Rare Duty Stations What are some of the rare duty stations that no one has heard of?

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I would say McMurdo Station in Antarctica is one rare duty station. Not too many people have been there or maybe even want to be assigned in such a cold place.

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MSG Danny Mathers

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Ice station Zebra is the other name. When I first got into SOF in 1979. You were told you'd be assigned there if you screw, OPSEC. I always thought it was a joke!

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SrA Dinah Short

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Or pine gap in Australia

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SFC (Join to see)

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I would love to go! My cousin was hired as a contractor

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Minnesota isn’t that bad. Lol MSG (Join to see)

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Back in the day, they had the Tunnel Neutralization Team (TNT) in Korea. A unit of engineers dedicated to finding the North Korean tunnels into the ROK. Being a nerdy engineer, I would have loved that assignment.

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I had spent two years as a civilian contractor working on Kwajalein Atoll. There are only a handful of Soldiers who work there; the rest are civilians (DA and contractors). It's located in the Marshall Islands, approximately 2100 miles SW from Hawaii. It's a great place for SCUBA diving, sailing and fishing.

Here's the link:
http://www.smdc.army.mil/RTS.html

Reagan Test Site

The mission of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) is to provide a Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB) activity on Kwajalein Atoll & Wake Island to support: Text Version

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LTC Jason Mackay

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Garmisch Germany and the Marshall Center http://www.garmisch.army.mil

The United States Army | BMC Garmisch

This is the official web site of U.S. Army Garrison Garmisch. If you need any further information, contact the Public Affairs Office at 08821-750-3701. If you encounter technical issues send an email to the Webmaster or call 08821-750-3222.

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SGT Richard H.

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LTC Jason Mackay I've visited Garmisch. What a duty assignment that would be!

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LTC Jason Mackay

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Have not been assigned but some have!

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SSG Ken Schiffner

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Company trip to Garmisch. It would be like working at a resort.

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LTC Jason Mackay

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NATO Multinational Corps Northeast, Szczecin Poland.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_Corps_Northeast

Multinational Corps Northeast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Multinational Corps Northeast was formed on 18 September 1999 at Szczecin, Poland, which became its headquarters. It evolved from what was for many years the only multinational corps in NATO, Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (LANDJUT) (in its turn, a part of Allied Forces Northern Europe). From 1962 LANDJUT had been responsible for the defence of the Baltic Approaches from a headquarters at Rendsburg, Germany. It comprised the...

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CPT (Join to see)

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I worked with Polish and Slovak soldiers in Bosnia. It was fun laughing at the quirks between our languages.

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LTC Jason Mackay

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Know what you mean. Worked with 23 nations in NATO in Germany and ISAF.

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Is this a trick question?

I don't know of any assignments that I have not heard of?!?!?!?!?!?!?! After all I can't know of them if I've never heard of them, will be watching this thread though for some interesting assignment choices.

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Maj Matt Hylton

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Shemya - A.K.A. Eareckson Air Station. A runway on a small island that's part of the Aleutian Island chain in Alaska.

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CW5 Sam R. Baker

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Johnston Island maybe? Most have never heard of Diego Garcia till the Middle East started up and then of course Camp Zama is rare too for folks.

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CW5 Sam R. Baker

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In 2003, jurisdiction of Johnston Atoll was finally turned over to the Fish and Wildlife Service. All structures and facilities on the base were destroyed, and runway was marked closed by a giant cross at each end. The photo clearly shows where the buildings stood and roads ran, indicate how extensive the abandoned airbase once was. Johnston Atoll is now part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

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CW5 Sam R. Baker

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Diego Garcia....

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MSgt Roger Settlemyer

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My neighbor was in the Merchant Marine's stationed at Diego Garcia, He told me he really liked it. Very peaceful and quiet. Good food and plenty to drink. He said they were a close group.

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SP5 Tim Moore

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We landed on Johnston Atoll on one of my transist back to the states, '69-70. Sat for a bit and then took off again.

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LTC Jason Mackay

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There are multiple foreign exchange officers in the UK and Australia.

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LTC Jason Mackay

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NATO School Oberammergau https://www.natoschool.nato.int

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NATO SCHOOL Oberammergau is NATO’s premier training and education facility at the operational level

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Wow, *this* is the assignment for me, for sure. I've got to figure out how to get there!

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