Posted on Apr 9, 2015
CH (MAJ) William Beaver
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Have you ever used the on-post or on-base library? How often ? In your opinion, what is the best one you have seen? And what is the value FOR YOU is the garrison/post/base library? Would a small library in a deployment FOB be of use to you?
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
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When I was at the Anti Submarine Warfare training center in San Diego, I spent a lot of time at the base library. It was not a huge library, but it had a good selection. I was in there at least once a week. It was a good way to unwind after having information crammed into our skulls. There was no homework for class as the materials could not leave the classroom, and as an E-1/E-2 in California, there is not a whole lot that was financially a good idea. So when staying on base reading (a punishment in school) became a source of relaxation.
When I went to my ship, it was under construction so we conducted the initial load out. There was a media space on the ship with books and computers we could use. The book selection was not that great so I did not use it nearly as often as i had at the ASW training center.
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SGT Technical Support
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I've used a couple and I've got to say the one I was the most impressed with was the library at fort Tucker. I went there all the time to study in peace one we were allowed to in my AIT. If it weren't for that magical place, I don't think I would have passed.
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Dumb phone, that should read Ft Rucker, AL. I was there for Air Traffic Control school.
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MSgt Michael Durkee
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My family and I frequently use the services at the Joint Base Charleston Libraries, granted they are somewhat small in comparison to other bases we've been to, but still a valuable resource with a good selection of current fiction and non-fiction titles.

When I would deploy, I always looked forward to the book exchanges set up by MWR. One of the best was when I was at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan. We would receive donations of books from supporters Stateside and volunteers would shelve the books for easy browsing.
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