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re: Guy lists top 5 worst duty stations in the Army

Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:10 pm to
Posted by Pechon
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:10 pm to
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Polk or Bragg.


Spent a couple years at both during my enlistment and can confirm they were both shitty.
Posted by SeaBass23
VA
Member since Jul 2019
1791 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:23 pm to
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Diego Garcia


Basically the Maldives

Doesnt seem so bad



Spent 3 months there. It was like summer camp for adults, beaches, charter fishing, bars, pools, volleyball/softball leagues. The biggest problem was the golf course was pretty bad.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:25 pm to
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Spent 3 months there. It was like summer camp for adults, beaches, charter fishing, bars, pools, volleyball/softball leagues. The biggest problem was the golf course was pretty bad.
How was the buttfricking for you navy boys?



Kidding aside, arent women not allowed on Diego? So, serious again, if thats true, there is going to be some butt sex
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 3:26 pm
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:28 pm to
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Kidding aside, arent women not allowed on Diego? So, serious again, if thats true, there is going to be some butt sex

I think women have been stationed at Diego Garcia since the 80s

Butt sex is still the top option of course. There's probably 6000 men vs 200 women.
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 3:32 pm
Posted by msap9020
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Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:33 pm to
Not Army but USMC Camp Wilson 29 Palms CA would compete with any Army top 5.
Posted by Obtuse1
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Member since Sep 2016
31242 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:36 pm to
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Ft Lost in the Woods


At least it has a decent base golf course. I don't know how many rounds I played at Piney Valley.
Posted by southside
SW of Monroe
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:36 pm to
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Fort Polk is #1


At least they have Pegasus and New Orleans lady
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36419 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:42 pm to
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Active Duty personnel are shitty in general.
quote:

tketaco
Posted by Impotent Waffle
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
10140 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:47 pm to
Ft Polk sucks tremendously
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:56 pm to
Curious what makes Bragg so bad.

Climate? Fayetteville? Culture? Terrain?
Posted by Goldrush25
San Diego, CA
Member since Oct 2012
33964 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 3:58 pm to
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Not Army but USMC Camp Wilson 29 Palms CA would compete with any Army top 5.



Yeah I worked with the Navy for a while and I kept hearing 29 Palms mentioned as "hell on Earth" as far as duty stations are concerned.
Posted by Impotent Waffle
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
10140 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:06 pm to
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Curious what makes Bragg so bad.



Was Air Force so not too familiar with it. Talking to Army buddies they referred to it as the "Black hole"
Posted by Obtuse1
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Member since Sep 2016
31242 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:25 pm to
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Curious what makes Bragg so bad.


Hot, miserable with copious ticks and chiggers. Lots of top brass, and it is a miserable place to be a leg. Nothing in town but shitty bars and tattoo parlors. It is really PT competitive which some hate but I loved it. The 82nd is a cult worse than the Marines and I should know I was in the 504th. With 1st-SFOD garrisoned there you get loads of REMFs walking around like they are tier 1 operators. It also seemed like ground zero for the dependapotamus specie.
Posted by Obtuse1
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:32 pm to
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Talking to Army buddies they referred to it as the "Black hole"


It is a black hole for an 11B paratrooper. Most spend their whole careers there except maybe some time in Italy or AK.

Officers and non-infantry have a better chance of getting out if they want to.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:33 pm to
I don't know I thought the DLI at Monterey was a pretty terrible assignment.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:34 pm to
Please remove the word “Top” from your thread title.
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Member since Apr 2012
17755 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:38 pm to
My duty stations for the USN were:

Orlando...2 words...UCF Girls
Charleston...2 words... College of Charleston Girls
Groton, CT...2 words... a pimple on the devil's arse
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
5128 posts
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:43 pm to
It's all about perspective. I did three years at Polk when it was 5th Mech. (Early 80s) Was it the best duty station? No but I was only an hour away from home and let my leave accrue because I went home every week end.
Ft. Irwin was bad arse as well because we were training for the Gulf war at the time (and didn't know it) but it was super fun training, lots of highly motivating live fire exercises etc.
Posted by Uptowner
The OP
Member since Oct 2019
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 5:54 pm to
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Basically the Maldives

Doesnt seem so bad


Not sure about now, but back in the day there was nothing but a British-American military installation on DG. Which means very, very few females. Maybe that works for you tho'.
Posted by TheOcean
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Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 5:55 pm to
Can anything be worse than Shelby?
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