CPT Jacob Swartout182743<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What did you like or dislike about your experience(s) there?<br /><br />I was stationed at Ft Irwin for 2 yrs as the OPFOR and been to JRTC twice in my career.NTC or JRTC or Holenfels2014-07-20T22:10:43-04:00CPT Jacob Swartout182743<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What did you like or dislike about your experience(s) there?<br /><br />I was stationed at Ft Irwin for 2 yrs as the OPFOR and been to JRTC twice in my career.NTC or JRTC or Holenfels2014-07-20T22:10:43-04:002014-07-20T22:10:43-04:00SSG Jeremy Siebenaller182754<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was stationed at Polk for 5 years.... You begin to LOVE JRTC after a while. It becomes a second home.<br />\Response by SSG Jeremy Siebenaller made Jul 20 at 2014 10:18 PM2014-07-20T22:18:01-04:002014-07-20T22:18:01-04:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member182789<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NTC was not so bad. I loved the food trucks. I did not like JRTC. It was Humid and the town there was pretty small. I have family and the New Orleans area and still don't like LA. I would take NTC any day. Plus Vegas is near buy.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2014 10:54 PM2014-07-20T22:54:42-04:002014-07-20T22:54:42-04:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member182866<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was supposed to go to all three but every time I have avoided them by mission change, OBC, budget cuts. Go figure. So really no idea until (knock on wood) I go to Germany next year.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2014 12:56 AM2014-07-21T00:56:49-04:002014-07-21T00:56:49-04:00SFC Stephen Carden182871<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You guys are going to hate me for this..... Would you believe that I have been on active duty for almost 21 years, in the Reserves and Guard for 5 years, stationed in Germany for two years, and stationed at Fort Bragg for about 15 years total, and I have only been to JRTC once and NTC once? Never even been to Hohenfels! Get this, when I went to NTC, I worked in the SOTF S-3 so I got to stay in the big dome. When I went to JRTC, I went as an observer, and I only went out into the box once for about 2 hours. So to answer your question, I really liked the Starbucks at NTC, and Leesville, LA doesn't have enough stuff to do at night. LOLResponse by SFC Stephen Carden made Jul 21 at 2014 1:04 AM2014-07-21T01:04:17-04:002014-07-21T01:04:17-04:00LTC Paul Labrador183415<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I did old school NTC (regimental sized force on force) right before we deployed (summer of 2002) when I was with 3ACR. It was excellent training for what we did in the early stages of OIF1. RSO&I procedures were accurate. So was convoy training and jumping and establishing our base cluster. Once things settled down into the "occupation" mode however, we were pretty much making things up as we went along....<br /><br />What was even cooler was our rotation was followed by 2ACR, so they had an "Sweet 16" gathering between the ACR regiments.Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Jul 21 at 2014 9:58 PM2014-07-21T21:58:21-04:002014-07-21T21:58:21-04:00SFC John Hill1555183<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I''ve been to all three. What I didn't like most about NTC is we did not bring our own equipment, but had to draw from the motor pool there. They were older and earlier models of what he had at home station. CMTC (Hohenfels) had the worst weather and most mud. Never really had any opinion on JRTC.Response by SFC John Hill made May 24 at 2016 4:40 AM2016-05-24T04:40:41-04:002016-05-24T04:40:41-04:00SPC Private RallyPoint Member4845484<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I went to JRTC I hated itResponse by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 25 at 2019 1:40 AM2019-07-25T01:40:08-04:002019-07-25T01:40:08-04:00SFC Melvin Brandenburg4845528<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I prefer Hohenfels because Gasthaus Zum Hirschen is my favorite restaurant and it is found in Parsberg. 10 minute cab ride.Response by SFC Melvin Brandenburg made Jul 25 at 2019 2:10 AM2019-07-25T02:10:15-04:002019-07-25T02:10:15-04:002014-07-20T22:10:43-04:00