Posted on Nov 16, 2017
What do I need to know about Germany or Fort Lewis (PCS options)? What are they like, and what was your experience there?
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Hello, my window to PCS is opening soon since ETS date is coming up. I’m deciding between Germany, Hawaii, or Washington State.
Anyone been to these and can tell me about them and if they’ve had good experiences there?
Things like - Upcoming Deployments (if they deploy), on post housing conditions, times we go to the field, the units, just the base in general.
My MOS is 11B
Thanks guys!
Anyone been to these and can tell me about them and if they’ve had good experiences there?
Things like - Upcoming Deployments (if they deploy), on post housing conditions, times we go to the field, the units, just the base in general.
My MOS is 11B
Thanks guys!
PCS
Germany
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM)
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Was stationed at Fort Lewis in 2011 as an 11B. They had just built brand new two-story and three story housing units that were better than ANYTHING off base. Amazing.
The weather is kind of dreary and wet with a lot of cloud cover 8-9 months out of the year so expect to be in the field when it's wet. However, the summer's are AMAZING and Seattle and Portland are two of the best cities to visit in America. Can't speak to Hawaii or Germany but I know a lot of soldier's that have been to both and most of them pick Germany over Hawaii.
The weather is kind of dreary and wet with a lot of cloud cover 8-9 months out of the year so expect to be in the field when it's wet. However, the summer's are AMAZING and Seattle and Portland are two of the best cities to visit in America. Can't speak to Hawaii or Germany but I know a lot of soldier's that have been to both and most of them pick Germany over Hawaii.
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Thanks, that’s nice to know about the housing since where I’m at right now, some of the housing is a bit old.
Yeah and Portland is where my wife is from so that’s what makes Ft Lewis a positive.
Yeah and Portland is where my wife is from so that’s what makes Ft Lewis a positive.
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If you have not yet been overseas or Germany, I would take that. As 11B no matter where you go out of the 3, you are likely to deploy. I have been to Germany and Hawaii and now frequent Washington...i like them all for their own reasons...but for your mos you are going to have about the same field time at any of them.
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SSG James Behnke
I was just saying how most soldiers I know that have been to both Hawaii or Germany choose Germany as the better assignment. You support that statement, haha.
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I’m in Iraq right now so that’s the only overseas place I’ve been to. Yeah I figured about the deployment thing as well.
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