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hypnophant posted:Monterey is nice There are a few exceptions, most of which are OCONUS or which house non-combat brigades or commands in nice areas like San Antonio or DC.
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I'm getting ready to put in a compassionate reassignment to go back to Hawaii due to my meth head sister in law having all her kids taken away by CWS last year and about to get her parental rights terminated because she keeps going back to jail. They're about to be placed permanently with a family so my wife and I are trying to go back and take custody of them. Watch me end up in Korea or something. Anyone ever done one or worked in the compassionate reassignment part of HRC? I talked to my branch manager and he had no information for me besides "push it up your chain of command".
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Jan 7, 2017 22:33
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psydude posted:I've noticed this thing where a lot of former military have this idea that places near military bases are nice. "Colorado Springs is nice! Fayetteville is nice! Jacksonville is nice!" Tacoma and Olympia aren't bad.
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Jan 7, 2017 22:35
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My job means I used to go TDY to Navy or Marine bases all the time. Sure, there are still lovely pawn shops and shady strip clubs, and awful tattoo parlors everywhere, but walking out onto the beach every loving day must be nice. I even got lucky in that all my Air Force base TDY's were either on the coast with chill-as-gently caress ANG units or to Vegas.
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Jan 7, 2017 22:46
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I managed to have a good time in Korea but maybe that's because I was attached there for three months, civilian clothes every day, and the commander would sign a curfew pass for any weekend you cared to ask for one. Also I was in a pretty big city with the bars a five minute, $3 cab ride away
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Jan 7, 2017 22:51
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hypnophant posted:I managed to have a good time in Korea but maybe that's because I was attached there for three months, civilian clothes every day, and the commander would sign a curfew pass for any weekend you cared to ask for one. Also I was in a pretty big city with the bars a five minute, $3 cab ride away Korea is so hit and miss, it seems (have not been, but am at extreme risk to be sent there sooner than later, woooo..............) My wife has a cousin who loved it because his number 1 and 2 past-times are hiking in mountainous lovely terrain and visiting weird cultural sites and he did both in spades. Then there's the stories of people just being stuck on a tactical site for months on end hating themselves and everyone around them and then wasting every second of spare time they have sucking down soju.
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Jan 7, 2017 22:54
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Korea is fun if you can experience it as far away from 2ID as possible.
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Jan 7, 2017 22:55
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Slim Pickens posted:This was back on the first page but I still wanna say lol gently caress you sir Big Army has already said that to me plenty of times but thanks I guess?
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Jan 7, 2017 23:01
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Triggs posted:Big Army has already said that to me plenty of times but thanks I guess? Big Army leaves out the sir.
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Jan 7, 2017 23:03
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TBeats posted:Korea is fun if you can experience it as far away from 2ID as possible. Truth. If you're stationed at yongsan, basically as far away from 2ID as possible, life is gonna be good. If you're at camp Casey well at least soju is cheap
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Jan 7, 2017 23:09
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Anyone ever been through Norfolk? Seems like a cool place but it's Navy so maybe it doesn't count.
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Kaliber posted:I'm getting ready to put in a compassionate reassignment to go back to Hawaii due to my meth head sister in law having all her kids taken away by CWS last year and about to get her parental rights terminated because she keeps going back to jail. They're about to be placed permanently with a family so my wife and I are trying to go back and take custody of them. Watch me end up in Korea or something. I did a compassionate reassignment two years ago to be closer to my terminal cancer afflicted dad. I'll get some more info together when I get home, but basically I had a memo, letters from his doctors, a letter from my chaplain, and whatever the DA form for the request was. IIRC, branch doesn't handle it--I called mine and he told me it was done by "compassionate reassignment branch" instead.
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Jan 8, 2017 01:40
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Korea in the early 90s was a great place for actual MOS training as a combat engineer. War stock expiring meant near constant demo ranges, mine / antimine, combined arms, etc. I did more actual MOS work in Korea than I did in three years at Bragg, not including Sapper leader course. That's still like saying that gonorrhea is better than syphilis. These days though, everywhere is like having AIDS, gently caress you if you are in.
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Jan 8, 2017 01:55
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A Bad Poster posted:Tacoma and Olympia aren't bad. I live in Tacoma and love it out here. So much poo poo to do in every direction. I'm sure Lakewood is a shithole but I never do more than drive past it on I-5 so I have no idea what it's actually like. You would have to have some sort of mental disability to be stationed at Lewis and not be able to find something fun to do in your free time. Tinder game is also really good out here.
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A Bad Poster posted:Tacoma and Olympia aren't bad. Counter: I-5, and the fact that Lakewood is the default JBLM military community and both those towns are too far away to be military towns. Olympia is too hipster and Tacoma has more rednecks than I have ever seen in Washington. More than Graham.
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Mustang posted:I live in Tacoma and love it out here. So much poo poo to do in every direction. I'm sure Lakewood is a shithole but I never do more than drive past it on I-5 so I have no idea what it's actually like. Checks out Also your tinder game is strong because you are an officer. That's like being born white, you automatically win.
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Jan 8, 2017 04:01
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The trick with Korea is to have a makework mos (say 46 series) and get assigned to garrison duty where the weekend safety brief is "we're cool so long as you show up on-time and reasonably sober."
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Jan 8, 2017 06:00
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Everyone in Wiesbaden seemed happy as poo poo. It was odd, because I'm not used to seeing people in the Army happy.
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Jan 8, 2017 21:12
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I was the unlucky dude who got a good assignment but a lovely command.
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Jan 8, 2017 21:44
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Justin Tyme posted:Anyone ever been through Norfolk? Seems like a cool place but it's Navy so maybe it doesn't count. Norfolk is like every army town you've ever been though, except that jets fly over more frequently. Virginia Beach isn't all that great, either.
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Jan 9, 2017 02:48
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Norfolk forms a continuous urban sprawl of military industrial complex with Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, and Newport News. Between Ft. Eustis, Langley AFB, Little Creek, Norfolk, Ft. Story, and Oceana, it's probably the biggest conglomeration of military bases on earth.
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Jan 9, 2017 03:32
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Saw this on my FB timeline. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1753106498351062&id=1380502268944822 On one hand holy poo poo im glad im out so I don't have to deal with these dumb motherfuckers. On the other hand it would be great to see how salty soldiers are and file EO complaints against them to make them even saltier.
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psydude posted:Norfolk forms a continuous urban sprawl of military industrial complex with Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, and Newport News. Between Ft. Eustis, Langley AFB, Little Creek, Norfolk, Ft. Story, and Oceana, it's probably the biggest conglomeration of military bases on earth. Ft. Story owns as a TDY/Duty Station FYI.
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Ace of Baes posted:Saw this on my FB timeline. LOL my poor baby shouldn't serve under someone with psychological disorders
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Flikken posted:Ft. Story owns as a TDY/Duty Station FYI. If only because it's basically several miles of private beach on the confluence of the Potomac and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Jan 9, 2017 04:55
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Today will be the day I start asking if anyone has the new presidential picture to put up in our buildings on the 20th.
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mlmp08 posted:Today will be the day I start asking if anyone has the new presidential picture to put up in our buildings on the 20th. I would be the guy vandalizing all of the pictures with "grab her by the pussy"
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Pesticide20 posted:I would be the guy vandalizing all of the pictures with "grab her by the pussy" SHARP and EO trainers will probably get trolled pretty hard for a few years during mandatory training.
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mlmp08 posted:SHARP and EO trainers will probably get trolled pretty hard for a few years during mandatory training. Look I can follow what you say for EO/SHARP, or I can grab them by the pussy. I have to respect my commander in chief right?
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Is pussy grabbing punishable under ucmj or is that just "little boy's talk" per the FLOTUS?
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psydude posted:If only because it's basically several miles of private beach on the confluence of the Potomac and the Atlantic Ocean. It's cool because you get to see the difference between the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean and can chose whichever you want to swim in. And if you are a smart midnight shift MP, the shenanigans you can get away with..... Oh yeah and the Ghost Dog.
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manchego posted:Norfolk is like every army town you've ever been though, except that jets fly over more frequently. Virginia Beach isn't all that great, either. Idk, seems nice enough trolling around in google street view, what sucks about it? Some of my friends back in the Army went to VB on a single soldier retreat and had a blast so it can't be all that bad.
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Justin Tyme posted:Idk, seems nice enough trolling around in google street view, what sucks about it? Some of my friends back in the Army went to VB on a single soldier retreat and had a blast so it can't be all that bad. Endless suburban sprawl of rentals, chain restaurants, and other poo poo you usually associate with being outside of military bases. But it's an entire peninsula of it. Also Grover lives nearby.
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If you're at eustis or story, living in Williamsburg is pretty nice.
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Williamsburg to Eustis is pretty quick, but making that hike to Story and back every day would get loving old. Especially with the harbor tunnel there.
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Jan 10, 2017 03:56
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Never change 2CR https://www.facebook.com/usawtfm/videos/10155022946663606/
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psydude posted:Williamsburg to Eustis is pretty quick, but making that hike to Story and back every day would get loving old. Especially with the harbor tunnel there. Yeah seriously gently caress the HRBT
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They say that in the Army, the curfew's mighty fine
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mlmp08 posted:They say that in the Army, the curfew's mighty fine That's how you get a loving My Lai
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