Posted on Aug 15, 2022
So i am in my reenlisting for fort drum. I was wondering about the good and bads of the unit?
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11C: Indirect Fire Infantryman (Mortarman)
Fort Drum 11C: Indirect Fire Infantryman (Mortarman)
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I'm curious. You want to know the good and bad about Drum.....methinks because you don't know about the place....which is neither here nor there....so I have to ask...why are you reenlisting for Drum?
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I will not go back to drum, I hate the cold weather, snow removal detail and being in the middle of nowhere... Syracuse is 1:20, being the closest airport... Fort Bliss is not bad, Hood is not that bad either but Drum, Irwin and Polk are the top 3 worst duty locations ever...
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MSG (Join to see) - I did not, glad to be away from that place...the good thing about it, it was my OPS Team, Sidewinders...the best and craziest ever!!
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Worst part about Fort Drum is the winters, it gets very cold and lots of snow. If you enjoy deploying, fort drum is the most deployed base in the world.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
How many Army Bases do you think an E-4 will have experienced? The only way to get a feel about the area is by talking to people that have been there. This soldier is an 11 Charlie, one thing I will say about Drum is that the 10th Mountain is a very, very good Infantry Unit and it won't hurt a career having that in your file.
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SSgt Christophe Murphy
CPT Lawrence Cable - Researching a location is something you do before you lock in for it. It has nothing to do with their first hand experience of a location as an E4. But putting the cart before the horse and signing for a duty station before research is done. That is just a bad choice.
It would be different if they were just tagged with random orders to a random location and were trying to sort things out. But when you have a golden ticket of sorts and cash it in on a mystery location that's an unnecessary gamble and risk.
It would be different if they were just tagged with random orders to a random location and were trying to sort things out. But when you have a golden ticket of sorts and cash it in on a mystery location that's an unnecessary gamble and risk.
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