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BOQ REVIEW's
- Thread starter MasterBates
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The BOQ @ Kirtland AFB used to be very, very nice .... especially compared to most Navy Q's of the period.
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
Seahawk Hotel? I thought it was the Boeing Hotel, Room 46E. I've spent a number of nights there... The litters are comfy, and our cabin is big enough for the whole crew. I think that's the REAL reason why we don't have money...
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
Lets just say 4 guys in a 60B is tight. I call tunnel!
HELO pukes talkin' about sleeping in the bird and thinking it's a BOQ "review".
Heck, they don't even wear u-trou ... or was that STOOF drivers?? No, ...it was HELO drivers .... or was it???
You gotta love it.
Heck, they don't even wear u-trou ... or was that STOOF drivers?? No, ...it was HELO drivers .... or was it???
You gotta love it.
Heh, grass is always greener - i'd give my right arm to have 9 grade sheets due tomorrow....
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
Pukes, huh? And everyone wonders why we're always on the defensive. Hell, our aircraft makes us jittery enough!
Sleeping in the bird is DEFINITELY a BOQ review. Especially if you're a passenger - you may break down in a farmer's field. Here's some tips - use the litters if you've got them, and don't sleep or put your bags on the ramp.
Wow that must be terrible to have a cabin you can lay down in, how do you manage
You know what they say, "a happy bitch is a ...." wait, I've forgotten.
NAS Sigonella and Lajes AFB have pretty go BOQs. I liked Sig better only because the shower was more user friendly...
Both were set up like suites and were very comfortable. Lajes 'Q had more space in the living area, but Sig had an actual kitchen area vice just a miro-zapper and mini-fridge. It was almost like a little apartment.
One of the things that Lajes has over Sig is proximity. Lajes Q is a few minute walk to the main exchange and commissary. Sig's main NEX/Commissary is on the other base, but you're close to alot of the MWR stuff.
Norfolk's BOQ was ghetto as hell. Sucked. I give it a D-, but only with extra credit because it was the first bed I'd slept in INCONUS after being in the 'Stan.
Both were set up like suites and were very comfortable. Lajes 'Q had more space in the living area, but Sig had an actual kitchen area vice just a miro-zapper and mini-fridge. It was almost like a little apartment.
One of the things that Lajes has over Sig is proximity. Lajes Q is a few minute walk to the main exchange and commissary. Sig's main NEX/Commissary is on the other base, but you're close to alot of the MWR stuff.
Norfolk's BOQ was ghetto as hell. Sucked. I give it a D-, but only with extra credit because it was the first bed I'd slept in INCONUS after being in the 'Stan.
Depends on which Norfolk Q. The one on the Chambers side is middlin'...C+, maybe... Motel-6 quality, but livable. The "Shoe Q" over toward the piers is pretty nice. That's where they put up the visiting O-6's.
Kyoowashugi
New Member
You're kidding, right? The BOQ near the piers is a miserable, miserable place - the taller, uglier buildings over by the main gate were far better.
Norfolk TVQ: Wireless internet, if you were in the mood to switch networks every ten minutes.
Nasty, nasty bathrooms, which fortunately had decent, high pressure water.
Broken air conditioning. Norfolk summer. "I'm going to Kings Bay next week, will it be fixed when I get back?" "Oh, absolutely!" Flip the damn thing on when I walk back in and it sparks and almost catches the drapes on fire. Oh well, I'll open a window! Nope. Forest fires. Too smokey.
I slept on the damn cruiser on liberty for a few nights just to avoid the place. In enlisted berthing. That should tell you something.
Kings Bay BOQ: Aside from the yelling JROTC kids and retired Marine Gunnys outside my window every morning at 0400, fantastic. Nice doubles, small beds, but walk-in closet, huge bathroom, and decent TV. Oh, yeah, and air conditioning.
Yeah, I was talking about Shoe Towers. I didn't even know there was another one next to the piers.
Lesson learned: when staying in a Q in a big area - Norfolk and San Diego, especially - make sure you know which one they've put you in. I wound up driving around San Diego for three hours trying to figure that out one night; and turned out it was the ASW Base Q, which sucks.
It's worth mentioning the Navy Lodges, too. They vary wildly in quality. The Navy Lodge in Norfolk was the most alarming ghetto-assed place I've ever seen, but the Little Creek and Oceana ones aren't bad.