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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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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My armory's library consists of 5-20 copies of -10 for every piece of equipment assigned to us. Along with a smattering of FMs and recruiting tools. I should know I had to put the shelves up and organize it. What I do for my unit's AT is if anybody wants to read and has cell service I give them my Amazon account info and let them read from my Kindle library(550+ books)
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TSgt Training Ncoic
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My family and I loved and used the library here at Dover AFB quite frequently. I speak in the past tense becuase that library was closed as part of the whole sequester/budget cuts phase all of us went through.
I volunteered to help the librarian empty the building and find people who could use the thousands of books they had there. He was told that any of the books people didn't want had to go to the base recycling center. It was pretty terrible.
And I for one think a library at a FOB would be a great idea.
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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I used the library at Ft Sam Houston quite extensively when i was there for MOS training. And when I was deployed, the "library" that the USO and the Chaplains office had were of great use as well.
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SSG (ret) William Martin
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Fort Bliss, TX had the worse library of all the DoD libraries I ever visited when I arrived to Fort Bliss more than a few years ago. I rate the computer and Internet services a 10 out of 10, but the customer service was terrible and I told the head librarian to her face after she was rude with me and she also treated other service members with impolite service. To make a long story short, I made an ICE complaint and she ended up leaving early that day according to a follow up. I also refused to give her my CoC information when requested which she did not like.
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CH (MAJ) William Beaver
CH (MAJ) William Beaver
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Wow. Thanks for the heads up!
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No. When I wanted a book, I'd order it from Amazon or take a trip to Military Clothing Sales.
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CPT Aaron Kletzing
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I didn't use mine much at all, though many Soldiers I knew enjoyed using it for classes and to get some alone time away from the barracks.
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SSG Carlos Madden
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Yes. Used it to study at Redstone.
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