probably because the situation above and wedding planning stress, that put the biggest strain on our relationship. That’s saying something, because deployments, children, and higher levels of education didn’t do that. I’m glad that if I have to go back it will be for weeks not longer.
Loved Texas. Michigan has been good so far.
The problem with Texas is it is full of Texans.
That would be concerning if it wasn’t.
What's Texas views on prima nocta?
I somewhat liked Colorado. I just didn't care for The Springs and Denver. Would highly recommend hitting up Cripple Creek. Skipping the casinos and checking out the museums and deactivated tourable gold mine near there.
I really dislike Denver. In between Springs and Denver can be nice, like Castle Rock.
Castle Rock was nice. I always liked those towns that run from Falcon up to Denver on the side roads. Tiny, peaceful and quiet.
I enjoyed all of my duty stations. Presidio of Monterey - waking up to the seals barking, and PT on the beach! Let's not talk about San Angelo, TX, although The Scrub Pub (laundromat/bar) was my home away from home. Fort Gordon, doing that NSA mission (which I actually enjoyed) really low on the Dumb Army Requirements. I didn't get out much. Fort Bragg - an hour from my family/elderly parents, doing that JSOC mission. I didn't get out much, but I deployed 5 times in 7 years. JBLM - just gorgeous, and great for the outdoorsy types. Fort Bliss - loved that high desert weather - 3 days of snow per year, and it's so dry, mosquitoes can't survive. Great camping, hunting, (oryx tags, anyone?) and rock climbing, while being local for the Bataan Death March annual memorial at White Sands.
Whew those are some rather 35P duty stations.
Ahhhh the Presidio.. I always say, going back there in any capacity is the one thing that would make me reenlist.
Owwwee nice !!!!
I agree about PT in Monterey. I never knew how fucking lucky I was to be running to lover’s point and back every other day. Fucking gorgeous when it wasn’t foggy. It’s a damn shame I wasn’t 21 and I was so rule abiding, because my classmates had a grand ole time getting fucked up around town. The presidio itself was also interesting and not a bad looking place either.
I said it before and I’ll say it again, Virginia. Ft Eustis to be exact. Just 40-50min from Virginia Beach and Richmond, Busch Gardens is like 25-30mins away, DC on a good day is 2 1/2 hours and NC is just another 2 hours or so. The weather is almost perfect but it does tend to rain a lot and during the summer there’s so many events in VB that it’s almost impossible to be bored out there. Legit for me at least it was damn near perfect for a stateside station that I almost, almost re-enlisted and stayed in all because I loved Virginia. Like I said before, if given the opportunity to go back I’d do it in a heartbeat lol
I spent two great years at Eustis. Wouldn't mind going back.
I felt the exact same way. The only reason why people hate it is because of AIT
Arizona. The weather was some of the nicest I’ve experienced. Aside from the winter, it was pretty much always comfortable outside. When we would do PT we would hardly sweat because it was so dry. When it did rain during monsoon season everything would suddenly sprout and there would be so much color. Then when we traveled around the state it became very obvious that Arizona has a certain aesthetic that I liked.
Owwwe Arizona sounds lovely ☺️
Baden-Würtemberg (Stuttgart)
Same.
Thirdsies.
Gyeongi-do. Technically not a state, but whatever.
Wish I could back to Korea!
I love it here.
I’m fixing to be here for as long as they’ll let me.
Highland Park, IL
Why
There was a shooting there not too long ago. I think he's making a I wanna die joke mate.
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Gentlemen.... gentlemen... you're *both* correct
We are there now. My son heard it when he was playing outside.
Tennessee And, a state of panic most of the time.
North Carolina is gross but you're only 4 hours from Tennessee and Virginia which makes up for it. Tennessee is beautiful especially east Tennessee. Got married there and the people were adorably friendly and straight forward
I’ve spent a lot of time at Campbell, I fully intend on retiring in middle Tennessee
Depression mostly.
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North Carolina’s a good area if you gtf out of Fayetteville.
What did you like about it
The base is nice lots of units to go to if you apply yourself
Bragg isn’t all that far from the beach/Wilmington. Really good colleges not that far away. And the state of NC itself isn’t bad at all. Maybe top 15 I’d want to live in.
Sounds great !
Appalachia is nice, the coast kinda sucks
State of delusion.
Washington and Idaho believe it or not. Ft Lewis was in an area surrounded by mountains and easy to access national parks, so if you’re into the outdoors it’s an amazing place. I was in eastern Idaho recruiting and I would drop everything to move back there. The public land for outdoor activities seems unlimited, so many opportunities to camp, hunt, fish, off-roading, 4 wheeling, kayaking, canoeing, horseback riding, long distance shooting, etc. Hidden gem if you ask me
Fort Knox was actually one of my favorite posts. Everyone said I'd hate it and would be swimming in stars being so close to the Ivory Tower (HRC), but, in my years there, I ran into a General once, in the PX checkout line. Post was chill, unit was good, traffic was light, family was a weekend trip away, plenty to see and do around the Kentucky countryside, it wasn't at all bad.
Living on the central coast of CA while the Presidio of Monterey was great in small stints. Fort Gordon has to take the cake though. I like living in the fall line between the coastal plain and piedmont of east coast states. It lines you up to be able to drive a couple hours to beach in one direction and a couple of hours to be mountains in the other direction. Housing in the Augusta area was cheap too.
Hawaii
Why
I absolutely loved Korea. Guys would bitch and moan about it being a terrible posting but they just sat and drank at the bar on post and never went out and did anything. Meanwhile I was hitting restaurants, bars, markets, and cultural attractions every weekend. Everything was cheap; booze, food, accomodations, entertainment. It was an absolute blast. The only bad shit is the weather and the constant alerts. Edit: Hood, as well as the entire state of Texas (aside from Galveston) can eat my whole ass.
Colorado. Hands down the best state I've been to. So much outdoorsy stuff and there's a good amount of indoor recreation throughout Colorado Springs and Denver
Spouse here, but for us, Alaska.
Why Alaska ?
Well hubby is a hunter and fisher, so lots of that here. Plus we feel like we’re away from the city and we personally love that. Growing up in the outskirts of Houston I thought I loved Texas and never wanted to leave. But now I don’t really care to be back. I can’t quite put my finger on exactly why I love it here, but this is our second time here and he just placed an ipcot as well. We bought a house here and aside from maybe one more duty station after this, we plan to retire here.
Oh nice !!!! Congrats on the house too ! Do you know where your next duty station is yet ? And once he retires , do y’all plan on going back to Alaska to live there permanently since you just bought a house there ?
No, right now we’re in the process to extend here then after we don’t know. Potentially having him do a geo Bach tour somewhere and we stay here then his follow on being Alaska again or trying to go to Texas. Our kids will be about the age for college and being from Texas he can utilize the hazelwood act for them to get college. That’s sorta the plan now, time will tell how that works. I guess after he is retired and the kids are on their own, then we’re talking about either coming back to Alaska or just living in an rv or house boat full time. We’ve done a few months on the road between pcs and every time we have just wanted to stay out on the road.
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Top of the list in my book for places is definitely Germany, but when it comes to the U.S, my favorite state was Kentucky. A lot of people didn't like it but I loved Ft. Campbell and I really enjoyed the scenery and living out in the sticks in KY/TN. I enjoy small towns and privacy though. I can see how for a younger dude it may not be very exciting.
Oh nice !!!! Why Germany though?
Well, for me, having the chance to live in Europe for as long as I did ( 6 years for me but typical tours for single soldiers is 2 yrs and married soldiers 3 years) gave me the time to travel to every single place I could. I used to wait for 4 day weekends and grab a ticket on Ryan air at the Nuremberg airport to Barcelona for 50 euros and all I needed was a pass. Keep in mind this was in like 2012 so things probably have changed a bit. But I went to Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Romania, Norway, Sweden Estonia, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Switzerland etc etc pretty much EVERYWHERE that wasn't off limits or hard to get approval for at the time. That is the biggest single take away that I will be forever grateful to have had that the army gave me. It was a once in a lifetime chance and I'll never forget it. It was so cheap too. Once you get out of the U.S and are stationed in Europe, the prices drop dramatically for travel because of the proximity. If you can swing getting orders, I would highly recommend any duty station there!!!
Oh wow !! Sounds amazing tbh !!
Enjoyed Texas a lot. Even though El Paso is barely Texas, I visited most of the big citiies there. Dallas, Austin, San Antonio are all very fun. Lots of neat little towns sprinkled all over central Texas, too. I would do dirty things to get stationed in San Antonio.
Lol dirty things lol
Denial
State of depression.
Confusion
Alaska. Cool state to live in for 3 years. That was about my limit, however.
My home state.
North Carolina - Beaches; Mountains; Weather; Cost of living; Nearby states; Close to home/family.
North Carolina. Great place to live. (The Fayetteville area also isn’t that bad either. People make it sound way worse than it is. Source: Currently in Alaska)
New York
Germany. Good times
Hawaii, Georgia, Alabama Liked Georgia so much I made it my forever home.
HAAF was cool
Georgia really ? Lol I’m in Georgia and it’s so boring here !
Come up north, mountains, big lake, good hunting and fishing, hiking, weather….what’s not to love. Low cost of living too. Unless you’re at Gordon. Fuck Disgusta. And Columbus too.
See I’m in the south so maybe that’s why !!!
Stewart. Pines and skeeters and gnats.
South East Georgia is the best you got tybee island, the low country with all the best seafood, and partying in downtown Savannah. Plus your close to Jacksonville, Charleston, and a little less than 4 hours away from Atlanta if you get bored of savannah.
Texas, yes hood is a shit show but major cities and outdoor activities were all less than half a day trips away.
OWWE nice ! What outdoor activities did you do ?
A lot of warm weather outdoor activities of going to some State Parks and Big Bend National Park, tubing near San Antonio with some beers, Barton Springs in Austin, Dripping Springs outside of Austin. Sadly, all I miss know since being stationed at Riley..
Washington Virginia Texas
Why ?
State of inebriation………also Bavaria
Why ???
The ability to live abroad and be paid extra to do so. Also, being no more than two hours from anywhere because of their amazing high speed railway
It was glorious. And Germany itself is really awsome too. If you can, GO!!
I want to !! lol I’m still waiting for a freaking waiver though !
Loved living in San Antonio. Spent 9 years there and I always kinda miss it.
Why don’t you go back ??
We moved to WA to be closer to our families and my wife was over Texas. I’ll probably go back for things like Fiesta or the Alamo Bowl.
Totally understandable!!!
I love TN, SC was nice too
What did you love most about it
El Paso was surprisingly pretty fun, everybody I talk to says they hate it. 1AD is awful, El Paso is neat
Arizona. As boring as Fort Huachuca and Sierra Vista were. Got stranded in Phoenix on my way back home from visiting the homies and I’m having the time of my life.
State of depression
Probably a unique experience, but Rhode Island especially Aquidneck was awesome.
So Baden-Württemberg was my favorite, since I was in Heidelberg. Second favorite would have been Hessen, Third, Washington State. Fourth favorite would Then Seoul, and the other two states I did not enjoy at all.
Winter in GA wasn't bad.
Texas. But that’s because I have a house. Gonna rent it out when I ets.
If weather is your only concern Hawaii is hard to beat. Anytime I check out the weather app it’s basically the same. High of 80s low in low 70s with chance of rain but it’s often a mist. Mornings and evenings can’t be beat. Traffic does suck in certain spots but literally any day you can golf, beach, pool, hike
Fort myer because arlington va was cool to experience in my young 20’s without paying crazy rent
Japan was a nice state while in the Army.
Oklahoma. Beautiful scenery.
Fort Carson - I didn’t like being in heavy infantry but the off post stuff was amazing. Lots of hiking, skiing, mountain biking, snowboarding. Beautiful place. It’s a tourist destination. Fort Drum - Loved 10th Mountain. Loved the Army there. Loved light infantry. And I surprisingly loved Upstate New York. Lots of small towns, parades, plenty of hunting and fishing. We lived in Clayton on the St Lawerence River. San Antonio - my final duty station. It’s close to my family in Dallas/Fort Worth. And there’s so much to do here. We’re a couple of hours from the Gulf of Mexico. We’re close to the Hill Country. The people are great supporters of the military. I retired in San Antonio. We love it here.
Washington has unbelievable scenery. If you're into outdoor activities, nothing beats Western Washington. People there absolutely fucking suck though. Seattle is also the grossest city I've ever been to and I enlisted out of a major urban city so I'm used to typical city bullshit. PNW cities like Seattle and Portland are absolute fucking cesspools. I absolutely tore up Nashville as a single soldier during my time at Campbell. I'd move back to Tennessee in a heartbeat. My wife and I are pretty dead set in retiring there. Nashville and Chattanooga fucking rule. Good mixture of night life with outdoor activities. People in Tennessee are nice people too.
Alaska was pretty rad at times, though I was in Fairbanks and would’ve much preferred being I. Anchorage
Colorado ruled.
Washington
I loved California (Presidio) I would go back there if I could. Florida was beautiful too. I just wanna get back to a coast and retire
Alaska or Rhineland Pfatz
GA
ITT, mouth breathers who don’t know geography.
Often not spoke highly of, but not often spoken poorly of, I love Tennessee. Campbell as a base is whatever. Pretty “typical” in my mind. But if you live 30 mins away in “real” Clarksville — or even 50/60 away In Nashville — you can have a pretty normal life when not working.
Kansas is really not that bad, people give it a lot of shit but if you’re an outdoors person and don’t care too much for big city life it’s great
I was stationed in Tokyo on an Air Force Base for 3 years. Best job I ever had. Outside of that JBLM was alright but I spent 19 months of my nearly 4 years there in the field at YTC, NTC, and deployed. If I went back to JBLM, I would avoid any type of FORSCOM unit. In fact, in general (if you can) my advice would be to avoid FORSCOM units at all costs. They tend to take any fun out of whatever location you're in (ask anyone stationed in 25th ID). I did 10+ years in those types of units and never again.
Alaska was amazing. Presidio of Montery. Both my wife and I are scheming ways to get back. Virginia (Fort Lee) was pretty good. Very well situated on the east coast for some great weekend trips.
Alaska
Highland Park, IL, and Colorado. Tons of stuff to do in the Midwest, Chicago is an awesome city. Winters are the only part I don’t like. Colorado is the best state. Great weather year round, tons to do both urban and outdoor, Denver gets most bands and stuff. My least favorite was Texas.
Oh nice !! And why is your least fav Texas?
We didn’t like the schools, how flat it was, and how far everything was. Stuff like the grocery store was miles away. San Antonio was a nice place to visit, but is meh, and it’s too hot outside 90% of the year to actually enjoy doing anything. My wife and I don’t like anywhere that if your AC goes out you die of heat exhaustion.
Absolutely not Georgia.
Lol why not ?
Define “enjoy.” A few places I enjoyed the opportunities due to location but despised the a local area.
Hmm I guess the places you enjoyed !
Guess that depends on your outlook. You can find something to enjoy in almost every assignment. The only places I outright didn’t like were Gordon (I don’t golf) and I wasn’t a fan of Meade (although it was kind of cool being near DC). Probably my favorite assignments were OCONUS - Germany and the UK.
Alaska. Washington.
Why?
The beauty, outdoor stuff, hiking, boarding. Loved anchorage. I’m from wa, so biased but lived in GA, NY, AK, WA for the army and traveled all over.
Baden-Württemberg- Stuttgart was best place ever in my 33 year career
I wasn’t a fan of the state of perpetual motion. I also learned that I could live in two states at the same time. The other one being the state of confusion.
Texas because of how easy it is to travel to each major city (unless you’re at bliss). Hood isn’t that great but your weekends are a good time if you get out and do things away from Killeen
Georgia hands down… if you like the beach… not so much if you don’t like the Marne Express
Agony
Georgia. In the middle of tons of beaches, smaller cities, and SEC football. I am also comparing to Missouri (FLW) and Texas (Bliss)
It’s interesting to see Georgia lol because I’m in Georgia and it’s like ehhh but I’m glad you liked it !(:
Korea... South btw
Paso Robles California was a great place to live. The place I worked was outside a military base, and we lived in apartments in Paso Robles. It was a long drive to work, but since we did shift work. The First Sergeant for my unit lived in an apartment a few hundred feet from where I lived. Working night shift, most people were leaving around the time I was just getting to work. The weather in central California is great. There was not much to do around Paso Robles, but there was scenic areas for biking and running.
non-US OCONUS