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If I have to chose one in CONUS or OCONUS that is not a combat zone base, let me know, but I could go on about Kandahar!Response by CW5 Sam R. Baker made Jun 26 at 2014 8:28 PM2014-06-26T20:28:46-04:002014-06-26T20:28:46-04:00CPT Jacob Swartout164713<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was at Ft Stewart for 4 years and the Dog Faced Soldier song is still stuck in my head. Despite being humid there, I enjoyed living close to the coast and Savannah.Response by CPT Jacob Swartout made Jun 26 at 2014 9:28 PM2014-06-26T21:28:42-04:002014-06-26T21:28:42-04:001SG Private RallyPoint Member167402<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just curious Sir, which ones do you salute?!?!?!Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2014 10:20 AM2014-06-30T10:20:29-04:002014-06-30T10:20:29-04:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member167669<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I HATE going to Walter Reed in Bethesda. The charlie foxtrot that is traffic there is horrendous. I live about 35 miles from Bethesda and it would would often take me 2+ hours to get home. Then you add that there is ZERO parking, and it makes for my least favorite base.Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 30 at 2014 3:38 PM2014-06-30T15:38:30-04:002014-06-30T15:38:30-04:00SSgt Tim Ricci167690<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>MCAS Futenma on Okinawa!! worst Barracks, terrible Chow Hall, E Club and SNCO run down. Hangars in state of disrepair!! This place Sucked!Response by SSgt Tim Ricci made Jun 30 at 2014 4:00 PM2014-06-30T16:00:45-04:002014-06-30T16:00:45-04:00CW5 Private RallyPoint Member770029<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It was Ft. Riley when one of the Brigades decided to have the muslim call to prayer played all the time on Custer Hill to acclimatize people mobilizing. It went away when the families started complaining.<br /><br />and now any base that has plenty of streets blocked off for PT and yet still have large unit formations running 6 miles on other streets with posted speed of 35+ MPH which causes backups and delays for those units that PT earlier and have to report to work by 0800. Not to mention that they have a post policy letter that is supposed to ban such formations :cough: Bragg :cough:Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 25 at 2015 12:49 PM2015-06-25T12:49:59-04:002015-06-25T12:49:59-04:00SFC George Smith2055888<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Dude... <br />Damn near every one of us has been assigned to a base somewhere around the world where we felt the military would use to provide enemas... don't feel alone...Response by SFC George Smith made Nov 9 at 2016 4:45 PM2016-11-09T16:45:27-05:002016-11-09T16:45:27-05:00CAPT Kevin B.2065147<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Any AF base when you don't have a car.Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Nov 12 at 2016 12:23 AM2016-11-12T00:23:04-05:002016-11-12T00:23:04-05:00TSgt Private RallyPoint Member2070021<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was at Wright-Patterson AFB, I lived in the dorms for the first seven months I was there (I got there June of '09).<br />At the time, Wright-Patt was split into three separate areas (two areas have now since merged into one). The dorms were on the smallest part (Kittyhawk Area), which also had the BX, Commissary, post office, etc.<br />Well, unless you were dorm staff or worked at the DFAC, if you lived in the dorms, you had to leave Kittyhawk to get to your place of duty on the other two areas. Problem was, they looooved to hold exercises once a month, which usually meant base lockdown. This meant you were not allowed to leave one area of base to go to another. Thing was, they purposely never told you if this exercise would involve a lockdown, and only ever announced it when it was actually happening, so there was no giving commanders or supervisors a heads-up.<br />Sure enough, at least three or four times in that seven month span, I was having to call my supervisor at the office telling him I couldn't come in because the base was on lockdown and I couldn't leave the Kittyhawk Area. I got in good with one of the SF guys at the gate the last few months and he was usually able to give me a quick heads up before they were about to make the call so I could get to where I needed to be, but it was the most annoying thing I've had to deal with base-wise.Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 13 at 2016 4:30 PM2016-11-13T16:30:08-05:002016-11-13T16:30:08-05:00SSgt Dan Moquin2070233<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Laughlin AFB Texas, a full scale nuclear strike on this shit hole would be a blessing.Response by SSgt Dan Moquin made Nov 13 at 2016 5:39 PM2016-11-13T17:39:18-05:002016-11-13T17:39:18-05:00SSG Duane Tyler2072268<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camp H.M. Smith, Halwa, Hawaii (Honolulu) in 1998. I had just reported in to my unit at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and I was immediately put on a special detail to Support Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Every morning I had to drive to Camp Smith and traffic was always terrible when you were heading towards Honolulu in the morning and away from it in the evening. When I got off at my exit it's a nice drive through a residential neighborhood........ UPHILL for approximately 3 miles at the posted speed limit. So It was bad on the transmission going up and bad on the brakes coming down . It was a small Navy/Marine installation speckled with other services. THE MOST ANNOYING PART......... if you are not indoors by 0730 (parking was very bad) and you just happen to be outside when the music starts playing, you have to stand in attention and salute for......... the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard songs. It sucked when it was hot in the morning and worse when it was raining!!!Response by SSG Duane Tyler made Nov 14 at 2016 10:03 AM2016-11-14T10:03:39-05:002016-11-14T10:03:39-05:00SPC Frederick Jameson2446591<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Dexheim Germany. The rock. The middle of a grape HarvardResponse by SPC Frederick Jameson made Mar 24 at 2017 9:15 PM2017-03-24T21:15:02-04:002017-03-24T21:15:02-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member2446965<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Apparently nobody has been stationed at Ft. Polk.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 25 at 2017 3:22 AM2017-03-25T03:22:16-04:002017-03-25T03:22:16-04:00PFC Jesse Stinton2446974<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>MCRD either one even after you're out of boot camp all the boots running around sounds and so much damn motoResponse by PFC Jesse Stinton made Mar 25 at 2017 3:35 AM2017-03-25T03:35:14-04:002017-03-25T03:35:14-04:00LCpl Darren Wilkens2447889<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camp Victory, Kuwait. I was there from 2004-05 (closed in 2006) and that place was a dump!Response by LCpl Darren Wilkens made Mar 25 at 2017 3:40 PM2017-03-25T15:40:14-04:002017-03-25T15:40:14-04:00SFC Nick Craig2448223<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I deployed with 3rd ID to the Balkans in '00. Any reference to Audie Murphy still makes me cranky.Response by SFC Nick Craig made Mar 25 at 2017 7:07 PM2017-03-25T19:07:12-04:002017-03-25T19:07:12-04:00PO2 Adam Wagoner2448789<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Naval Station Norfolk. Enough said.Response by PO2 Adam Wagoner made Mar 26 at 2017 3:11 AM2017-03-26T03:11:20-04:002017-03-26T03:11:20-04:00LCpl Private RallyPoint Member2448841<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What? Nobody is gonna mention the Stumps?<br /><br />The Lake Bandini swim team oughta make themselves known.Response by LCpl Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 26 at 2017 4:41 AM2017-03-26T04:41:29-04:002017-03-26T04:41:29-04:00LCpl Aaron Freeman2448846<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>MCAGCC 29 Palms... Lake Bandini... enough said!Response by LCpl Aaron Freeman made Mar 26 at 2017 4:52 AM2017-03-26T04:52:02-04:002017-03-26T04:52:02-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member2449068<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Irwin 2 years of rotations back to backResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 26 at 2017 9:30 AM2017-03-26T09:30:10-04:002017-03-26T09:30:10-04:00MSG Gregory Hoelscher2449711<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If your time was spent IN the Army, it would be a post...Response by MSG Gregory Hoelscher made Mar 26 at 2017 3:43 PM2017-03-26T15:43:15-04:002017-03-26T15:43:15-04:001SG Harold Piet2449864<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was at Bragg for 10 years straight, (E-1 - E-6p) then 5 years in Fort Richardson, Ak,(E-6 -E7p) then my last 5 years at Ft Campbell, ky E-8, loved all of them,Response by 1SG Harold Piet made Mar 26 at 2017 5:29 PM2017-03-26T17:29:44-04:002017-03-26T17:29:44-04:00SPC Russel Brock2450389<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was at Ft. Stewart 91-95 when it was the 24th ID and I hated that place. More Army wives screwing around on their husbands than any other place that I was stationed. When I was there....the cheating wives loved Gilley's and Hurricanes.Response by SPC Russel Brock made Mar 26 at 2017 9:48 PM2017-03-26T21:48:00-04:002017-03-26T21:48:00-04:00LCpl Private RallyPoint Member2450415<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Twentynine for sure.Response by LCpl Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 26 at 2017 10:01 PM2017-03-26T22:01:16-04:002017-03-26T22:01:16-04:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member2450472<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wouldn't mind 13 bugke calls after being at Camp Bullis in San Antonio. You never know what they are going to play. In the morning or at night they might play Reveille, To the Colors, Retreat, the National Anthem, or a combination of all in no certain order.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 26 at 2017 10:36 PM2017-03-26T22:36:17-04:002017-03-26T22:36:17-04:00COL Charles Williams2450597<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Vote 10 for you <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="38789" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/38789-11a-infantry-officer-2nd-bct-101st-abn">CPT Private RallyPoint Member</a> .... Fort Jackson... Nothing cool is done there.Response by COL Charles Williams made Mar 27 at 2017 12:35 AM2017-03-27T00:35:56-04:002017-03-27T00:35:56-04:00MSgt Christopher Schoen2451004<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>*retired now* But was stationed at Cannon AFB 97-01. Decent base/some great folks to work with, but out in the middle of nowhere. The base is surrounded by cattleyards, feed lots, and a pig farm. So, it always smelled like shyt...the wind never ceased. You were always "upwind" of the smell. Nowadays, folks stationed there call it "Afcannonstan". To each their own...there are unhappy people at some of the "best" bases out there.Response by MSgt Christopher Schoen made Mar 27 at 2017 9:13 AM2017-03-27T09:13:17-04:002017-03-27T09:13:17-04:00AN Jamie Barnhard2451100<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The 2 worst Naval Stations to be stationed at would GITMO Cuba & NAS Adak which is closed now.Response by AN Jamie Barnhard made Mar 27 at 2017 9:49 AM2017-03-27T09:49:39-04:002017-03-27T09:49:39-04:00SPC Rick LaBonte2451160<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was on Ft Riley they not only played revele, the fired a cannon and set off every car alarm on post!Response by SPC Rick LaBonte made Mar 27 at 2017 10:11 AM2017-03-27T10:11:53-04:002017-03-27T10:11:53-04:00SPC Steven Hovey2452066<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was at stewart too when it was the 24th ID. We didn't have that many that we actually had to salute for. Just reveille, retreat and taps. I never heard a bugle call for chow.... that's a new one on me.Response by SPC Steven Hovey made Mar 27 at 2017 3:59 PM2017-03-27T15:59:13-04:002017-03-27T15:59:13-04:00SGT William Harding2452489<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had to be at ft. Leonordwood for several weeks before going to Korea. Let's just say I would rather be in Korea.Response by SGT William Harding made Mar 27 at 2017 6:27 PM2017-03-27T18:27:41-04:002017-03-27T18:27:41-04:00SGM Frank Marsh2452631<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>spent some time TDY one summer at Fort Sill. Shit weather, tornado warnings daily, God-awful rain, black skys, artillery firing 24-7..not much to do...MPs used to set up outside the clubs...Response by SGM Frank Marsh made Mar 27 at 2017 7:18 PM2017-03-27T19:18:11-04:002017-03-27T19:18:11-04:00SGT Timothy OBoyle2452765<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Leonard Wood. Ticks, ice, and messed up weather. More basic training idiots. An there's nothing in hour to do.Response by SGT Timothy OBoyle made Mar 27 at 2017 8:48 PM2017-03-27T20:48:16-04:002017-03-27T20:48:16-04:00MAJ John Cantin2452849<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Riley Sucks Monkey Balls. 23 years in the Army and I have never seen a place so crappy and proud of it.Response by MAJ John Cantin made Mar 27 at 2017 9:33 PM2017-03-27T21:33:31-04:002017-03-27T21:33:31-04:00SFC Patrick Chapman2452900<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft Stewart was better when it was 24th ID, all the bugles drove me nutsResponse by SFC Patrick Chapman made Mar 27 at 2017 9:48 PM2017-03-27T21:48:59-04:002017-03-27T21:48:59-04:00PO2 Alfonso Maury2452935<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Gitmo. Was there in 86. If your ship was there for training it was a miserable place.Response by PO2 Alfonso Maury made Mar 27 at 2017 9:55 PM2017-03-27T21:55:36-04:002017-03-27T21:55:36-04:00SPC Roger Giffen2453013<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have been told Yuma Proving Grounds outside of Yuma, Arizona isn't exactly pleasant.Response by SPC Roger Giffen made Mar 27 at 2017 10:35 PM2017-03-27T22:35:37-04:002017-03-27T22:35:37-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2453113<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Riley is the second worst place I've been to...they say that Fort Riley is the place where careers come to die and I found out it was true. MEBs left and right for dumb stuff. However Aberdeen Proving Grounds had to be the worst place I was ever stationed out of the 5 duty stations I've been to. Its a US Army installation but it caters to civilians rather than soldiers.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2017 12:13 AM2017-03-28T00:13:11-04:002017-03-28T00:13:11-04:00MSgt Private RallyPoint Member2453135<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I grew up an AF brat, I have to say every place I went was fine except one; Dhahran Saudi Arabia. They can make glass out of that shit hole for all I care. They can make glass out of the entire country for all I care. <br />Someone will have to help me out with a bugle call, what is that for?Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2017 12:31 AM2017-03-28T00:31:24-04:002017-03-28T00:31:24-04:00SPC Vic Lusby2453248<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow suddenly all of my postings don't seem so bad. Keesler AFB, Griffiss AFB, Minot AFB, Air Force side. As well as Camp Eagle ROK, and Ft Campbell. Army sideResponse by SPC Vic Lusby made Mar 28 at 2017 4:01 AM2017-03-28T04:01:41-04:002017-03-28T04:01:41-04:00Cpl Ernest Thom2453549<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>These Lt's crack me up!Response by Cpl Ernest Thom made Mar 28 at 2017 8:16 AM2017-03-28T08:16:45-04:002017-03-28T08:16:45-04:00SGM Private RallyPoint Member2453582<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Soooo, why is the military tradition of playing bugle calls annoying? Do you understand the history behind the playing of the calls? Perhaps if you looked in to the stories behind the calls, instead of thumbing your nose at them, you'd have a better appreciation for the Army's history and traditions. Maybe you could make it your mission, as a LEADER, to inform Soldiers what the appropriate actions are when the calls are played. <br /><br />The same goes for the other services. Every base I was assigned to did things a little different.Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2017 8:42 AM2017-03-28T08:42:42-04:002017-03-28T08:42:42-04:00SPC Darryl Austin2454177<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Hunter Ligget. Was there in 2008, during a blazing wildfire a few miles away that rained ash. It was insanely hot, thrre was a water shortage, and there wasn't much to do.Response by SPC Darryl Austin made Mar 28 at 2017 12:29 PM2017-03-28T12:29:50-04:002017-03-28T12:29:50-04:00MSgt Private RallyPoint Member2454541<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.music.army.mil/music/buglecalls/">http://www.music.army.mil/music/buglecalls/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2017 2:31 PM2017-03-28T14:31:28-04:002017-03-28T14:31:28-04:00SGT Donnie Goodson2454612<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft Sill. Even people from Oklahoma dislike it.Response by SGT Donnie Goodson made Mar 28 at 2017 2:55 PM2017-03-28T14:55:47-04:002017-03-28T14:55:47-04:00SSG Steven Borders2454672<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, Fort Stewart was notorious for all of the calls. You can ask my dad <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="56333" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/56333-3e0x2-electrical-power-production">MSgt Private RallyPoint Member</a> when he visited us. Plus singing the Dog Face Soldier song every day! Not to mention the whole "Rock of the Marne" "Top of the Rock" thing. I still remember the first time the gate guard said that to me. I was like "Ok" Rock of the Marne back at you. LOLResponse by SSG Steven Borders made Mar 28 at 2017 3:19 PM2017-03-28T15:19:37-04:002017-03-28T15:19:37-04:00SGT Don Sanker2455573<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>LT, this is a perfect opportunity to get in touch with the roots of the Army. Long before every soldier possessed his own watch, the bugle was the only effective means of keeping timely order in the fort or field. The fact that Fort Stewart uses bugle calls is a traditional throwback displaying respect to all soldiers over the last 241 years. Far from annoying, you should use the opportunity to educate those personnel "sprinting" of to the meanings of those calls as the Stewart home page instructed you.Response by SGT Don Sanker made Mar 28 at 2017 10:15 PM2017-03-28T22:15:42-04:002017-03-28T22:15:42-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member2455873<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ok, so my story doesn't really pertain to the any specific post/base. But, it does pertain to bugle calls.<br /><br />So, there I was...<br />Driving my kids (Army Brats) and their friends (Air Force Brats) to a function on an Lackland AFB. I hear "Retreat" start being played. I pull over, stop the car, and get out. My kids follow suit and get out. Their AF friends are siting in the car. I tell them to get out and place their hand over their heart. They comply. When we get back in they ask why they had to get out? I told them it was to show respect to the flag. Come to find out AF doesn't get out of their vehicle, they only pull over and stop.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 29 at 2017 3:56 AM2017-03-29T03:56:57-04:002017-03-29T03:56:57-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member2457129<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft. Hood has all of those plus a few more for feeding the horses or some nonsense.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 29 at 2017 1:34 PM2017-03-29T13:34:47-04:002017-03-29T13:34:47-04:00PO3 Donald Murphy2457338<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>**AT THE TIME**, Naval Submarine Base, King's Bay, Georgia was the worst. There was nothing on base, but in true Navy fashion, they opened it anyway and stationed people there. The base had an ornate main gate and welcome/visitor center and a clinic the size of a 7-11. Then, you drove five miles through alligator-infested wilderness to get to "lower base" where the subs were. Nothing had been built yet. The "base" was basically the submarine tender USS Canopus, a floating dry-dock (USS Alamagordo or USS Oak Ridge), and a really large/old/pockmarked pier. "Barracks" was a WW2 vintage berthing barge with little to no A/C. <br /><br />Not sure of its original name, but King's Bay was an Army supply dump that the Navy bought in 1982-ish for the purpose of turning it into a sub base. Smart/cool/nice idea, but in Navy fashion, they start moving ships and personnel in before they have anything built. Then bitch when things don't go well. We would have widespread equipment shutdowns due to the swamp conditions (high temperatures and bug life!) and our BX became the only one in the USA that carried Avon Skin So Soft as it was the only thing that would kill/repel bugs. We also had "screen doors" on our submarines as the gnat, mosquito, horse fly population would clog equipment filters! There was no natural or man-made cover, so the intelligent Naval high command would send fact-finder officials to find out where all of the sun-stroke, heat-stroke victims were coming from.<br /><br />One of the DC dumb asses in their dress blues passed out waiting to be signed on board. He then "decreed" (only because his dumb life had been affected) to the base commander (by phone [as he was too smart to leave the ship...]) to have an awning and "sun shade" constructed. "No can-do. Not enough ships in harbor to warrant the construction so says your manual." He was livid and threatened to fire someone "once he got back to Washington..." Went away and never saw him again. Got a new squadron commander who came from somewhere up North and he actually used his flag rank to improve the base radically. Paved the parking lots to keep "sand storm" dust from blowing everywhere, hired bug spray companies and built a garage to house all of the supply stuff which was sitting outside in the 3000 degree heat. <br /><br />Even the local prostitutes refused to come on base due to the desert/jungle conditions. One of the newer boats arrived with their gleaming crew and new wives and that captain's wife threatened to have her National Geographic sister come down and film the horrendous "prison yard" conditions. Plus, she didn't like the fact that she was in Charleston and her hubby was in Georgia. Next thing ya know, long weekends are implamented and we're allowed liberal time-off to go home to Charleston. A few wives would pool together and get a hotel room. The local hotels figured out this was a good thing and soon, cheap rooms were advertised and we'd go off base every night. A shrewd CPA figured out how to get that out of the government and the infamous Cold War "FBM deduction" was invented. Basically everything the wives/girlfriends spent was deductible. <br /><br />The Navy went livid and soon had to pull its head out of its ass and actually make a real base. They started building base housing, expanded the Marine Corps area, built a working hospital, etc. When I left in 1988 they had just finished a "club" that we could drink/eat at. Prior to that we were all relegated to having to drive/walk downtown to hit the clubs there. Shrewd clubs would even come and pick us up. I went back in 1998-ish to visit a shipmate and I was impressed with the changes. But to be fair, it should have been that way back in 1983 when the first sub pulled in.Response by PO3 Donald Murphy made Mar 29 at 2017 3:06 PM2017-03-29T15:06:02-04:002017-03-29T15:06:02-04:00SSgt Bob Mobbs2458135<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If they were going to give the world an enema they would stick the hose in Minot AFB, NDResponse by SSgt Bob Mobbs made Mar 29 at 2017 10:35 PM2017-03-29T22:35:08-04:002017-03-29T22:35:08-04:00SSG Edward Tilton2458269<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good, I take great pride in being able to name many of them.Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Mar 29 at 2017 11:31 PM2017-03-29T23:31:34-04:002017-03-29T23:31:34-04:00SGT Robert Farrell2894090<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>during the nam war the worst 2 bases were FT ORD,CA & FT POLK,LOUISINA if you got orders for ft polk or ft ord you knew the next stop was beautifull DOWNTOWN VIETNAM!Response by SGT Robert Farrell made Sep 5 at 2017 11:10 AM2017-09-05T11:10:58-04:002017-09-05T11:10:58-04:00SP6 David Hotaling2894708<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort McClellan Alabama. People in Calcutta say "McClellan, what a shit hole,"Response by SP6 David Hotaling made Sep 5 at 2017 2:56 PM2017-09-05T14:56:20-04:002017-09-05T14:56:20-04:00CH (LTC) Thomas Wesley2894749<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Forty years in....I'm going with Ft. Hood. Didn't care much for this place.Response by CH (LTC) Thomas Wesley made Sep 5 at 2017 3:10 PM2017-09-05T15:10:02-04:002017-09-05T15:10:02-04:00A1C Private RallyPoint Member2895194<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Incirlik TurkeyResponse by A1C Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 5 at 2017 5:43 PM2017-09-05T17:43:31-04:002017-09-05T17:43:31-04:00TSgt Don Pettit2896005<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Naples, Italy as an Air Force member. Stationed there from 1988-1991, congressional delegation toured every overseas military location and deemed Naples as the worst location. I know they have built new facilities at the Capodicino airport but the NATO facilities are still there.Response by TSgt Don Pettit made Sep 5 at 2017 11:44 PM2017-09-05T23:44:06-04:002017-09-05T23:44:06-04:00SSgt Bob Mobbs2896039<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I spent the worst year of my life one month at Blytheville AFB. If they ever decide to give the world an enema this is where they will insert the hose.Response by SSgt Bob Mobbs made Sep 6 at 2017 12:09 AM2017-09-06T00:09:27-04:002017-09-06T00:09:27-04:00PVT Raymond Lopez2896066<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-174661"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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I know it might sound strange but it is the only explanation I can come up with.Response by PVT Raymond Lopez made Sep 6 at 2017 12:35 AM2017-09-06T00:35:23-04:002017-09-06T00:35:23-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member2896079<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't buy it any soldier who has spent time in the Cav on Infantry knows what is going on.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 6 at 2017 12:42 AM2017-09-06T00:42:48-04:002017-09-06T00:42:48-04:00SCPO Morris Ramsey2896243<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="38789" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/38789-11a-infantry-officer-2nd-bct-101st-abn">CPT Private RallyPoint Member</a> Misawa AB, JapanResponse by SCPO Morris Ramsey made Sep 6 at 2017 4:04 AM2017-09-06T04:04:17-04:002017-09-06T04:04:17-04:00PFC Andrew Vickers2896267<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For me it was Fort Hunter Liggett. Amazing training but we were in the middle of nowhere. Closest town was Jolon with a population of 66 people.Response by PFC Andrew Vickers made Sep 6 at 2017 5:07 AM2017-09-06T05:07:13-04:002017-09-06T05:07:13-04:001SG Danny Heller2896351<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Lewis, WA is the rectum of the Earth.Response by 1SG Danny Heller made Sep 6 at 2017 6:25 AM2017-09-06T06:25:21-04:002017-09-06T06:25:21-04:00Lt Col Gus Gonzalez2898715<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Grand forks AFBResponse by Lt Col Gus Gonzalez made Sep 6 at 2017 10:38 PM2017-09-06T22:38:00-04:002017-09-06T22:38:00-04:00SrA Private RallyPoint Member2898790<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft Rucker is fantastic place to beResponse by SrA Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 6 at 2017 11:21 PM2017-09-06T23:21:33-04:002017-09-06T23:21:33-04:00MSgt Dennis Dykman2898865<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Offutt was bad in the early 70 time frame. Last thing my brother-in-law said to me prior to basic training was "stay away from any SAC base if possible" Well it not only was Offutt, but I was in the 55SRW Command Post. Did that for about 3 years before shipping to Taiwan! What a change!Response by MSgt Dennis Dykman made Sep 6 at 2017 11:57 PM2017-09-06T23:57:14-04:002017-09-06T23:57:14-04:00CPL Ricky Mack2899135<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Irwin a real shit hole.Response by CPL Ricky Mack made Sep 7 at 2017 5:02 AM2017-09-07T05:02:29-04:002017-09-07T05:02:29-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2899728<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft Bliss "Fort Piss" in El Paso "Hell Paso". Closest thing to hell on Earth you can get too. Extreme hot weather, sandstorms, and bipolar weather. Don't get me wrong the Freedom crossing and other resources on post are nice but the environment and location make it terrible. On the border of Mexico but can't go and the closest city is Las Cruces 45 minutes. If drinking or catching an STD isn't for you then don't look forward when you see Ft Bliss as your next duty stationResponse by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 7 at 2017 10:29 AM2017-09-07T10:29:53-04:002017-09-07T10:29:53-04:00Cathy Prusia2899807<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Sill, Ok. Seriously...Response by Cathy Prusia made Sep 7 at 2017 10:54 AM2017-09-07T10:54:31-04:002017-09-07T10:54:31-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2900216<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort rileyResponse by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 7 at 2017 1:16 PM2017-09-07T13:16:47-04:002017-09-07T13:16:47-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2900276<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort rileyResponse by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 7 at 2017 1:36 PM2017-09-07T13:36:12-04:002017-09-07T13:36:12-04:00Cpl Bryan Hill2900281<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>29 Palms aka 29 stumps!!Response by Cpl Bryan Hill made Sep 7 at 2017 1:37 PM2017-09-07T13:37:20-04:002017-09-07T13:37:20-04:00Cpl Tom Surdi2900637<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>29 Palms, hands down the worst friggen place to be stationed.Response by Cpl Tom Surdi made Sep 7 at 2017 3:28 PM2017-09-07T15:28:39-04:002017-09-07T15:28:39-04:00SSgt Private RallyPoint Member2901311<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Soto Cano HondurasResponse by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 7 at 2017 8:02 PM2017-09-07T20:02:37-04:002017-09-07T20:02:37-04:00PO1 Tom Bennett2901604<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great Lakes Naval Station. The lake effect makes for crappy weather.Response by PO1 Tom Bennett made Sep 7 at 2017 10:29 PM2017-09-07T22:29:43-04:002017-09-07T22:29:43-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member2902104<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Joint Base San Antonio or Fort Sam Houston. Any TRADOC post is annoying. Now all service branches attend AIT there in addition to ALC/SLC and Medical Corps Officer School.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 8 at 2017 7:09 AM2017-09-08T07:09:19-04:002017-09-08T07:09:19-04:00LCpl Darrell J. Farley Jr.2903262<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay Georgia!!!<br />Full of 19 and 20 year olds driving $40k cars getting DUI's loosing their security clearances then put in the fleet as Deck Apes!!! Aaaaand all the other Squids too!!!Response by LCpl Darrell J. Farley Jr. made Sep 8 at 2017 2:14 PM2017-09-08T14:14:25-04:002017-09-08T14:14:25-04:00PO3 Brian Russen2903535<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>29 PalmsResponse by PO3 Brian Russen made Sep 8 at 2017 3:50 PM2017-09-08T15:50:38-04:002017-09-08T15:50:38-04:00SSgt Rick Scharnberg2903641<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am an Air Force Brat, and vet. When I was a kid they had a saying at Loring AFB Maine. The only good base is the one you left and the one you're going to. The one you're at always sucked.Response by SSgt Rick Scharnberg made Sep 8 at 2017 4:36 PM2017-09-08T16:36:12-04:002017-09-08T16:36:12-04:00SPC Richard Stacey2903921<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's hard to believe that no one has mentioned ft Drum N.Y.Response by SPC Richard Stacey made Sep 8 at 2017 6:55 PM2017-09-08T18:55:12-04:002017-09-08T18:55:12-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member2904059<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Kandahar is horrible. The Poo Pond makes the whole base smell like you went swimming in a Porter Potty. If your down wind from it it smells worst than Death☠️. I got sick due to my tent being across from it until we moved to South Park but still could smell it there!!!!!Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 8 at 2017 7:42 PM2017-09-08T19:42:06-04:002017-09-08T19:42:06-04:00SP5 Mark Cassiday2904166<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Fix New Jersey is the worst I have been to in 36 years!Response by SP5 Mark Cassiday made Sep 8 at 2017 8:41 PM2017-09-08T20:41:53-04:002017-09-08T20:41:53-04:00SPC Jonathan Stewart2904292<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Been here several times for JRTC....first worst place I can think of.Response by SPC Jonathan Stewart made Sep 8 at 2017 9:55 PM2017-09-08T21:55:06-04:002017-09-08T21:55:06-04:00SPC Private RallyPoint Member2904443<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-175308"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="17efae0841dcdb6f4bf086b65866ccc9" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/175/503/for_gallery_v2/5cfa82ba.JPG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/175/503/large_v3/5cfa82ba.JPG" alt="5cfa82ba" /></a></div></div>Diego Garcia was the place to be if you liked the idea of isolation, mixed with RAIN,sun,sharks,and wind blowing in one direction. The little bar/dance clubhouse was a bonus. That atoll is one ground hog day after the other. At least in the early nineties.Response by AN Christopher Crayne made Sep 9 at 2017 10:46 PM2017-09-09T22:46:15-04:002017-09-09T22:46:15-04:00PFC Private RallyPoint Member2906586<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hohenfels. That's all I have to say.Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2017 4:03 AM2017-09-10T04:03:49-04:002017-09-10T04:03:49-04:00CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member2906679<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No hope Pope AFB. Right in the middle of Fort Bragg. 82-84. 12 hour shifts the normResponse by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2017 6:44 AM2017-09-10T06:44:01-04:002017-09-10T06:44:01-04:00PO3 Daniel Harris2907072<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Everett naval base wasn't bad, tiny, so the walk from the bar to the ship was easy, 3/4 mile. PSNS, ship yards,also not bad, damn good mess hall.Response by PO3 Daniel Harris made Sep 10 at 2017 11:32 AM2017-09-10T11:32:12-04:002017-09-10T11:32:12-04:00Sgt Ted Vega2907212<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camp RobertsResponse by Sgt Ted Vega made Sep 10 at 2017 12:30 PM2017-09-10T12:30:33-04:002017-09-10T12:30:33-04:00SPC James Thomas2907374<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort blissResponse by SPC James Thomas made Sep 10 at 2017 1:49 PM2017-09-10T13:49:48-04:002017-09-10T13:49:48-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member2907427<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Sill, OK. Wind is horrible, winters are rough.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2017 2:20 PM2017-09-10T14:20:07-04:002017-09-10T14:20:07-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2907868<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My only state side base. Tinker in OK. 18 years ago there wasn't much to do after dark except hit up the on base club. I'm not sure how it is now. I did learn something from that area. I volunteered to do stuff so I wouldn't be one of the several with a DUI. The only other bummer was the 3 gates going in doesn't mean all 3 gates open at one time.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2017 6:43 PM2017-09-10T18:43:47-04:002017-09-10T18:43:47-04:00LT Private RallyPoint Member2907993<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NAS Lemoore is god awful. I've been flying F18s here for 6 years and they keep saying they're going to make it better. They haven't. Why did we ever give Miramar to the marines?Response by LT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2017 8:02 PM2017-09-10T20:02:46-04:002017-09-10T20:02:46-04:00SPC Private RallyPoint Member2908007<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft never leave Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2017 8:16 PM2017-09-10T20:16:02-04:002017-09-10T20:16:02-04:001SG Frank Boynton2908082<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In the '70's congress had a list of bases they were closing down and all money ceased going to these bases. I got stationed at Ft. Dix in NJ for my Drill Sgt duty. It was and probably still is the worst military station in the United States.Response by 1SG Frank Boynton made Sep 10 at 2017 9:27 PM2017-09-10T21:27:43-04:002017-09-10T21:27:43-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2908090<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>4/1 AD Ft Bliss TXResponse by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2017 9:32 PM2017-09-10T21:32:21-04:002017-09-10T21:32:21-04:00MAJ Luca Luca2908689<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Johnson AtollResponse by MAJ Luca Luca made Sep 11 at 2017 7:57 AM2017-09-11T07:57:48-04:002017-09-11T07:57:48-04:00SPC Joe Jenkins2908735<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NTC Ft. Irwin. 100+ degrees in the summer. Snows in the winter. 37 miles out a 2 lane road to get to the nearest shithole (A.k.a. Barstow, Ca.) The road is lined with crosses for all the soldiers that died on the road trying to make it back to the barracks after a hard weekend in Vegas or LA. How depressing. Oh, and watch out for the State Reptile, the California Desert Tortise. It's a $1000 fine if you hurt one. They make that VERRRRYYYYY FUCKING clear the day you get there. Only upside. When I was there in 05' the O-Club brewed 3 kinds of beer year round.Response by SPC Joe Jenkins made Sep 11 at 2017 8:29 AM2017-09-11T08:29:54-04:002017-09-11T08:29:54-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2908752<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/travel/nation/the-us-military-towns-you-definitely-dont-want-to-be-stationed-in-ranked">https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/travel/nation/the-us-military-towns-you-definitely-dont-want-to-be-stationed-in-ranked</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 11 at 2017 8:39 AM2017-09-11T08:39:35-04:002017-09-11T08:39:35-04:00Alicia Mattocks2909377<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort drum should be on the list. It's like a black hole for any ones career. My husband has been in 10 years and all serving here at Fort drum. Been deployed 3 times and still stuck here. Orders canceled 3 times. They will do what ever it takes to keep you here. They are so slow with everything waited and fought for bah for 3 years. They don't handle paperwork. Worst base in our eyes.Response by Alicia Mattocks made Sep 11 at 2017 11:47 AM2017-09-11T11:47:58-04:002017-09-11T11:47:58-04:00PO3 Michael Crowder2909749<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Minot AFB... cold as hellResponse by PO3 Michael Crowder made Sep 11 at 2017 1:50 PM2017-09-11T13:50:16-04:002017-09-11T13:50:16-04:00Cpl Mike Moninger2909952<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Pohakaloa training area, hawaiiResponse by Cpl Mike Moninger made Sep 11 at 2017 3:17 PM2017-09-11T15:17:40-04:002017-09-11T15:17:40-04:00PO2 Greg Schultz2909958<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Cubi Point Philippines, worst hangovers ever. I can't tell you how tough it was balancing 8 hour work days with three or four weekends off a month, a paycheck that would last 6 weeks, all in a tropical setting amongst virgin jungle. With all the Liberty I had I found myself laboring to find things to do, eventually I resigned myself to snorkeling, enjoying tropical libations wilts sitting in hammock at a beachside bar, and the occasional road trip to Manila. The on-base E-club was a joke, they actually thought by serving world-class food and making it nicer than a stateside officer club that we would somehow forget we have been stationed in an adult Disneyland. The Navy in the early 90s was a rough place to be.Response by PO2 Greg Schultz made Sep 11 at 2017 3:21 PM2017-09-11T15:21:52-04:002017-09-11T15:21:52-04:00Cpl Charles Boyer, Jr2910252<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany GA. Logistics command for the MC. So top heavy it's insane. The largest unit on base is the MPs. #2 is the band. They used to have two separate commands, the base command and logistics command. When I was there there was a hanging of the guard for both and we had 4 generals, with all their staffers for less than 500 Marines. Base medical was in a double wide. All while being located in a swamp in south GA. There was a really nice golf course. That got shut down because of budget cuts so it was just a giant field that crazy SNCOs decided to use the tick and snake infested tall grass for creative PT sessions. Not to mention the gators by the pistol and skeet range. I was there about 13 years ago so of course some things changed, but I knew guys that begged to go back to 29 stumps after 6 weeks at MCLB Albany.Response by Cpl Charles Boyer, Jr made Sep 11 at 2017 5:45 PM2017-09-11T17:45:24-04:002017-09-11T17:45:24-04:00SrA Jonathan Carbonaro2910335<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My Current one, because I'm there.Response by SrA Jonathan Carbonaro made Sep 11 at 2017 6:34 PM2017-09-11T18:34:50-04:002017-09-11T18:34:50-04:00SMSgt Roger Feitlin2910740<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Laughlin AFB TxResponse by SMSgt Roger Feitlin made Sep 11 at 2017 10:10 PM2017-09-11T22:10:38-04:002017-09-11T22:10:38-04:00Sgt Tim Guffey2910844<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camp Fuji, Japan. What a shit hole!!!Response by Sgt Tim Guffey made Sep 11 at 2017 10:57 PM2017-09-11T22:57:39-04:002017-09-11T22:57:39-04:00CPL Scott Walker2910916<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>BaumholderResponse by CPL Scott Walker made Sep 12 at 2017 12:18 AM2017-09-12T00:18:46-04:002017-09-12T00:18:46-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member2911064<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>HANDS DOWN Fort WAINWRIGHT ALASKA!! -50 in the winter with almost nothing to do compared to the lower 48. No sun in the winter. Too much sun in the summer.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 12 at 2017 3:36 AM2017-09-12T03:36:57-04:002017-09-12T03:36:57-04:00CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member2911189<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why don't you take ten minutes to read or ask someone what your response should be to bugles calls. Learn and buy a watch. Then you can pull up your skirts and stop your bitching. Oh, and then you can find time to complete you PME!Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 12 at 2017 7:26 AM2017-09-12T07:26:31-04:002017-09-12T07:26:31-04:00David Putt2911192<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Shaw AFB, South Carolina...in the fine town of Dumpster oops I mean Sumter...most boring place ever.Response by David Putt made Sep 12 at 2017 7:28 AM2017-09-12T07:28:39-04:002017-09-12T07:28:39-04:00SrA Keith Cruz2911942<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Cannon AFB New Mexico. 100 miles to anything in all directions.Response by SrA Keith Cruz made Sep 12 at 2017 12:23 PM2017-09-12T12:23:38-04:002017-09-12T12:23:38-04:00CPT Craig Mathison2911980<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Any post sucks when you're not in the field. Infantrymen are great in the filed. It's when your in garrison that we screw up.Response by CPT Craig Mathison made Sep 12 at 2017 12:36 PM2017-09-12T12:36:01-04:002017-09-12T12:36:01-04:00SGT Aaron Atwood3637620<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>29 Palms Combat Center. With no car; i.e. no means to escape...Response by SGT Aaron Atwood made May 17 at 2018 10:18 PM2018-05-17T22:18:01-04:002018-05-17T22:18:01-04:00Cpl Thomas Wiklanski4871262<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camp Hague, Okinawa...transit point for Vietnam, both coming and going for Marines.Response by Cpl Thomas Wiklanski made Aug 1 at 2019 2:26 PM2019-08-01T14:26:36-04:002019-08-01T14:26:36-04:00SFC John Martin5397592<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Who ever said Kandahar never visited Whistan.Response by SFC John Martin made Dec 31 at 2019 11:26 AM2019-12-31T11:26:05-05:002019-12-31T11:26:05-05:00LTC Jason Mackay5398230<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Stewart used to also have a dinner matinee of the Division song right before retreatResponse by LTC Jason Mackay made Dec 31 at 2019 2:26 PM2019-12-31T14:26:31-05:002019-12-31T14:26:31-05:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member5592806<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Every post has its pros and cons..... but fk fort huachuca Never going back to that shit holeResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 23 at 2020 8:11 PM2020-02-23T20:11:36-05:002020-02-23T20:11:36-05:00SPC Steven Depuy5761612<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My nephew who was an MP did a tour in Afghan where he was stationed in a police station in a small town, the toilet was a board with a hole in it that dumped out the back side of the building. Not many of you can top that shit hole post, lol.Response by SPC Steven Depuy made Apr 10 at 2020 4:08 PM2020-04-10T16:08:24-04:002020-04-10T16:08:24-04:00SSgt Dwight Deatherage5761957<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was recently on the Navy base in Charleston recently. Not only do they have the normal bugle signals but they play the Star Spangled Banner at 0800. All traffic stops in place. I was running late for a meeting, and when got there discovered the meeting started at 0830. <br /><br />I have been on a number of Army, Navy, and Air Force installations over the years and have never seen this.Response by SSgt Dwight Deatherage made Apr 10 at 2020 6:50 PM2020-04-10T18:50:10-04:002020-04-10T18:50:10-04:00MAJ Ken Landgren5762607<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ft Hood. 3 Corps, 2 Divisions, COSCOM, Brigades, Battalions so many flag poles and so many requirements.Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Apr 10 at 2020 10:42 PM2020-04-10T22:42:19-04:002020-04-10T22:42:19-04:00MAJ Ron Peery5763610<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmmm. I don't know what the worst post in the military is. But I know I was never there. I've heard rumors about Ft Monmouth and Ft Polk.Response by MAJ Ron Peery made Apr 11 at 2020 9:15 AM2020-04-11T09:15:57-04:002020-04-11T09:15:57-04:00SGT Tom Recupero6803315<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fort Hunter-Liggett they had t-shirts with vultures pointing towards hell that said “I survived Hunter-Liggett”Response by SGT Tom Recupero made Mar 7 at 2021 2:20 PM2021-03-07T14:20:38-05:002021-03-07T14:20:38-05:00CPT Brad Wilson6804692<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Camp Buehring, Kuwait. 120+ degrees of dust sand and tentsResponse by CPT Brad Wilson made Mar 8 at 2021 1:02 AM2021-03-08T01:02:52-05:002021-03-08T01:02:52-05:00PO3 Scot Fahey6807584<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Pearl Harbor Shipyard, no bugles, not that you could hear a bugle over the noise of the yard.<br />No wonder the US Army types enjoyed duty on loan to us. No PT start 07:30 days ended 15:30<br />Couriers. go for this go for that. bag men (no females assigned back then)Response by PO3 Scot Fahey made Mar 8 at 2021 11:30 PM2021-03-08T23:30:06-05:002021-03-08T23:30:06-05:002014-06-26T16:20:34-04:00