Which AFB's to stay away from.
06-26-2008, 12:14 AM
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You must really enjoy the smell from the stock yards.....or you really like the early morning haze that develops just outside the base 
I did 4.5 years at cannon back when the base had money and base housing was not run down. I have family in clovis, and still would not come back. No offense, but you are nuts!
Jack
I did 4.5 years at cannon back when the base had money and base housing was not run down. I have family in clovis, and still would not come back. No offense, but you are nuts!
Jack
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07-12-2008, 02:04 PM
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Whiteman is pretty lame. 50 miles east of KC if you want any kind of real nightlife. There are about 6 people here locally that own F-Bodies so that makes it alright. The nearest track isnt that far away...about 40-50 miles. There is a college in the nearest town to Whiteman but only 1 or 2 good bars and 2 out of the 3 strip joints in the outskirts of town are alright...if you like pregnant and meth addicted strippers.
But the good thing is if you're single Warrensburg is full of good looking chicks.
KCMR is a little too far away IMO but if you like dirt track circle racing there's an oval track just outside the base.
And what strip club doesn't have meth addicted strippers?
07-13-2008, 01:23 PM
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Hahaha... I see alot of Cannon posts in here... I'm glad I'm out of that place. I'll admit though, I think the base will be alot better once AFSOC sinks it's money into rebuilding the place. That won't help Clovis out much though. I think that place will stay the way it is until the end of time. I would never go back.
Shaw isn't too bad. The base is a little... "different", I'll leave it at that. But believe it or not, Sumter isn't too bad. Everything I need is within 5 mintues driving distance, and if it's not here I can just go to Columbia. There isn't much night life here, but I prefer drinking at home and partying with friends at their houses anyway.
The place I miss the most is RAF Lakenheath. I wouldn't mind doing a second tour there at all. I also miss Nellis (my first assignment). But I don't think I'd want to PCS back there, but TDY's are OK. It was great when I was young and single, but now that I'm a little order, and have children, I don't think I'd want to go back.
Shaw isn't too bad. The base is a little... "different", I'll leave it at that. But believe it or not, Sumter isn't too bad. Everything I need is within 5 mintues driving distance, and if it's not here I can just go to Columbia. There isn't much night life here, but I prefer drinking at home and partying with friends at their houses anyway.
The place I miss the most is RAF Lakenheath. I wouldn't mind doing a second tour there at all. I also miss Nellis (my first assignment). But I don't think I'd want to PCS back there, but TDY's are OK. It was great when I was young and single, but now that I'm a little order, and have children, I don't think I'd want to go back.
07-16-2008, 10:27 AM
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Bases on the east coast to stay away from;
McGuire
Dover
Bases on the east coast that are decent;
Andrews
Seymour Johnson
Charlston
Other bases to stay away from;
Anyone that is an AETC base like Lackland, Tyndal, Altus, Luke, ect.
Dyess
Grand Forks
Minot
Cannon
Bases that are good that aren't on the east coast;
Davis Mothan
Travis
Mchord
MacDill
Hickam
All these I have had personal experience with one way or another. I will say that your job is WAY more important than your location though. I was at McGuire for 4 years, and hated McGuire. But I would gladly go back because my job was friggin awesome. Pick a good job, and even if you end up in Minot, you'll be happy. Obviously if you get a great job, and a great location you have the best of both worlds, but if you have to pick one or the other, go with the good job.
McGuire
Dover
Bases on the east coast that are decent;
Andrews
Seymour Johnson
Charlston
Other bases to stay away from;
Anyone that is an AETC base like Lackland, Tyndal, Altus, Luke, ect.
Dyess
Grand Forks
Minot
Cannon
Bases that are good that aren't on the east coast;
Davis Mothan
Travis
Mchord
MacDill
Hickam
All these I have had personal experience with one way or another. I will say that your job is WAY more important than your location though. I was at McGuire for 4 years, and hated McGuire. But I would gladly go back because my job was friggin awesome. Pick a good job, and even if you end up in Minot, you'll be happy. Obviously if you get a great job, and a great location you have the best of both worlds, but if you have to pick one or the other, go with the good job.
07-17-2008, 11:06 AM
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Bases on the east coast to stay away from;
McGuire
Dover
Bases on the east coast that are decent;
Andrews
Seymour Johnson
Charlston
Other bases to stay away from;
Anyone that is an AETC base like Lackland, Tyndal, Altus, Luke, ect.
Dyess
Grand Forks
Minot
Cannon
Bases that are good that aren't on the east coast;
Davis Mothan
Travis
Mchord
MacDill
Hickam
All these I have had personal experience with one way or another. I will say that your job is WAY more important than your location though. I was at McGuire for 4 years, and hated McGuire. But I would gladly go back because my job was friggin awesome. Pick a good job, and even if you end up in Minot, you'll be happy. Obviously if you get a great job, and a great location you have the best of both worlds, but if you have to pick one or the other, go with the good job.
McGuire
Dover
Bases on the east coast that are decent;
Andrews
Seymour Johnson
Charlston
Other bases to stay away from;
Anyone that is an AETC base like Lackland, Tyndal, Altus, Luke, ect.
Dyess
Grand Forks
Minot
Cannon
Bases that are good that aren't on the east coast;
Davis Mothan
Travis
Mchord
MacDill
Hickam
All these I have had personal experience with one way or another. I will say that your job is WAY more important than your location though. I was at McGuire for 4 years, and hated McGuire. But I would gladly go back because my job was friggin awesome. Pick a good job, and even if you end up in Minot, you'll be happy. Obviously if you get a great job, and a great location you have the best of both worlds, but if you have to pick one or the other, go with the good job.
07-17-2008, 03:56 PM
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MacDill is in Tampa Bay FL (Western side of Florida near the Gulf of Mexico). I catogorize the East coast as those bases/states that are right on the Atlantic. Being on the west side of FL, I guess I don't consider it to be on the East coast. But thats just me.
Why does this really matter anyways?
Why does this really matter anyways?
07-18-2008, 08:52 AM
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MacDill is in Tampa Bay FL (Western side of Florida near the Gulf of Mexico). I catogorize the East coast as those bases/states that are right on the Atlantic. Being on the west side of FL, I guess I don't consider it to be on the East coast. But thats just me.
Why does this really matter anyways?
Why does this really matter anyways?
07-23-2008, 04:41 PM
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You have to keep that in mind that they will put you where-ever they need you! The mission comes first...or is it saftey
07-24-2008, 07:52 AM
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Andrews has some good facilities, it's where the hardcore alcoholic Navy guys from Pax River, MD get sent to dry out and rehab. (My former friend went after his 3rd DUI before getting booted out) The plus side is that it's within fair driving distance to Maryland Int'l Raceway and Capital Raceway.
The area outside the base is kind of a shithole with a fair amount of Government subsidized Section 8 housing in the area. Just my opinion though.
