The Armpit of the universe is expanding!!

Ya'll haven't been to Altus AFB, Oklahoma, have you... :eek:

Or Cannon AFB, Clovis, New Mexico:barf:

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
Ya'll haven't been to Altus AFB, Oklahoma, have you... :eek:

Or Cannon AFB, Clovis, New Mexico:barf:

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83

Altus has nothing on the greater (haha) Polk area!

Kirtland is a sweet locale, though.
 
Why not Minot?



:wink:

"Freezin's the reason...but the ice is nice, and...it's cold I'm told..."

This can go ON AND ON AND ON AND ON...

Said the guy that lived 201 miles East on HWY 2 for 6 years...
(and actually liked it! :eek: )

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
Baumholder Germany.... STILL gives me the shivers 30 year later... :eek:

Twas no place for man or beast - or a stray USAF E4... :thumbdown:

Best
 
As someone who has been at almost all of the locales mentioned, I will emphatically agree the Ft Polk IS the armpit of military locations within the US.

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares to spending 5 months at Kwang Ju AB, Korea, however. When you actually say "We're going to Kunsan this weekend!" with enthusiasm and excitement, you know you're staying in a place where you can actually smell the brimstone (or the Bin-Ju ditch, in this case)....:thumbdown:
 
Why not Minot?



:wink:

I knew someone would bring it up.....

I was at Minot as a missileer.

The OG Deputy CC said at one pre-departure briefing before alert: "The temps are going to be about -20 tomorrow when you guys head back (if we can send a crew to relieve you). Make sure you drive slow on the way home. I mean, you don't need to hurry, you live in Minot for Christ's sake."
 
I will emphatically agree the Ft Polk IS the armpit of military locations within the US.

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares to spending 5 months at Kwang Ju AB, Korea, however. When you actually say "We're going to Kunsan this weekend!" with enthusiasm and excitement, you know you're staying in a place where you can actually smell the brimstone (or the Bin-Ju ditch, in this case)....:thumbdown:

On two or three occasions, I drove over an hour (each way) to go to Bismarck because they had a Red Lobster. Sh#tty, frozen seafood was that much of a lure because it was different. Red Lobster is a highlight for the Minot airman.

Minot had three restaurants at the time. Chief among them was Applebee's (a lousy chain restaurant to begin with). Since 2003, when I left Minot in the rear view, I have never set foot in an Applebee's and I never will.
 
As someone who has been at almost all of the locales mentioned, I will emphatically agree the Ft Polk IS the armpit of military locations within the US.

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares to spending 5 months at Kwang Ju AB, Korea, however. When you actually say "We're going to Kunsan this weekend!" with enthusiasm and excitement, you know you're staying in a place where you can actually smell the brimstone (or the Bin-Ju ditch, in this case)....:thumbdown:

Hmm.... :scratch:

Kwang-Ju... :yikes:

OR

Al-Udeid... :yikes:

Well...at least you could go to Kunsan...from "The 'Deid..." you can....get yelled at for not having your reflective belt on! :blowup:

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
Hmm.... :scratch:

Kwang-Ju... :yikes:

OR

Al-Udeid... :yikes:

Well...at least you could go to Kunsan...from "The 'Deid..." you can....get yelled at for not having your reflective belt on! :blowup:

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83

You mean the same al-Udeid we sent exhausted to for some short R&R from Iraq? Sounds rough...
 
You mean the same al-Udeid we sent exhausted to for some short R&R from Iraq? Sounds rough...

I have no doubt that you had it worse than most of us on here when you were in Iraq.

Minot still sucks....
 
My cutter this summer pulled into GTMO...all I can say is that I'm glad that coastie's don't usually get stationed there.
 
You mean the same al-Udeid we sent exhausted to for some short R&R from Iraq? Sounds rough...

"Short R&R from Iraq?"

Hmm....ya'll either lived up to the US Army credo of "let's treat our folks worse than the Navy enlisted" or you had a seriously wicked sense of humor.

"R&R" at "The Deid..." well...it's true that there were no mortars or rockets at "The Deid" like Iraq at times...

But... :eek:

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
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