What was your best and worst duty stations/assignments, and why?

the best for me was Iceland , then Germany. the least favorite was fort Riley

BEST:
1. Ft. Richardson, AK: It was the 172nd Inf Bde (Sep)(Arctic) then (73-78). Awesome unit with great mission. Worked very hard, esp. in winter. Loved it there. Told people I spent my first five years in the Army in Alaska and my next 17 trying to go back!
2. Ft. Ord: 7th Inf Div then (78). Great unit. I could see the ocean from my office. What's not to like! Worked hard, lots of PT, many deployments. Still all good.
3. The Netherlands: HQ Allied Forces Central Command then. Incredible country. Living conditions were awesome. Assigned to SHAPE with duty at AFCENT. Terrific work with lots of travel all over Europe. International crew that was great to work with and to get to know. Learned a great deal about other NATO nations' military operations.
4. Ft. Meade, MD: 902nd MI Group. Battalion Sergeant Major for Counterintelligence (Security) BN. Large BN with HHC and one line Co. at Ft. Meade, one Co. in Atlanta, one in San Antonio, and one in San Francisco. 42 detachments at literally every major Army installation in the Continental U.S. Great mission with great Soldiers!
5. Korea, Yongsan-gu: SSA, 524th MI BN, 501st MI BDE. Horrible Brigade, Terrific Battalion, Unbelievable Unit. Best mission I ever worked as a leader (Det SGM) and extremely talented people. Loved everything about Korea: people, food, language, culture, countryside, all of it.
WORST:
1. Ft. Monmouth, NJ, 513th MI BDE. When the Brigade first activated, the barracks were literally so full of trash we had to push it out with shovels, showers and plumbing didn't work, it was all nasty. Although the basics were working, the barracks never did get much better, with huge bays, gang showers, poor plumbing, broken tiles, and other problems. We had so many bad leaders at Brigade and Battalion level it was impossible to take care of troops as a Platoon Sergeant and then as a 1SG. I did finally have a good Company CO and a good BN CSM who helped keep most of the monkeys at bay so the NCOs could do their work, but it was a constant challenge. MI Officers at LTC and above are the worst leaders I ever encountered, with about 1 in 10 having passable leadership skills at LTC, and they are worn out or kicked at at COL and definitely before GO selection. Just MHO after years of first-hand, close-up observation.
2. Ft. Devens, MA: I didn't like the area much, but I know many did. A huge difference for a small-town Oklahoma boy. Biggest problem was it was a TRADOC School job by 1978. That is the worst MACOM to ever work for (even worse that FORSCOM or INSCOM, if you can believe that).

Best was Rhein/Main AB, Germany (gone now...only a fond memory). Places to visit ... spent a lot of time in Heidelberg. I was also flight crew there, so yeah, it was fun. Second best was Karamursel CDI, Turkey. Ground site, but we traveled a lot and saw sooo much. It, too, was a fun place, although the duty there was not as much fun as in Germany.

It's like every week some is interested in where we have been and this time a WHY?
GERMANY-19 Years old, met my first real love while I was there and went to DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, lot's of muddy field exercises.
FT. CARSON (2) became member of SAMC and deployed 3 times to Kuwait and did some cool Snowboarding. Went to the field in the winter a lot. A little bit of SALUTE BATTERY on the side for VIPs.
KOREA (2) REAL ARMY, Very HIGH OP TEMPO, as real as it gets.
FT.SILL- All My Artillery Schools and just shithole in general.
FT. Lewis WA- Lots of field time and even got chance to work at JLM military Museum and pulled off making SFC/E7 list while I was there.
FT. Riley KS (2) - Deployed to IRAQ OIF 1/2 and (3) times to Kuwait, a lot of training on Paladin M109A6. Had some shitty jobs there but they look good modified on resume today:)
New Cumberland, PA/ Fort DIX NJ- Deployed to Iraq help write book for the CALL, was S2 NCOIC and OC/T, ARMY Instructor, A lot time away from the family TDY. Security Manager School, and 1 SG Course.
Walter Reed ARMY Medical Center WTU, Treated for PTSD, INTERNSHIP with Defense Security Services (DSS), Wounded Warrior Program.
RETIRED! 31 Oct 2008

I went from Stewart to Lee to Riley. I was at Stewart before the big transition began to modernize it. Lee, and Riley are good posts. The best one of the 3 is Riley. It is an excellent family post. CSM Champagne(DIV CSM at the time) promised during the in-processing that 1ID will take care of your families. There was never a disappoinment.

I am now in Italy. It is not as glamorous as everyone says it would be.

Fort Sill in the mid 80s, at that time there was nothing there accept businesses looking to take a Soldier's money, I have heard it is somewhat better today, but not sure how much better it could be there is nothing around to go do for at least a 2 hr drive.

MSG duty station Stockholm Sweden

I would have gladly spent my entire military career in Germany. Best US duty station for me was Fort Story, Virginia Beach.

Strange how places that seemed so bad once now don't seem that bad now. Best assignment as an MP Sentry Dog Handler was a Nike Herc site, HM-40, on Key Largo, Fl. It is now more known as a home for very large snakes. After switching over to Armor, 7 years in Germany were good as was a year at Ft Hunter Liggett with Experimental Command. Guess the worst was the first 12 weeks of my 20+years was in Basic at Fort Polk was the least enjoyable but even there some of the time wasn't bad.

My best assignment was Fort Ord,Calif / Hunter Liggett. I arrived April 73 and was pcs Oct 84 I was promoted to E-7 and E-8.