PCSing to Fort Richardson (General)

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:53:38 -0400

Response by SFC James Baber made Dec 17 at 2013 10:44 PM

SFC James Baber — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:44:13 -0500

If you like the cold you will love it, it gets down to below zero quite often during the winter months, it is beautiful in the summer, but don't expect the weather to be nice during the 6 month winter as I called it (October -March) and April and Sept are no picnic either.

The unit cohesion from my experiences is very tight nit, they take care of each other and families like no place I have ever experienced.

It is very good duty, you will enjoy it. Good luck.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 18 at 2013 2:49 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:49:07 -0500

Yup... Fort Rich is awesome!  The cold is manageable (especially with the extra clothing that you get issued), and you're 10 minutes from downtown Anchorage.  Lots to do off duty:  snowboard, snowmobiling, ski, hunt, fish, etc.  Plus there's some awesome food joints scattered all around Anchorage.  I miss my 3 years there... had a great time!

Response by CPT Aaron Kletzing made Dec 18 at 2013 4:40 PM

CPT Aaron Kletzing — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:40:49 -0500

SGT Anderson, I've never been there personally, but we do have a ton of RallyPoint members assigned to units based out of there right now. The link to see them is below. I would recommend connecting with some of them to help with the PCS there. Good luck!

https://www.rallypoint.com/duty_stations/11

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