Worst duty stations

[feddoc]

No brainer.

Worst duty stations: The one at which you are now stationed.

Best: The station you are going to next.
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What I am saying is that all are what you make of them. I was single for all but the last 2 years, that fact makes a huge difference. My bag was always packed, ready to get underway, any destination, any time.

Yea, what he said. They all have had something to offer, good and not so good. I've been married for about 2 duty stations. Sure glad one of them was China Lake.

 

[Raptor2216]

It seems the people who dont like vance either have never seen it[and thus have no credibility], or they are arrogant yanks from boston n NYwho think anything not on the coast is hickville.

Hmm...quantico/stafford isn't an exception when it comes to this "arrogance". Compared to where i'm from, san diego, it is hicksville USA. The only thing I like about virginia is DC.

 

[Raptor2216]

Well out of P-cola, Corpus, and Meridian....Meridian takes it hands down the worst place so far. It makes Corpus and P-cola look like paradise. You cant beat P-cola's beaches and Corpus is close to Austin and San Antonio. P-Cola's Ladies are more my cup o tea vise corpus (comparing the two anyway!) but both places seems to have a high amount of young single.....Mothers!!! WTF?? Thats why I really like College towns...less of that..and just more oportunities for a single guy.

So...any place close to a College town is good enough for me right now.

Brett will back me up on this, stay away from the single mothers.

 

[sevenhelmet]

The only reason, IMHO, people b!tch about Pensacola is that it's over-hyped. The way people talked about it before I came down here, I thought it was gonna be like a big party-animal theme park with free beer and 10 honeys for every JO in town. Obviously anyone with common sense is going to realize that it's not like that. But I went to school near NYC, and while there is cool stuff to do there I like not breathing smog & being strapped for cash every time I go out. $20 goes a LOT further here and people don't stick their noses in the air just cause I wear jeans and drive a Ford.

This duty station ain't bad at all.

 

[Brett327]

Brett will back me up on this, stay away from the single mothers.

Exactly. Shun them like the social pariahs that they are. We need to reestablish a culture of shame and ostracization for little whores that make bad life choices. It's called tough love.

Brett

 

[Fly Navy]

$20 goes a LOT further here

God yes it does. I laugh my BUTT off when I hear someone complain about a $3.00 beer. I remember paying $5.00 in Boston for what I drank.

 

[hump1909]

I'm from South Florida, and after TBS I was pretty stoked about coming back to Florida....especially since its only 4 hours from Gainesville where I went to college....anyways, that said Pensacola has been a huge disappointment so far....granted the beaches are nice and the food pretty decent at some places, but overall the quality of the town sux....the people suck...it's definitely not florida.....as a native floridian i can say that i am so ashamed of this part of florida (granted gainesville was pretty bad as far as the locals were concerned ...go ACRs) but just happy enough to be out of Quantico to be midly content...ok enough out of me

 

[sevenhelmet]

I kind of agree with you on some of the people... I've run into some really nasty characters around here, landlords and such (non-military types.) But you get that just about anywhere you go. It's just a question of knowing what neighborhoods/venues to avoid.

 

[pennst8]

Exactly. Shun them like the social pariahs that they are. We need to reestablish a culture of shame and ostracization for little whores that make bad life choices. It's called tough love.

Brett

(offtopic) Please run for President in 2008... the debates alone would get better TV ratings than the Super Bowl.

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From a dependent's standpoint (yeah, I'm a MIDN and a Navy Brat), Southern Maryland (Pax River) isn't too bad, but its in the sticks. Have fun driving 30+ minutes to get to civilization.

 

[Thisguy]

Have fun driving 30+ minutes to get to civilization.

Man, I would kill to live 30 minutes from civilization...

 

[Gatordev]

I can understand the post-hurricane problems. But anyone that didn't like it pre-hurricane... I don't understand.

I think it's a matter of perspective. I have no doubt PNS looks good coming from Meridian. And doing a cross-country back to the cradle is kind of cool. But when coming from other much more interesting and diverse places, it sadly disappoints. Coming from the Tampa Bay area (which is always growing), Gainesville (kind of small time, but the scenery and university make up for it), San Diego, and then HI, well, PNS just doesn't quite have the allure it did when I would come up here on vacation in high school.

 

[ChunksJR]

I have no doubt PNS looks good coming from Meridian.

Especially if it's the weekend and you are going there because it's the closest "cool" place to go.

Plus you always have "Sammy's" ...If it's good enuf for Mark Price, it's good enuf for me.

Roll tide.
~D

 

[pilot_man]

@Chunks- that wasn't Sammy's, but worse.

@Hump- As a fellow S. Floridian- That is horse sh!t. No traffic, the people don't have the attitudes like the rest of S Florida, and it much cleaner than Tampa or Miami. It is no S Beach however. Can you imagine if flight school was in S Beach.

@ Brett- How about some grits a Ya-Ya? That stuff will kill you, but it's worth it.

 

[phrogdriver]

You're all a bunch of malcontents and whiners. Corpus was a blast, as was Pensacola. Of course, I also like Jax, NC, so I'm a bit twisted, myself. You've got to get on board the Zen train and take advantage of what's out there. Just give me a decent billet, so I'm not miserable at work, and I'll find something to do off work. Like trying to convince my wife that Jacksonville is really cool.

 

[ChunksJR]

Like trying to convince my wife that Jacksonville is really cool.

Jaguar games are fun and I've been to the Gator bowl twice...