Posted on May 3, 2020
Out of Germany, Japan, and Alaska, at which location would you want to be stationed?
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Germany. Be sure to live small and keep those utility expenses down. The excess utility allowance + COLA allowed us to travel to 21 total countries during our 3 year tour (with zero debt), which included a four-day weekend every month mandated by USAREUR policy. I’d get on my knees and beg if it would get me back again...
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If you like snorkeling or scuba diving Okinawa is the best. I spent a year there and went snorkeling almost every day and diving on weekends. Some of the best times of my life.
Plus you can take MAC flights all over the place.
Plus you can take MAC flights all over the place.
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I loved Germany, but then I am of German heritage and understand some of the language.
I was also stationed in Korea and took courses in reading, writing, and speaking Korean very enjoyable tour that way as I spent as little time with GIs as I could.
I was also stationed in Korea and took courses in reading, writing, and speaking Korean very enjoyable tour that way as I spent as little time with GIs as I could.
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Germany for variety of cultural experiences you can drive or take a train too, Alaska for hunting and out doors, and Japan for the Far East experience. I feel more at home in Germany and I believe that is because of my family however some of the third world country experiences in the Far East are incredible. My wife is from Manila and always enjoy my time there.
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All three will provide the adventure and challenges of an "overseas" assignment. It's hard to go wrong with those choices. I was stationed in Alaska and spent a good amount of TDY time in Europe and Japan.
I recommend Alaska! If you can get stationed at Ft Richardson, it's a nearly ideal location. Ft Greely and Ft Wainwright aren't as nice. Climate in the Anchorage (Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson) area is about like the northern states in the Lower 48. Wainwright and Greely are much colder in the winter. Overall the summers in Anchorage are pleasant with high temperatures seldom over 80 degrees. Winters are cold, but seldom below -10 degrees. Everywhere in the State summer days are very long and winter nights are equally long. Summer entertainment includes fishing, hunting, hiking, and most any outdoors activity except swimming (people who water ski in the summer do it in a wet suit). Winter is great for skiing, ice skating, snow boarding, snow machine riding. Winter festivals include Fur Rondy in Anchorage and the Iditarod sled dog race.
Let me be very clear: if you happen to hate cold weather and hate camping out in cold weather even worse, then don't go to Alaska. Soldiers in Alaska do field ops. You can expect a white Halloween, white Christmas, and a white Easter.
Between Germany and Japan, I would select Germany. I was always more comfortable in a "Western" culture than in the orient. I think Germany is the European country most like the US. German people are mostly hard working, industrious, an fun loving. Much of the German climate is similar to Chicago. I'm not sure where you'd be stationed, so the part of Germany you're in makes quite a bit of difference in local culture and climate. It's a great home base from which you can see all of Europe. Compared to the US, European countries are small. You can drive between major population centers usually in less than a day. It's easy to make a day trip to dozens of very interesting historical and cultural locations in Germany. And there's no large commercial trucks on the highways on Saturday and Sunday by law. I'm not current on all of the Army missions in Europe these days, so I can't speak to field time, deployment, or facilities. I had friends who chose to take multiple overseas tours to Europe because they loved it very much. Most people I served with who had been stationed in Germany liked it. Definitely would be my second choice after Alaska.
I recommend Alaska! If you can get stationed at Ft Richardson, it's a nearly ideal location. Ft Greely and Ft Wainwright aren't as nice. Climate in the Anchorage (Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson) area is about like the northern states in the Lower 48. Wainwright and Greely are much colder in the winter. Overall the summers in Anchorage are pleasant with high temperatures seldom over 80 degrees. Winters are cold, but seldom below -10 degrees. Everywhere in the State summer days are very long and winter nights are equally long. Summer entertainment includes fishing, hunting, hiking, and most any outdoors activity except swimming (people who water ski in the summer do it in a wet suit). Winter is great for skiing, ice skating, snow boarding, snow machine riding. Winter festivals include Fur Rondy in Anchorage and the Iditarod sled dog race.
Let me be very clear: if you happen to hate cold weather and hate camping out in cold weather even worse, then don't go to Alaska. Soldiers in Alaska do field ops. You can expect a white Halloween, white Christmas, and a white Easter.
Between Germany and Japan, I would select Germany. I was always more comfortable in a "Western" culture than in the orient. I think Germany is the European country most like the US. German people are mostly hard working, industrious, an fun loving. Much of the German climate is similar to Chicago. I'm not sure where you'd be stationed, so the part of Germany you're in makes quite a bit of difference in local culture and climate. It's a great home base from which you can see all of Europe. Compared to the US, European countries are small. You can drive between major population centers usually in less than a day. It's easy to make a day trip to dozens of very interesting historical and cultural locations in Germany. And there's no large commercial trucks on the highways on Saturday and Sunday by law. I'm not current on all of the Army missions in Europe these days, so I can't speak to field time, deployment, or facilities. I had friends who chose to take multiple overseas tours to Europe because they loved it very much. Most people I served with who had been stationed in Germany liked it. Definitely would be my second choice after Alaska.
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If you're single, Germany because beer. Then Japan because sushi and weather, exposure to new culture.
If you're married, Germany because beer. Then Alaska because the outdoors is special.
If you're married with little kids, avoid Alaska, it will be difficult... so Germany because beer.
If you're married, Germany because beer. Then Alaska because the outdoors is special.
If you're married with little kids, avoid Alaska, it will be difficult... so Germany because beer.
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