If you had the choice would you like to be stationed at JBLM or Hawaii?

I had no problem with three years in Hawaii with the active duty USAF and did have a lot of local friends. I did live off base and enjoyed it, in my off duty time I also took college classes 4 days a week. I was also active in Civil Air Patrol in Hawaii. I enjoyed the beaches and all the places to go as well as back then went to stock car races at the old Hawaii raceway park. (now gone) I played a lot of golf, went bowling, swimming and was never bored. Yes, I always found time to do all those things. I also knew where to go and not pay tourist prices. Hawaii was My first choice for overseas assignment and I got it.

Hawaii is definitely a great place to visit but with COVID thing it has made me not want to be on the island anymore

SMSgt Lawrence McCarter - I have been learning the longer I have been out , Air Force and Army experiences at the same Duty Station don't necessarily mean they had the same experience.

SGT Cody Skinner - That is true and if I had to do it all over again I'd still go Air Force. I've never had a negative experience in any state with the local populations anyway in my Air Force service.

Fun Fact: The most rain in the United States and the world falls at Mt. Waialeale on Kauai in Hawaii. It rained an average of 460 inches (11,684 millimetres) a year from 1931 to 1960 on the tropical island mountain. That's over 38 feet (11 metres) of rain.

Several other spots on the Hawaiian Islands top 200 inches (5,080 mm) of rain a year on average, much more than places in any other state besides Alaska.

Mountain View on the east side of Hawaii's Big Island is the rainiest with 240 inches or 20 feet (6.1 metres) annually. At the community on the slope above Hilo it rains 296 days a year – which works out to getting rain on four out of five days.

SGT Cody Skinner Fun Fact JBLM has around 3 months of steady sunshine. All of which you will spend in the field/Yakistan :)

The more you know

SFC Kelly Fuerhoff The rain isn’t an issue in the summertime. Hence why I spoke sun for 3 months straight. However, gloomy and rainy the other 270+ day’s of the year is quite depressing and dark.

I'd take JBLM over 20 years in Norfolk.