Your Favorite Base

[MarcInJapan]

List your favorite assignment.

Mine is my current one: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. I am on my second tour here. I did 4 years here, went to Hickam AFB, then I had a chance to come back so I did. My total time here on this base is almost 6 years.

[LX HEMI]

Naval Station Activity New Orleans! Man I was I was there next week. Mardi Gras!

[DadDeM]

My all-time favorite was my first base -- Loring AFB, ME. We were stationed there from Dec 1982 to Oct 1988. I was heartbroken when they closed it down -- we had always hoped to retire up there.

[MikeEast]

I had a real good time in Albany, GA when the Navy had the base there to support the RA5C Vigilante - mmmm southern women!

Now the -worst- one was the USS John F.Kennedy CVA-67 - where I spent 3 years, 9 months 22 days and 4 hours of seagoing fun. Highest retention rate in the fleet at the time, only way off was to retire, die, ship over or get out. "Sailors belong on Ships, and Ships belong at Sea".

Mike

[Sharp Charge]

Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay Hawaii.

[MarcInJapan]

I spent some time at Hickam AFB, HI...really nice base as well.

[themongrel]

Its a tough call between MacDill AFB in Florida and Andersen AFB, Guam...

[PHANTZM]

Since the ones in Germany I was at are now closed, I guess Fort Carson, CO is my top spot.

[MarcInJapan]

Air Force: Ramstein Air Base is awesome in Germany!

[Bagged Mag]

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, Ca. I havent been to Hawaii yet so that may be why...

[GasGunR]

I spent a week at McDill while in the reserve, hey it was Feb and we were from Chicago:)Its a tough call between MacDill AFB in Florida and Andersen AFB, Guam...

Spent two years at Ramstein as my first perm duty station... nice, except I had to go off base to have a beer the first few months... I was only 17, not old enough to get served at the Club...Air Force: Ramstein Air Base is awesome in Germany!

My Fav was Gila Bend Air Force Auxillary Field. It was a detachment from Luke, now Barry Goldwater Range... 300 military at the time and millions of acres of desert:) Conus isolated tour back then too, but only 70 miles from Phoenix. It was GREAT:)

Worst place to be? Grissom... the Air Force leases the place from the Navy, was a KC-135 base in the middle of a corn field... YUC!

[kwkride]

Air Force: Ramstein Air Base is awesome in Germany!

Ramstein is a great place, but I was in such a terrible unit that it ruined the experience.

My favorite assignment was at Kelly because the unit and people that I worked with there were awesome! http://myrcmt.com/review/images/gallery/albums/userpics/10015/thumbs.gif

[TaylorMotorSports]

Yokota AB, Japan! I was single at the time so I had a BLAST in Tokyo but also saved a ton of money! The Yen was about 130 to the dollar then though...

[rickf28]

All these cool places you all get....I was in Okinawa....Camp Shwab a.k.a Land of the Hand....and now im a civilian but im at another good one Joint Base Balad Iraq a.k.a Anaconda a.k.a Mortar-Rita-Ville....lol...ive been to alot of nice places while I was in the Corps...just never stationed anywhere nice

[rickf28]

My all-time favorite was my first base -- Loring AFB, ME. We were stationed there from Dec 1982 to Oct 1988. I was heartbroken when they closed it down -- we had always hoped to retire up there.

Small world...my dad was AF...i started 1st grade at Loring and Graduated in Limestone...Ya we where there 12 years....

[MarcInJapan]

Yokota AB, Japan! I was single at the time so I had a BLAST in Tokyo but also saved a ton of money! The Yen was about 130 to the dollar then though...

The Yen has really taken a dive in the past couple of months...but, is gradually climbing. It is 95 to the dollar right now, but not too long ago dropped to 86 to the dollar.

My last COLA was $2050.00! :)

[ICEChargerRT]

Best base for me was Vogelweh, Germany right outside the gates of Ramstein AFB. I was in a joint Army/Air Force unit, some good times :beerchug: !