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Best Duty Stations

nublett

Been there, done that.
There has been much discussion about the worst duty stations that I thought I might make a positive turn and throw the question out there... What is the best duty station, and why?
 

Pugs

Back from the range
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Wholly depends on what you like. Whidbey has great fishing, hunting, skiing, backpacking, beer, Low Levels, MOA's and is a sleepy hollow with average temps in the 60's and I loved it. Many did not. If you like North Island there's a pretty good chance Whidbey would suck your will to live!
 
RAF Kinloss

I was there for 3 weeks in 2001 and it is beautiful up there. A little drive to Loch Ness and fish and chips on every corner in Nairn.
 

East

东部
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NAS Valkenburg, The Netherlands

....20 minutes drive to Amsterdam (the real a$$-hole of the world)

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nublett

Been there, done that.
Kimphil, Gatordev, Zab, & Webmaster, Why Kaneohe? For the beauty or the duty? How long before you got rock fever?
 

zab1001

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KBay...it's just an awesome place to be. No matter how sh!tty a day you might have at work, you walk outside the hangar and it's absolutely beautiful.

I never had "island fever". There's way too much to do. If you don't like the beach or the outdoors, I guess I could see someone getting tired of it. Great nightlife as well. I commuted from downtown Honolulu (literally, Bishop Street) and got to do the city thing as well as the beach thing.

I'm a fan of any place you can bbq outside year round.
 

Flash

SEVAL/ECMO
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Up until late last year, Rota, Spain. I think there are still a few support people still there so I guess that still makes it a valid choice.....:D

Nothing like going out in town at midnight on a late spring weekend and just hanging out on the waterfront, talk about some drop dead gorgeous women that put Penolope Cruz to shame........:icon_smil

A hit on Hawaii, too friggin expensive :eek:, that is unless you are a man of leisure like A4s......
 

Gatordev

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zab1001 said:
KBay...it's just an awesome place to be. No matter how sh!tty a day you might have at work, you walk outside the hangar and it's absolutely beautiful.

I never had "island fever". There's way too much to do. If you don't like the beach or the outdoors, I guess I could see someone getting tired of it. Great nightlife as well. I commuted from downtown Honolulu (literally, Bishop Street) and got to do the city thing as well as the beach thing.

I'm a fan of any place you can bbq outside year round.

Concur. I never got island fever. I also didn't exactly have the most "fun" tour there, workwise (wasn't actually on the island for about 40% of the time), but like Zab said, at the end of the crappy day, you're still in Hawaii. As for expense, it was never a big issue. Housing sucked, and I paid way too much for not much of a place, but the DoD kept up reasonably well w/ the costs and between deployments and smart money handling, I still put money away each month (after all the "mandatory" savings).
 

Steve Wilkins

Teaching pigs to dance, one pig at a time.
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Best duty station hands down: University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. However, a very close second was Idaho Falls, ID.
 
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