5 worst duty stations in the army

[@christopherchaos]

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[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

Christopher Chaos is it fort poke or Polk

[@eberpena5893]

I rather be at Fort Polk then JBLM lol xD

[@texasvenom7814]

@@pacificcoastpiper3949 It's Fort Puke. Damn bugs are bigger than your head and the humidity is thick.

[@robertsettle4749]

It is off-post and on-post. NEVER off-base and in-base, when you speaking about a duty station in the U.S. ARMY!!!

[@robertsettle4749]

Ft. Chaffee makes Ft. Polk seem like a vacation. Nothing good about Ft. Chaffee.

[@TheWTFsauce]

The best duty stations are Fort Couch, Fort Bed and, Fort Sham

[@romanmarquez5205]

And Fort Profile and Fort Shitbag

[@davidfrehlini5052]

TheWTFsauce. And don't forget USS Backyard and Camp Swimming pool.

[@chadm6981]

I am currently stationed at Fort Retired. It’s great.

[@henrique3045]

I've heard Fort Vulva is awesome!

[@michaelmurray3698]

I really enjoyed Fort Dental, but to each their own lol

[@johnossmann7036]

My next to last duty station was in Ft. Wainwright, AK. When one of the NCOs in my company there that had previously been stationed at Ft. Polk learned I had orders to Ft. Polk, he told me: "On weekends, the only thing you will be doing will be walking around Walmart". I took that with a grain of salt as people like to exaggerate things. Guess what I did on my weekends at Ft. Polk 😒

[@gamehengeful]

Yea, no thanks to any of the training centers, even Hohenfels!

[@Egad]

Was at Ft Polk 89-91 and loved it there. Got into Bass fishing big time, weekend trips to Houston (It was nice back then), New Orleans... and there was an actual mall in Alexandria. Being Aviation didn't hurt either,

[@OldManGamer909]

I was stationed at Wainwright from 74 to 77. One of the older NCO's told me he was up there in the 60's when Second Ave. downtown was still gravel. He said a flood up there one year caused them to later pave it.

[@ericdoe3596]

I love this duty station what!

[@chrisbisho9785]

@@Egad There's still a mall in Alexandria , it's just dead .

[@BriteFrog]

Fort Polk was called "Tigerland" during the Vietnam War, and was used to acclimate troops to jungle environment before shipping out to 'Nam., and my cadre when I was in the Army in the late '70's called it the "armpit of the Army".

[@aidsskrillex5355]

Politically incorrect, but still funny 🤣!

[@wrcoe]

Tigerland was AIT. South Fort was mainly Basic, as I recall. Leesville cathouses/joints could be rough. Summer weather was hot and humid. Anyone remember the Tiger's Den club?

[@terryv]

The fort was NOT called Tigerland; Tigerland was strictly the infantry AIT portion of the fort. - Fort Polk, 1968

[@MariNate1016]

My dad did basic there before shipping to nam.

[@dennisholiday1868]

@@terryv I can tell you that they changed since you were there because I did the whole 16weeks all in Tiger Land! The bad thing is you was there in the hot summer months then you have to go to West Germany in winter! Well I was lucky because some of the people in my company had to go to Korea.

[@dreamsofkaia7275]

Now days Fort Hood seems more dangerous than a deployment.

[@alexanderamoah]

👌🏿

[@n33df00ds]

No shit

[@thearmyflyer4905]

Fort Hood IS the Hood

[@Blkgirl06]

I know, right?🙋🏽‍♀️🙌🏽🤦🏽‍♀️

[@melinachan26]

That part 💯💯

[@bruh1077]

Fort Hood Where dreams go to die, the Devil lives, and re-enlisting is a joke amongst everyone

[@Jacorriee]

You know your at the wrong place when re-enlisting is a joke 😂😂😂

[@johnrooney507]

Going to Austin( very often), Dallas, and San Antonio were sanity saving for me.

[@breathstealer5486]

Oh they sent me to Korea for 3 months knowing I had orders to Korea for # of troops knowing that reenlistment was a joke. They told me flights funds had been frozen. Finally let me go after a trip to ig and only a gave me a month to out process. It sent me to my favorite duty station in all of Korea. Sooooo much off time super small post. Had I been able to stay there the rest of my career I might have been able to make 20 years

[@cannonfodder4812]

Right! They just had an Army Captain resign his commission and enlist in the Marine Corp

[@daveratcliffe1016]

@@cannonfodder4812 Corps not Corp.

[@mattclawson703]

I was stationed at Ft Drum from 87 to 95 and the installation DID close on numerous occasions during winter snow falls. It also downsized to essential personnel as well. The lake effect snow up there was no joke. They forecasted "feet per hour." And they weren't wrong

[@hagman1077]

I was at Ft Drum from 91-93 and your 100% correct about that lake effect snow and how it blows sideways. Crazy times, but these days I miss some of that good training back then-

[@MN-Hillbilly]

I spent 5 years in Panama (awesome) then spent 2 1/2 years at Ft. Drum (96-98) SUCK! When I PCSed everyone thought they were getting bad assignments, when they heard I was going to Drum they thought theirs wasn't so bad.

[@bigbabysld]

@mattclawson704, @hagman1077...I guess we were all at Drum at the same time, maybe even bumped into each other, I was there from 92-95, I still remember the snowflakes dropping on Easter!, as a young man in his 20's...I founf Drum very boring, the weekends were dead. I still remember the 2 dollar movie theater and the bowling alley...that was it, Watertown was not much better @the time all they had was the mall which also had a movie theater. I still remember doing runs in 20 degree weather, the snot in out nose was frozen (no kidding), Watertown would often get closed because of the snow and it got REALLY boring. but you were expected to be at formation on time or that was your ass. remembere trying to get a taxi if you didn't have a car...sometimes it was a 2hr wait and the taxi would pick up multile passengers, our mess hall was clkosed on the weekends and we had to get a ride to an open mess hall on the weekends. Most of us lived off of pizza deleiveries on the weekend. I do not miss that palce at all By the way...41st ENGINEERS, HQ'S COMPANY, A & B PLATOON

[@joshua891]

It changed a lot since then as I was there from 05-12 and post only closed once. They didn't care about how bad the weather got. You would still PT or stayed in the field for training.

[@joehatten9171]

Climb 2 glory 💪

[@micahrosen6314]

I have heard more than 1 VietNam vet say that "If the world were to get an enema. Ft. Polk would be the insertion point".

[@cannibalclown212]

I just came from Fort Polk and it wasn’t the best. They do have some good restaurants off base, but their is nothing else to do there. Shit was boring as hell. You have to drive far to have some enjoyment.

[@rayewen3347]

@@cannibalclown212 I was stationed there in '63 - 64. Leesville was nothing but about four blocks long with two bars and one movie house and the Texas Hock Shop. Best part of being there was being assigned to camp Tuto Greenland for four months.

[@jameswells554]

They must have been Tigerland grads. My last 1SG was a Tigerland grad, and he hated any mention of Polk. He would get this sick look like he was going to puke. He said the training was great, but...yeah the horror stories are real.

[@dennisholiday1868]

@@jameswells554 Fort Polk and Tiger Land had a certain smell when you first step foot in that place. Always will be Old Hell Hole And Little Vietnam to me. I do not miss that place!

[@MAXIMUSISADOG]

If you like small town atmosphere, lakes, great fishing its great.

[@nightmarefiles1]

I’ve been stationed at Fort Riley, Fort Bragg, Fort Polk, and Fort Hood.

[@vancepitman2105]

Nightmare Files who did you piss off?

[@realityhurts8697]

You got shithole tour, of the army. Damn.

[@lonewolf031]

My condolences.

[@Ms2blackcats]

Fort Riley how funny

[@mvend10]

How is fort riley? I’m currently at Campbell and leaving soon

[@derekcolvin9944]

Fort Puke, Lousy-anna...not a huge shock. During my service with the Army National Guard in Texas, our company Commander decided to have us drive to gorgeous Leesville, Louisiana and complete qualifying on the M16A1. For the 3 days we were there, it rained continuously and we were all fortunate enough to stand in foxholes with water up to our shoulders to qualify in. Not the best situation to be in but it did Keep Us ready in case of Rapid deployment

[@DudesWithACamera]

They say the only ppl who wanna go to Irwin either are from CA or never been to CA and think it's all beaches haha

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

I was in A.I.T. at Fort Huachuca in Arizona when I learned I was going to Irwin, so I was already used to a desert environment. I was just relieved to not be going to Drum.

[@RichV20]

I had an option of going to Ft Polk or Ft Irwin for training. I'd rather go to the Mojave than the swaps of Louisianna. At the least minute a spot to go Germany opened up and I took it. Thank God.

[@Imafed42069]

We all end up going to Irwin for NTC before rotations to get a taste of desert hell

[@generamos1821]

J Q hate that shit

[@wingnutjones]

Was at Irwin '78. Spent the first week pulling each others vehicles out of the mud.

[@jamesfoster7735]

FT. Bragg... where even the STDs are airborne lol Had to lead with Bragg didnt ya Chaos lol

[@ed12151]

And I remember watching the guys who had to fall out for the Monday morning VD clinic sick call.

[@ruemorales3134]

😂😂😂

[@bruh1077]

Fort Hood has most recorded out of every base.

[@rastus666]

I did 4 years in the Navy, and may have had one of the best duty stations ever. I was stationed on a destroyer in Athens, Greece, for 2 1/2 years. Sailed around the Mediterranean, made port visits in Italy, Turkey, France, Spain, and the Greek Islands. Being a small ship, it could get into all ports. This was in the 70s, before it all became commercialized, overgrown, dirty, and dangerous. Used to sit on the steps of the Parthenon and watch tour groups from all over the world. Laid naked on a beach on a Greek Island(Mykonos), for 9 days. Met girls from all over the world. NZ ladies were the nicest.

[@josephmcdonald764]

Only North Fort Polk was known as Tigerland. I was there in 1967. Its only purpose was to turn out combat infantrymen for Vietnam. One of the signs there said, "Every man a Tiger! Every man a killer! Kill Communists!"

[@byronharano2391]

Aloha Shipmate!! I am a Pacific 7th Fleet sailor of the 1980's and early 1990's.

[@rossnieuwsma7233]

Ohhhhhh clam up Seaman. 😄😄😄😄 I never really got to enjoy Fort Bragg. I was always getting deployed or tasked out to other units to go train. In my six years active duty I’d say I probably spent maybe a year on Fort Bragg.

[@byronharano2391]

@@rossnieuwsma7233 Please be nice. Lol. I am a former sailor and worked as a contractor with the US Army at Camp Doha, Kuwait 🇰🇼. I personally know about your struggles with duty assignments. I knew a female soldier who couldn't escape duty to Kuwait no matter where she went. From an E4 to E6, she eventually discharged and ended up as a coworker with me in Kuwait 🇰🇼. She could not escape the US Army lunacy. Blessings and HOOAH!

[@almoemason]

You were not a very good sailor if a beach is the only place you woke up naked - STSCS(SS)

[@seanchambers2672]

A big miss re: Ft Bragg, which I really liked, is the crazy numbers of college girls at NC State, Duke, and UNC. It was pretty solid for a single guy - outside of Fayettenam obviously.

[@HisDudeness1986]

It’s funny because i met a lot of strippers at Victoria’s and Secret’s that were all going to college to get nursing degrees

[@forsakenbreed6202]

@Johnny Rep I LOVED BRAGG 82ND ABN COMBAT CONTROL I MISS FAYETTENAM

[@tylermorrow3550]

@@HisDudeness1986 lol Victorias caberet.

[@owensomers8572]

@@HisDudeness1986 Rick's was still going on Hay Street for my first two assignments to Fort Bragg, but was the last club there, and moved to somewhere off Bragg Blvd. Don't know if it was true, but rumor had it that Pat Benatar used to dance at Rick's.

[@luiserazo2367]

@@HisDudeness1986 😆😅🤣😂

[@Kaskaskia64]

I worked as a civilian contractor on FT Drum. Snow, snow, Snow But the summers are nice and lots of outdoor activities. Fishing, Hunting, whitewater Rafting, Hiking, Boating. plus there are still drive in movie theaters in Black river and Alexander Bay. another downside is the lack of decent food.

[@wixom01]

Interesting video. I was in the army from 1980 to 1983, and did all of my tour in Germany. I extended because I loved living in and experiencing a foreign country. I was fortunate to be put on separate rations and got to live in downtown Fulda! Best time of my life and I didn't even know it, lol. Blackhorse!!!

[@doode1971]

ALLONS!! 2/11 ACR Wildfllecken.

[@billr2375]

Fulda? You mean the place where the rest of us there would meet during an Alert to stop the russians?

[@dennisholiday1868]

@@billr2375 You had remember The Friedberg Training Area! That was are part of the woods and some people hated that place.

[@sfcjones2590]

Fulda? Yeah I remember that place.

[@SK-qc6fb]

Yes, agreed....Frankfurt Military Community was the best! Former Camp Eschborn 12B here from the early 1980s....a combat unit 20 min S bahn ride to downtown and Sachsenhausen, K strasse, etc Many did an entire career in Frankfurt!

[@burntorangeandblue]

I'll never forget when my buddy was set to PCS to Drum and was braggin' about all of the skiing he was going to do and he was finally somewhere it was never hot ... and immediately deployed to Haiti once he got to Drum.

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

So much for skiing

[@Ryanbwin]

Ft Drum has the highest suicide rate

[@technikal270]

@@Ryanbwin hey, let's not just give a random fun fact like that..

[@redjack7296]

@@Ryanbwin Im stationed in Ft Wainwright it's not much better here

[@ahanaksleaf1643]

I loved Ft.Drum always in the field training. If you like being a grunt you'll love Drum. You can make rank fast too.

[@supercyberfunk]

I was stationed at Fort Drum. The cold wasn't the worst for me, since I'm originally from Michigan. I reason I hated Drum was the lack of things to do, and toxic leadership as far as the eye can see. Also, Drum doesn't have a hospital on post, just a medical clinic or two, with active hours. If you get hurt at night, you have to go to the hospital in Watertown, which is Drum's outside town. Cops are ALWAYS waiting outside Ft Drum to hand out DUIs. So many DUIs.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

So just do not drink and rive. Been driving since 1966, never ever drove drunk. Now talking about the bad Drum, I was at Drum in( wooden barracks with a coal stove as hack up heat) 74 and was Camp Drum then. Reserve and Guard Training, Arctic War Fare Training. Had minor league base ball back then, Cleveland organization team I think. Son was there 12.and he liked it, good training areas.Little chicken shit. and he was a nontoxic N.C.O. # 1 Rule for Fort Drum and that entire area is to THRIVE in winter, not just survive it. Did you ever get out to Southwick Beach State Park on Lake Ontario 20 min away?Great beach,and if wind is right waves you can ride. Cape Vincent,Wolfe Island Ontario, Alex bay, Tug Hill ,D-1 Hockey in canton and Potsdam, fish the Saint, Lake Ontario Sunsets, for me there was a lot to do. Even annoying the snobby Canadians in Kingston.

[@brianfuller757]

FORT DRUNK

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Toxic enlisted make toxic NCO.s who then make toxic Officers. As for drunks, not as bad a Bragg or Benning.I mean Moore. I lost two friends to drunk drivers, so I hope all go to jail. As for nothing to do. Guess you missed winters in the Adirondacks, perhaps Saranac Lake. Winter Carnival. Summers in Alex Bay, cross over to Kingston Ontario,ridding waves at Southwick Beach State park. Laker Ontario is a fresh water ocean. Paddling, white water rafting, triple A baseball in Syracuse, D-1 Ice Hockey in Canton and Potsdam. Snow machine ridding Wolfe Island Ontario, all types of hunting hunting,world class fishing, world class. Key West level sun sets on Ontario. 1,000';s of female college students within a short drive.Great Skiing just three hours away.Lake Placid?. Man I do feel bad you never enjoyed all that there is up state NY.

[@alfredpaquin3563]

Amen, brother, I got arrested by bored MPs because I stabbed a snapping turtle to death while I was out fishing on post. MPs and Drum suck.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

@@alfredpaquin3563 I am from upstate NY,1 hour Drum Drum.I was stationed there too. Snapping Turtles are PROTECTED by the State of New York. You can NOT kill them. You were dam lucky M.P.did not turn you over to State D,E,C, Cops,you would have gotten 1 year. And a D.D. Drum was the BEST for me. I was there at the change from Camp to Fort. 1000 Islands area GEM, your fault you never enjoyed them. Soldiers who say thee is nothing to do, never ever tried to find things or places. You can surf Lake Ontario, just 15 to 20 min from Drum.Lake Shore Wildlife Area Southwick Beach, Black rock area. Selkirk Shores. So much to do up there. And again If I had been the M.P.who caught you killing a Snapper, I would have turned you over to the D.E.C. Cops.

[@quanprop]

I was stationed at 2 of the 5. Fort Irwin my 1st duty station (4years) and Fort Bragg (13 years). Some advantages to both. Alot of field time. Work Hard, Play Hard. Fort Bragg gave me stability. My son (22) has been in Fayetteville all his life. Jump out of planes you don't have to leave. Good thing.

[@tonyjones1560]

I served in Germany with a NCO that had literally spent his entire career either in the 82nd Airborne or in Germany (he’d volunteered for the 82nd on his first enlistment). Sure enough, when he came down on orders it was, “I’m ending my army career where I started. The 82nd Airborne Division…”

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

Apparently a lot of people die or go missing at Fort Hood. That alone makes me want to steer clear of it.

[@deshawnclowney106]

Stationed a hood now. 2 people have gone missing within the last month

[@annaroecker917]

yeah Vanessa and Gregory (ik he went missing last August) so sad...

[@tonysalas45]

@@deshawnclowney106check starlight

[@familiacruzramos9403]

You talking outside the base? Inside on base is safer?

[@fire_1209]

I belive I could have the date wrong by a few days but I think I'm correct but Monday 5/20/2020 a specialist truck was found off base on fire and he was found 12 miles away in the street shot he did not make it sadly

[@Penman-Music]

I was at Fort Polk in the 80's. I totally agree with it being number 1. When I was there we still trained for Reforger and other deployments. The surroundings just plain sucked. The heat was crazy.

[@shawng7902]

Used to go there for family vacation every summer in the 80s lol. My uncle and aunt both moved there to work on the base. Lot of difference between 9 and 19 being there though.

[@ralphmcclain1808]

83 to 84.1,40TH scouts l

[@Colichemarde]

Great video! My wife and I loved Fort Hood. We lived in Lampasas, hung out with some wonderful locals and had a good time.

[@brrberrymerry]

Just wanted to mention real quick that I appreciate your videos having no ads right in the middle. Just straight content and information.

[@HerminiePA]

There are two good duty stations in the Army: The one you came from and the one you're going to.

[@earlwyss520]

@Johnny Rocker, like the drink It works that way in the USAF too.

[@josephmoody9644]

@Johnny Rocker, like the drink that is so true😂😂😂😂

[@johnrooney507]

Germany was sweet, I was dumb for not staying another year when offered. Going to Fort Hood was a huge let down.

[@konstantinalexandrovich9885]

On the contrary, these are the only bad ones...

[@tagaarado6449]

Germany was both my worst and my best. Worst because of Baumholder. I swear Baumholder has its own weather. You experienced the 4 seasons in a day and it’s often gloomy. When I was stationed there, commissary was only open 4 days in a week. For a big post, population wise, that’s sucks. You always have to go Ramstein for better stuff and procrastinate how bad the Army and how good the Air Force got it. My best was Hanau. Units were all scattered but the atmosphere with locals were awesome plus Hanau is big enough city and it’s so close to Frankfurt.

[@craigjacob3704]

My older brother got stationed at Fort Polk. He was drafted during Viet Nam and did his whole enlistment at that base. He was in communications and ended up being a instructor on the radios and walkie talkies the infantry carried . He did his last two years of active reserve going back and forth from New Orleans where we lived. They called it little Viet Nam back then and I've heard a lot of Veterans say they were glad to get out of Fort Polk to go the Viet Nam. I joined the volunteer army after all of that crap and got stationed at Fort Dix and then did AIT at Aberdeen MD.

[@georgea5991]

On my way to Polk I had people telling me how happy guys at the time were to be going to Vietnam just to get out of that shithole. It hasn't changed.

[@ntvypr4820]

I find that hard to believe since those going to Nam knew their life expectancy dropped 60-75% just by being in that nasty country. I was a kid here while training for VN was ongoing, my dad, a Cajun native to S> La. was also ex-WWII, Korea and VN vet himself after 24 years he got out and was hired on at Polk as a civilian employee. I grew up here and stayed to become a deputy sheriff here from 1980-1998. I got to patrol some of the good folks sent in to Polk from all over the country. The 5th I.D. with over 15,000 troops was here at the time. Most were great people. Some found their own boneheaded entertainment in local bars or by committing some of the worst crimes I ever saw then rotating out. But we got them all. Longest one took 8 years. A young woman working as a cashier at a convenience store was kidnapped, tied to a tree, raped and shot though an eye. And that after my partner and I sat with her half of a slow night because we didn't like seeing women work stop-n-rob's alone. He snatched her right after we left. That's bothered me ever since but all kinds came through here. Like I said took 8 years but we got got him.

[@craigjacob3704]

@@ntvypr4820 well every thing I said is true. I don't know how hard to believe but it happened. I was just a little kid and remember it like it was yesterday.

[@cretejake34301]

My dad was stationed there at fort Polk with 3rd battalion 10th inf. We lived at pelican trailer park north fort.

[@bh1567]

Hand held radios. Army doesn't recognize walkie talkie.

[@fatdog9440]

When I first got to drum it was in a snow storm the duty van picked us up an then we went to the gas station to fuel up an 3 snow mobiles pulled up it was then I knew shit was gonna suck and suck did it. Snow runs an snow PT were awful

[@Guitarnivore]

Eyelashes icing up, your neck gator freezing over your face and you can't breath. Slipping and busting your ass on the icy road. Much fun.

[@jaharifleming8923]

I remember I could barely see Clark Hall😅😂😂

[@lonanderson5740]

Don't forget Mountain peak

[@joshuanewcombe8454]

Funny story, I grew up in that area. I hate winter. I joined the Army hoping to get away from winter. First duty station, Fort Carson, CO. One of the worst winter wise.

[@yukisanscorner3582]

@@lonanderson5740 oh naw my first Mountain Peak was the WORST, weather wise. Couldn’t barely see tryna set up the tents and shit

[@charlesmilson920]

A lot has changed in the last 3 years. Ft Bragg is completed seperated from Fayetteville now. You can't drive through post on Bragg Blvd anymore. Also Fayetteville doesn't surround Ft Bragg, the base actually touches a bunch of towns in 3 different counties. Fayetteville, Southern Pines, Spring Lake, Cameron, Raeford, etc.

[@dicktatina7814]

It is no longer Ft. Bragg. A Woke General changed it to Ft. Liberty.

[@JohnH20111]

you mean FayetteNam?!

[@dicktatina7814]

HHD 73rd Sig BN 10/64-5/65

[@hhdthmik]

@@dicktatina7814 HHD 189th Maint BN (1st Cos Com) 112/72 -19/74

[@gregalvarado6785]

What about Fort Stewart GA, terrible living conditions post wide. The city of Hinesville (right outside of post) has absolutely nothing to offer and the closest main city (Savannah) has nothing to offer either, besides bars and trouble making environments…i guess you have the beach close by but it sucks too

[@10jah10]

I spent 3 years in the mid 80s serving in the 5th ID at Ft Polk situated near the beautiful hamlet of Sleaze-ville, I mean Disease-ville, I mean Leesville... The only positive was; I had just arrived from basic and AIT, so at the time I was thinking that the “permanent party” life was awesome! (That didn’t last too long though...). As time wore on, I remember volunteering for an NTC rotation at Ft Irwin (that actually was fun, but short lived), trying to PCS to Korea several times (denied every time), and finally volunteering to join the “nation building” force in Panama just as things started going south down there (denied once more). Anything to leave the swamp!!! So being really motivated, I separated from the Army, went to college, joined AFROTC, got commissioned in the USAF, went to UPT, flew jets for 17yrs and then retired. I’d say it all worked out OK... 😅

[@watcher2554]

Hell, I joined up in '85 to work on "computers". Then 2 days before I was to in process at the recruitment center(i.e. get on the bus), I was told that the slot allocation had changed and that MOS was no longer available. I had 2 choices, avionics repair, requiring jump school (nope, not this boy), or Generator Repair (52D). Basic at Ft. Dix then Ft. Belvoir for AIT. Then guess where I got to go.... 4yrs fixing totable 1.5 & 3kw gens for the line units in 7th Eng. Bn. Sep., Ft. Polk, La. Gawd I hated that place. Got there in August, 1985....saw 1 guy in my platoon get promoted to E5 1 month after I got there...not 1 other solider got promoted to E5 by the time I left in 1989. They said, "Reenlist! We will send you to PLDC!" I said, "I made E4 by 9 months in service and had the points to qualify at 15 months. Your offer is about two and a half years late and only benefits you, not me." I ETS'd that week and never looked back. Note: I had friends in other units, 4/12 CAV and TRADOC and they also confirmed very low numbers of promotions at the E5 level and it appeared to be pretty common across the Post though I was never able to find out why but it was during the whole Regan 88,000 force reduction he signed in '88 so that may have had some influence on the whole mess.

[@harshbansal7982]

How did you only do 3 years? Isn’t the minimum 4 years ?

[@watcher2554]

@@harshbansal7982 Naw, they had all kinds of crazy enlistment schemes when I went in. I also did a "Try One" enlistment in the National Guard where I spent the first year of my 4yrs IRR in the National Guard and could re-up for the other 3 if I liked it....I did not (went from tracking down Op4 Rangers in the Piney Woods to playing nice for Politicians playing solider on the weekend cause it looked good on their resumes - and that's not a stereo-type, they would actually talk about it...in front of everyone!!! Morons!). 2yrs active was VERY common and I only did 4 for the Bonus..$2500 was a lot of money back then to a young man!!!

[@Nyx_2142]

@@watcher2554 The Navy tried to pull something similar with my brother regarding his MOS. He signed up to be an MP and later on they tried to say there wasn't slot and he had to sign a paper to switch to a different MOS or some shit like that. He refused to sign any papers until he got his slot because they can't make him sign the paper anyway. Well, who would have thought that a few hours later there was suddenly an MP slot available for him.

[@bayoustormryder3823]

Lmaoo that's Leesville for y'all.

[@stephendall2329]

I was in only 23 years. Started in Navy and after they turned me down for extension for a longer tour in Vietnam, I came back and enlisted in the Army, I was stationed on Fort Irwin in OPFOR for three years. The NTC was my favorite duty station in the Army. I agree that driving into Barstow was a pain in the butt, but I liked to 4x4 and target shoot, so I spent a lot of time in the desert with my rifles and metal detector. My kids loved the area too, two of them got married while there and one still lives in the area.

[@Wenchlock123]

Some folks really dig the desert. My father was like that, and as a result I was born and raised just south of there in the Imperial Valley. As soon as I graduated high school... like the very next week, I was in the Army, and specifically asked for my first duty to be on the other side of the planet in S. Korea. Loved it there. That was '83. Guess where I was in '91? Desert Storm. Ended my enlistment with my very last exercise in NTC in '93.

[@barke27barker19]

Was at Ft Irwin from 89-92. The desert grew on me and I miss it (the desert, not Ft Irwin).

[@charlesmichaelschmitt6412]

I liked Ft. Irwin there from April 1994 to Feb 1997. As OPFOR I had the best time as Active duty!

[@charlesmichaelschmitt6412]

😂 Super bussy! bs 😢 lots of time in the field yes, but not very much real work.

[@660Oliver]

I was at Irwin, AT Co. 6/31st INF. Dec 83- Apr 85. Wanted to go back after my tour in Germany. retention said no. I said adios.

[@Osoyoos48]

I was an Army BRAT in the 50s and loved every minute of it. When I joined in 66, my father told me the two most memorable duty stations I would remember would be the worst is the post I just left and the best is the next post I would be going to. How true that turned to be.

[@georgegarcia1445]

When I was in the Army, Ft. Polk was commonly called "Fort Puke".

[@michaelmabrey6969]

Stationed there from 88-90

[@jeffreysepulveda8588]

Currently stationed at Ft Polk and they still call it Ft Puke.

[@Funshine99]

@@jeffreysepulveda8588 That they do. I've heard it from many that come through on rotation and those that are stationed. I really do wish it could change though, but there is no way to help Leesville at least nothing immediate.

[@Warrior-For-Christ-Jesus]

I did my Basic and AIT at Ft Polk!

[@keverc]

I was stationed in Ansbach Germany and it was amazing!

[@jeffreysamuelsboise]

i was there 2/1 AVN!!! Lived in Bliedorn Lease Towers for 6 years

[@13bravo72]

Yeah, I was ststioned there long ago, at Bleidorn Kaserne.👍

[@jaymontange8260]

Two years at Kerrbach/Ansbach great loved it.

[@Lockbar]

I was with 1st armored back 1974-'75 in Ansbach. Couldn't wait to get out of there. But then again I felt my particular unit was probably the worst in the whole Army. Poor leadership and surprisingly bad NCOs.

[@thill8279]

I just arrived to hohenfels Germany a few weeks back. Just about an hour and a half from ansbach. Not too bad thus far

[@campagnollo]

Ft. Liberty (fmr. Bragg) used to be a open base until 9/11. It since became a closed base, but there was a public federal road that went thru the base that couldn’t be closed, so that remained open, but created that double sided base. They’ve since added in a highway for public use and the previously public road has now been absorbed into the base, unifying the base.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

"Fort Bliss" How ironic

[@walterronten8008]

I was stationed there and was surprised to learn it was named after a LTC Bliss, rather than a piece of dark humor by the troops. Common saying: "The wind doesn't blow at Fort Bliss - it sucks."

[@joaquinruedavi5991]

I live in El Paso. Thanks for helping our Economy.

[@strix1121]

Loved el paso but fort bliss sucked

[@Dangling_Carrot]

I work on bliss I love it.

[@casadelosperrosstudio200]

I retired out of that place... ever hear the expression, "Ignorance is Bliss"? Yeah...

[@FaintlyTapping]

After over 20 years in the Army, I can tell you which one is the worst and which one is the best. The worst duty station is the one you just left and the best duty station is the next one you're headed to.

[@georgesheffield1580]

I thought it was the other way around ,either way is vorrect .

[@georgesheffield1580]

You don't know anything about MEXICO from your comments or distances in the SW

[@brianazmy3156]

Pretty much sums up the options of troops that never had to spit shine boots or use a P-38. I spent several years at Bragg and found the post to be great. Nice attitude in civilian communities. 9-11 regulations for mandatory gates became a hassle for living off base. Geographically, Bragg is nice. Relatively mild winters, Mountains and the ocean are only a few hours drive away in each direction. Great hunting and fishing nearby. I would have liked more densely wooded forest and less scrub and small pines. Personally I don't think it belongs on the list from what I've heard and read about other bases.

[@derricklockett9965]

I was stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas in the 80's and yes, we were always in the field most of the time and back and forth to Ft. Erwin, California but believe it or not I didn't hate the duty station.

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

Oh, I believe it. I was at Fort Irwin and I did not hate it.

[@michaelfinley891]

Was my first duty station and I most definitely loved it. 1st CAV baby💯

[@chrissmith7669]

Only trained there in the 80s. Staged in the chicken coops on North ft Hood. What a miserable place. Great memories. Lol

[@EVLugo-ii9rc]

Spoiler alert: Every duty station sucks.

[@Velez0777]

Idk, Yongsan garrison and Fort Hauchuca were pretty nice.

[@ryanryan862]

Any in Germany is sweet

[@tortelliniultra7186]

@@ryanryan862 very very wrong there buddy

[@Deactivated_Account_]

us army base humphreys in south korea looks great

[@TheDustysix]

Duty, is a Four Letter Word.

[@timsmith1125]

As a prior service/other service NCO, got orders to Fort Sill for reclassification since my Navy MOS didn’t cross over to any Army MOS. Although it was a communications repair school, the training cadre, other than the instructors in the classroom, were hardcore 13B drill sergeants. However the CSM was one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in or out of the military.

[@johnkillough5814]

I loved Drum, I retired from there and stayed. 10th Mountain is the most deployed Division in the Army. So if you go to Drum expect to Train and deploy.

[@brittanyhenry6460]

I’m at drum right now and have yet to do my job at all. They just throw me around to do anything else but my job. Everyone in my unit hates their lives and takes it out on everyone around them

[@michaelmcdowell7595]

My time at Drum was spent in the field, JRTC, Egypt, and Iraq.

[@fun2916]

You’re a psycho. That place is hell frozen over. And Watertown, NY is a shithole that would have been a ghost town if it wasn’t for Drum. Only positive thing was driving to Canada when you could get time off or weren’t deployed

[@Guitarnivore]

@@fun2916 Can't argue about the Watertown remark.

[@EdwinYee1]

lucky, I was there 2011-2014, never deployed but trained a lot to deploy lol

[@b25joel]

I might be that guy but I was stationed at Fort Polk for 4 years and I loved it. 5-25 FA has been so far the greatest unit I've been part of. Yes, there isn't much to do around the post but once you drive to places like Shreveport, New Orleans and Texas -you will find plenty of things to do. Plus, the unit kept us entertained and busy with all of the BOSS activities and the FRG was killing it as well.

[@reggiehodges6784]

I was there 85 to 86 . I couldn't get over the way the post was ran .I was an E-4 promotable . In Germany I had done the jobs of E-6's. In Polk you were crap unless you were an E-6.

[@jaylindavis5596]

Lol im from louisiana and thats the first time i heard someone say they liked sherevport 😂

[@paulbaxter9715]

Wow......you are the ONLY person I know that said they liked it there. I was an MP, trapped for a total of 6 years there. Sleezeville had a few decent restaurants but other than that, the Pegasus and T Town was about all there was to do. Rubber it up though....more STDs there than a science lab. Lol. I did like doing rotations in the box though but the tank trails at Camp Beauergard sucked. Speedy Bs (little gas station) right off post had some of the best breakfast though.

[@logansteele4584]

I’m stationed here right now and I’m in 5-25 and so far I’m loving it🤷🏽‍♂️

[@yummychips_]

Ahh yes, BOSS. As long as your not a cook, BOSS was great. If your a cook, you "voluntarily" decline BOSS programs....

[@robertbabcock4014]

I pretty much agree with your list. When I joined The reserves, my activation bast was Ft Polk. I had drove past it one time and it looked like run down, desolute fort, so I worked hard to get my activation fort changed. It took me about 2 years to get it changed. It was changed to Ft Hood. At least I had family in the area, so I was happy.

[@Jriedem]

Stationed at Ft Polk now. Definitely feels like a prison. Especially with Covid restrictions currently in place.

[@seanberthiaume8240]

Ya got double fckd!

[@nola305]

😂😂😂

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Why did soldiers buy up ALL of the TP; why did protected soldiers buy up all the ammo at the px?

[@bLitz407]

You’re crazy man. Polk ain’t that bad.

[@dennisholiday1868]

@@bLitz407 For me it was. As a young kid from Philly going down South and spending 16weeks at Tiger Land in the summer made me wonder why did I join The Army! But I can always say I survived the old Tiger Land at Fort Polk!

[@casssmith2002]

When I was stationed in Ft. Carson we had a new Platoon Sgt. that came from Alaska. He said there wasn't much to do up there so most soldiers ended up becoming alcoholics. He on the other hand chose to climb Mt. McKinley. I trained at NTC and it was called the Dust Bowl for a reason.

[@prettycolour3170]

I agree

[@bradleyheck7204]

I was glad I had done NTC at Irwin after I got deployed from Germany for Desert Storm. That's what it's there for, I guess.

[@robertbigott9742]

My granddaughter (1LT) is currently on TDY at Ft Irwin; her permanent duty station is Ft Bliss. My brother did his AIT at Ft Polk. That is 3 of the 5. I was at Ft Leonard Wood, MO.

[@jenniferalvarado5886]

How did you like Fort Leonard Wood? I am going to be stationed there after commissioning.

[@MrGomjabber]

Ft. Carson, nice, nice area, but when you rotate in and out of the field every 2 weeks...... Not so great, and the field sucked hard there.

[@hackermangage1703]

There where I go after AIT.. I’m a 25Q

[@jacobkilman8444]

This place is the bane of my existence, I cannot tell you how much I hate this place😂

[@gabriellowe9929]

Laughs in Fort Stewart/Fort Lewis

[@MrGomjabber]

@@gabriellowe9929 better you than me

[@terrytaylor5558]

I was there in the mid 70's, 52nd engineer battalion loved it, traveled all over the state doing civil jobs.Worked on the track and football field for the colorado springs school for the deaf and blind.Don't know how that turned out left before that was done.Spen't a couple months Rye, Colorado at a girl scout camp up in the montains,the Navy See Bees did there summer training using our equipment.When I took leave I traveled all over the state in my van and motorcycle.

[@whatabouttheearth]

I knew of a unit in the Marines that 5 Marines were starting up and it was way in the woods and their whole term was literally waiting in the woods for years with an empty barracks waiting for the Corps to send them Marines. And I mean IN THE WOODS, there was a road, a parking lot an empty barracks, a small admin building, a captain, some sgts and some Lance Corporals all in civvies

[@nemialudolph7933]

My husband, Bill was in the Navy and his best place was in RAF Mildenhall Suffolk England 1973-76 it was overseas shore duty. A McHale Navy. He got to travel alot

[@louisg4845]

I’m from LA. I agree with your Ft Puke assessment. Never stationed there but can’t imagine doing an FTX August. Heat, snakes, mosquitoes, red ants make it unbearable. Luckily, I was stationed in California where an FTX was more like a camping trip. I also thought the climate in Iraq was more livable.

[@josephg9245]

its not fun.

[@briansignorelli7090]

You also failed to mention it has the best infantry training in the army

[@Harv72b]

I spent 2 1/2 years as OPFOR at Ft. Irwin back in the mid 90s. Yeah, the workload was ridiculous--we generally only got 4 days off per rotation (each rotation lasting 4 weeks), and we could only put in for leave during post-wide blocks in the middle of summer and over Christmas/New Years. For those of us in the Support Squadron, we also got to go downrange and play with BLUFOR every single rotation, rather than every other one like the combat arms guys did. Of course, the alternative to being out in the desert doing Krasnovian stuff was being back in garrison (still in the desert) spending every single day in the motor pool trying to coax another month out of our vehicles, so we didn't much mind going downrange. For the record, it's not only unbearably hot there. During the winter it gets quite cold at night; 60+ degree temperature swings in a 24-hour period were not all that unusual. Plus if you're one of those lucky people (like me) whose equipment needed to be on top of a big hill for peak performance (pun intended), you also got the warm & cozy feeling of being buffeted by 50+ mph winds on a regular basis (pro tip: you're going to piss all over your pants anyway, so don't waste time freezing your dick off trying to avoid it). Oh, and you forgot one definite downside to the NTC, at least if you're single: the male:female ratio among single soldiers is ridiculously lopsided (like, legitimately 50:1 when I was there). And since the closest "town" is Barstow and, well, the typical woman there was not exactly a "10" (not even on the beer scale), you're probably going to do most of your "dating" online. Did I mention that I was stationed there before the internet really existed? That said, the stories I got from my time at Irwin are worth all the blood, sweat, and crumpled-up kleenex I left there. I pulled a 4-wheel drift in a Humvee, spent a night on a hilltop listening to A-10s doing gun runs a couple ridges over, made a colonel cry on his own command channel (he was BLUFOR, I was doing my job), not only got to see an SR-71 fly over the post at supersonic speed but also got to _see_ the shock wave rippling through the atmosphere, grilled hot dogs on a whip antenna using nothing more than a multi-million dollar electronic jammer, finagled a tour of the Goldstone Deep Space Tracking Center (which borders the post), and soooooooo much more. For the reasons you mentioned, I couldn't wait to leave Ft. Irwin, but looking back now it was by far the best experience I had during my time in the Army.

[@charlesmichaelschmitt6412]

If you are a cook, or feuler yes lots of work, unless you got called out for garrisen rock laying, land scaping, hands accross shit😢 I did my share but I did more work even in Iraq 2003 as an NCO!

[@BirdDogey1]

Barstow...where fat chicks move to get fatter.

[@niccarnot4113]

Infantry at Irwin in the late 80s early 90's, back when it was a Soviet cold war deal. Out every rotation. And Coldstone (Goldstone) trench training in alternating sleet and snow - never trust that weather lady. Only MOSs that could live in the barracks with infantry were our mechanics. They were tough bastards and we needed them. Anybody else... no. MPs wouldn't come in without our brass escorting them. Good times.

[@michaelmedina8974]

Ft. Irwin was the BEST Duty assignment I ever had in the U. S. Army! Being in OPFOR was a great experience and an eye opener for the BLUFOR! Love that Training!

[@mc-xw8nz]

I have question. My mos is 91B and planning to go Ft. Irwin and u think that's a good idea?

[@oscaramaya6343]

Following

[@DobermanMom70]

@@mc-xw8nzhey did you end up at Ft Irwin??? My son is in BCT right now and I’m hoping he gets Ft Irwin…It’s close to home. His mos is also 91B!! I have been told nobody likes or wants to go there, but my son wants to go there.

[@duglife2230]

Fayetteville has always been rough apparently. I remember hearing stories that the paratroopers training at Bragg during the WWII era got into trouble on account of this plenty of times. One of the commanding officers of the 82nd Airborne Division during the war was quoted as saying (and I am paraphrasing a little bit); "If they fight in Africa like they fought in Fayetteville, we'll have this war won very soon."

[@texasblues46]

I was an MP (503rd MP Bn) stationed at Bragg for 14 months 1966-67. Pulled a lot of town patrol in Fayetteville and it was pretty rough most nights back then. I enjoyed being stationed there. Ft. Polk and Ft. Gordon were absolute dumps.

[@alan7761]

@@texasblues46 How was your experience as an MP would you recommend it? I want to enlist for Allied Trades Specialist(91e) in the Army as I am already a proficient welder but am curious of other backup plans. (I only scored a 67 on the asvab though.)

[@texasblues46]

@@alan7761 Being an Army MP at Ft. Bragg and the Dominican Republic was a good experience, but that was 1966-67, many years ago. Based on my experiences 55-56 years ago I would recommend becoming an MP and maybe looking at getting into CID. I never worked in CID but I had friends that did and they told me that they liked it and it and said it was better than pulling patrol. However, having said all that, the world and the Army are entirely different animals today than they were in my time so do some investigating. Funny, I was a welder when I got drafted. The first week at Ft. Polk they asked what I preferred to do and where I preferred to be stationed. I answered welder stationed in Germany. They sent me to MP school in Georgia and upon graduation I was sent to the 218th MP Co. in Santo Domingo, DR. Go figure. Good luck at what ever you choose.

[@Unkle_Mike]

A couple of notes about Fort Drum: -Delayed reporting and snow days actually are a thing. -Get used to below zero temperatures from Jan-Feb -If you're single, I hope you have a car because you won't a nice woman near post -Fort Drum has some of the best facilities that I've seen throughout the Army -Fort Drum is NOT close to NYC (5 hour trip) -Get a passport before you PCS to Drum. Canada is an hour away. -If you're not from the Midwest, get used to lake-effect snow

[@Its_Esoteric]

MCGrath gym is the nicest gym I have ever been to in my life. Military or civilian.

[@Guitarnivore]

I spent 5 years there and it was only about 2.5 hours from my home town in the Adirondacks. If you're an outdoorsy person, Drum is a great place to go to hunt and fish, but you have to know the right people and places to do so. If you don't have a car, you're pretty much stuck on or close to post. Niagara falls as he mentioned is also a good drive away. I'm sure a ton has changed since I was last there in 2005, but if the cold and snow is the worst thing about Drum, then it's a pretty nice place to be stationed. Running in snow storms and your eyelashes icing up, trying to find a parking spot on post before the lots and roads have been plowed was never fun. But yeah, Winter and July. That about sums it up.

[@Unkle_Mike]

@@Its_Esoteric I forgot the name of the other gym. I believe it was Atkins Functional Fitness Center. Anyway, I loved Atkins but McGrath was also an awesome gym. I just remembered Ft. Drum also has Monti gym, which is also a nice facility.

[@Unkle_Mike]

@@Guitarnivore Agree 100 percent with your post.

[@AnkhEmFentu]

I was TDY once at Fort Drum, we had to go to Watertown to have a good time. Most of the women there was BIG! Some of the fellas referred to them as "Water-Buffaloes"

[@Jim-re3sr]

I was Air Force stationed at Homestead Fla just south of Miami. We had our own marina and went fishing and Scuba diving in the keys. Us flyboys had the good life

[@Mariachikids00004]

“It only really has two seasons: Winter and July.” Hmm lol Edit: I only pointed that out cause I thought it was funny. I’m not trying to make fun of Mr. Chaos, I truly love his content.

[@dinestygamer8857]

I mean it kinda is true (even though it is pretty nice right now)

[@zacharyjones256]

@@dinestygamer8857 when it hit 90 the other day it blew my mind, it was great

[@dinestygamer8857]

@@zacharyjones256 sammeeeee

[@scottsaunder702]

@@dinestygamer8857 the civilian around ft drum are a lot more friendly than around most posts and crime is kinda low

[@Flintlock1972]

I am from that area and never got stationed there, go figure. But did PLDC there in February and was a reservist in the 90s from Oswego NY. Worst part of Fort Drum is not the cold but the damn punkies, little gnat type flys in May and June in the field. Only place I had to wear a bug net over my face in order not to eat my weight in bugs every day. But, after leaving 25th ID at Scholfield I dropped my 2 mile run from a 13 to a flat 12 minutes. Loved running there. Even on the ice and snow packed roads. And hunting on my camp on Tug hill. Only Fort Lewis can compare to the hunting and fishing of Watertown and surrounding areas.

[@davidchamberlain5146]

White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico....the WSMR Zone in the middle of the high desert. 25 miles from Las Crusas NM in one direction. 45 miles from El Paso/Ft Bliss in the other direction. About 3k to 4k assigned personnel. The primary mission was to secure the middle of no where to make sure no one was hurt when the test rocket/missile hit the ground.

[@CC-8891]

I was at bliss for four years. It was so horrible!.

[@bradleyheck7204]

FOR SCIENCE!

[@christelcombs4005]

My Husbands last duty station before retirement we were at Fort Polk, He loved it, He was stationed at JRTC the main place in S-3, He was in charge of setting up the AAR reporting films. We came from Fort Benning. But going fishing at Toledo bend to going South of Lake Charles to go crabbing, throw cast nets for shrimp, or going down to Cameron to fish off the big piers, We loved it. I am originally from up near Shreveport in Texas so I was used to the heat. The only thing we did not like was we lived in Leesville and we should have moved to DeRidder when we got there

[@cdr861532]

Where at in Texas? I was born just over from Shreveport, in Atlanta and went to college in Texarkana!

[@gamrenchantment]

I was stationed at Fort Polk with 2ACR. It lives up to the "armpit of the army" for the location.

[@Fix_Bayonets]

Polk is not the Armpit, its the crotch!

[@anthony2002able]

Toujours pret I was with them in Germany it's rough man

[@mr_n_luvs69nieman82]

I was at Polk from Jan 84 until my PCS in June of 86 we called it Ft Puke

[@skildude]

@@Fix_Bayonets theres a reason everyone calls it ft puke.

[@peterderiemer3854]

BUT YOU WERE CAV!!!

[@markrandall3747]

I joined in 75, Fort Polk was known as little Vietnam. Most of the Vietnam Infantry training went on there. There was also a large Ex-Pat Vietnamese population.

[@josephburke7224]

A-2-1, North Fort. August to October 75. OSUT. We called it Fort Puke, Deseaseville, Lousyanna.

[@craigthegamer9514]

I would agree with Polk. Being in a 91B unit we were stationed there to support an infantry unit coming out of the field and we had to service all their vehicles coming out of the field. The barracks, dfac and motorpool they had us in were awful. The bathroom was really run down and pretty nasty. Our commander said that the toilets were still clogged with previous remnants of something.

[@89Ayten]

Drum isn't exactly "near" Niagara Falls or anywhere in Canada you'd want to visit if you don't have at least 8 hours to drive.

[@smoke301]

its only 30min from Canada

[@jonathanboucher9500]

Its 3 hours from Montréal And 2 hours from Ottawa...

[@jaharifleming8923]

And Syracuse like a hour away

[@lonanderson5740]

Kingston is a half hour away

[@justinburns4149]

syracuse is ok big on college activities/bars, toronto you need a 4 day pass to go to same with niagra falls, kingston bout thirty mins just another college town in canada. And the closest watertown is a crack city with very stuck at home old people possibly racist and has nothing to do there since the last existing club was shut down...

[@keithsloan2657]

Although I didn’t stay in the Army long enough to have PCS to multiple duty stations, I like the list because of my own experiences and also what soldiers who were stationed at other units had told me over the years. Also, the distance between Barstow and Irwin is 36 or 37 miles. One of the most dangerous roads in the US on the way to Irwin from Barstow. Hundreds of white crosses alongside the narrow road. One gate. One way on the post, one way off it.

[@grandmakelly6419]

y brother was stationed at Ft. Irwin and on the day I drove out to see his workplace there was a soldier's death due a car wreck on the road. y brother was there about 6 years and said deaths were common. Its a boring straight road and going too fast is easy especially if you are a young person.

[@niccarnot4113]

I staggered in for PT from LA on a regular basis (young grunt with a hot piece 'o tail in LA), and yeah, those ' installed' depressions on the shoulder of the road woke me more then once. Stupid. But I was a young grunt, what can I say.

[@RRay-jq3ip]

Stationed at Ft. Polk when i came back from Nam. I ran the Commo Shop in North Fort across the street from the weapons pool. Good Times

[@zanzhin1561]

I was at Ft. Bragg in 2/325 INF (ABN) from 1971-73 (with a brief hop to Vietnam on a rapid deployment in '72). Fayetteville was hopping with Hay Street bars and hookers, Combat Alley by the bus station, and frigging tons of jarheads coming up from Cam Lejeune every payday weekend.

[@gigachad6980]

Let’s Go!

[@chipbaker2025]

My last duty station was drum, and it's the reason I retired. Most of my soldiers weren't stationed on the fort, but in many of the small towns that the Army had built housing. Very little unit cohesion. Bus transportation was provided, but at ungodly hours. Wives could get a bus ride once a week to the commissary and PX. These towns had little or no after hours action. Many of the older people in Watertown and the surrounding area still hate the Army because they closed the base after WWII. Sorry assed command structure. 1989 1990

[@ethangregg702]

🎉

[@ahill209]

One reason the locals hated the Army was the Reserve and National Guard units training at Camp Drum. Before they activated 10th Mountain, units would arrive at Camp Drum and it would be an endless drunk party. The 10th Mountain commanding general put an end to most of that, but there were still pockets of organized crime - especially in the 42d Infantry Division where theft was so bad, they'd make us active duty guys as well as the itinerant personnel take off our rain parkas before entering the PX. When 10th Mountain started deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, they would let loose soldiers off-post with PTSD and that wasn't a good way to integrate them back into the real world.

[@11bravo86]

Worst four years spent in Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. It was like having cabin fever but surrounded by ocean water. Best time spent at Ft. Carson 4th ID.

[@hughsonj]

I was at Drum for over 2 years. We had 2 snow days in that time. Our NCOs still made us clear the snow off of our assigned vehicle in the motorpool, so we ended up working a half day in reality.

[@jamesfair4315]

I've been to Ft Campbell, Lee Bks and Coleman Bks in Mannheim, Germany. Schofield Bks and Ft Shafter, Hawaii, Ft Carson, Co, Ft Dix, NJ.

[@seneca4670]

Currently at fort irwin. Don’t have much else going on in life rn so I LOVE going out every month on rotation.

[@johnf.kennedy7339]

If you don’t like cold weather, the absolute extreme weather installation is Minot AFB, North Dakota. Worse than Ft. Drum weather-wise.

[@MegaBestoffer]

11 years in the army and i can tell you for a fact that there are no "best" or "worst" duty stations. What matters is your mentality and the leadership you have in whatever duty station you are. If your unit sucks, it will not matter if you are stationed in disney world you will still be miserable. Just left fort polk and hands down it is the best duty station i've been to date. The unit i was in was family friendly. They trained hard and played hard as well. Most importantly, communication flowed well. Life was predictable which enabled you to have a battle rhythm. Now i'm in fort hood. God help me. The leadership here is just terrible. Everything is practically last minute.

[@craigevans3878]

The unit and leadership will make or break a duty station. I was stationed at Polk, after I left Lewis, for almost 5 years. Honestly, enjoyed being at Polk much more. When I tell people I actually liked Polk, I give them the same answers that you described. Unit was family friendly, leadership looked out for you, place was small enough that you know a lot of the people so getting things done wasn’t that hard, JRTC rotations only lasted like two weeks, we trained hard but after that, the unit didn’t take it’s self to serious. 3-89 CAV 12-17

[@MegaBestoffer]

@@craigevans3878 bless you.

[@mglenn7092]

There ya go. Since Fort Polk became the JRTC I don’t have a huge problem believing that Fort Polk isn’t so bad if you’re permanent party, but if you’re rotating through for training, it absolutely effing sucks. Also, really don’t see why we go to a goddamned swamp for final train-up before deploying to Iraq - a desert wasteland. (did that in January 2004).

[@MegaBestoffer]

@@MS-pg3mv Let's put it this way. We have a death rate of one soldier per month now. No. It's not getting better. I do my very best to call my former soldiers and battle buddies not to come here. From the Commanding General all the way down to SGTs should all be relieved. It's that bad.

[@Asfgijcdyjjno]

Fort Hood is the same place that makes soldiers cut grass during a hail storm. It is ALSO the same place where a 48 hour AER process turns into 9 business days (just for someone to sift through your request and never call you back).

[@jamespeterson4465]

I was stationed at Ft Polk with the 5th ID. Heat, bugs, snakes and sad civilian communities. Fishing was ok, as was hunting. The armpit of the army.

[@Icyyellowsandroutes8823]

Lots of crawfish and hot potatoes, and me learning just how pissed off of a person I really was. (I was a kid). Never knew my Dad was at the worst of the worst before this video. I'm 34 lol

[@cptkettch]

My wife was stationed at Ft. Bragg for 6 years, if you are not airborne you're nothing and it is hard to get promoted again the fore mentioned airborne bias, she hated it. The post itself is pretty nice, housing wasn't too bad, two PX's and Commissary's made things convenient. Fayetteville had settled down quite a bit when we lived there so wasn't too bad.

[@IffyEdem]

I have a coworker that advises me to go airborne, because he is airborne and was 82nd, and he states that at ft brag almost everyone is airborne, and you’ll stick out like a sore thumb if you don’t have airborne.

[@Alieriskitti]

⁠​⁠​⁠​I think there’s four PX now, the community pool is sorta busy, and the bowling alley is usually busy. But the base feels so hallow to me. My spouse is an 88M and has his wings due to being colonel’s driver for a year. He’s only an E4 and working for E5 before we PCS to Vicenza. However the majority of people in his battalion don’t have their wings. So they sorta give him the side eye. He can’t tell if it’s out of curiosity or just judgement. But he busted his balls for it. I can agree with you, it is hard for them to rank up without getting their points and staying on top of it. Plus the worry of passing PB (they have to know that NCO creed AND their random questions.) We’ve got friends who have been hardstuck E2 or E3. Only one of them intentionally deranked so he could reclass to avoid Korea. It’s complicated for sure. But it’s all about their drive to make the extra mile for that promo.

[@wtfbuddy1]

As an Ex Canadian soldier with 36 years I've been to all 5 plus many more in the States. you should try an come to Petawawa, wonderful place with pizza delivery in the field lol.

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

You've actually been to all five places talked about in this video?

[@cliffthompson4004]

I was in JMTG-Ukraine with the 27 BCT worked with JTF OP-Unifier 4 (2017-2018) with the RCME guys from Petawawa I need to come up and check it out.

[@bruss529]

Back in the day there were some units in little tiny burgs in the middle of nowhere. Thinking of Bad Hershfeld and Bad Kissingen, made Fulda look like a big city. Those were 2 rough posts.

[@bradleyheck7204]

You could take a nekkid Bad with German girls in those places if you played your cards right! Best way to learn idomatic German ever!

[@micahthezilla9432]

I'm from Alexandria and got stationed at Fort Polk. First couple years wasn't so bad but, after some leadership changes, it just went downhill from there. Then when I was trying to PCS and this COVID bs happened, it literally felt like prison.

[@nyccolejones706]

Funnily enough during my last winter in Drum the new DIV Commander closed the base a few times. A surprise to me. Also why do people assume they can drive in blizzard conditions, then look at me real stupid when their "4WD" didn't stop them from sliding into a ditch.

[@AnkhEmFentu]

Nothing can prevent you from sliding on slick ice!

[@alanparker7012]

My duty station in the army was Garmisch West Germany in the winter as a ski patrolman for AFRC Europe (Armed Forces Recreation Center). My mos was 95B.

[@liviervilla6045]

So your "duty uniform" was a ski outfit? Being from Colorado, after skiing on the Zugspitze and meeting a U.S. Army ski patrolman, I tried to get transferred into your unit, but my CO said I was needed in K-Town. Even there, Germany was great. I was 43E1P at that time.

[@robertarnold7944]

I joined the army November 1963 in Nashville, Tn.Traveled by train along with about 100 guys, all the way to fort Polk. The trip took 4 days. When to basic and AIT, when to Ft Benning to jump school , then to Ft Bragg. The next 13 years back and forth from Vietnam and Germany. Always thought I would retire in NC. I finally came to the realize that nobody was going to pay me to put barb wire around a city. So I switched MOS, becoming an Air Traffic Controller. When I got ready to retire (1984) I was station in Korea. I took terminal leave and when home to AR. Since I was on terminal leave they ask me where I wanted to process out. I told them Ft Polk. Wife and I drove there, I process out, we went to New Orleans.

[@robertgilbert4291]

I am a Army Engineer (Combat Engineer, Topo Engineer, and Civil Engineer) and was in the Army for over 32 years. One thing a lot of soldiers don't know about Engineers, is their career path, which can put them into Corps of Engineer Districts and Division (mostly civilian organizations). So, for military posts in states within the US, I was stationed at: Ft Bliss, Ft Benning, Ft Belvoir, Ft Hood, Schofield Barracks, Ft Shafter, Ft Meade, Ft McPherson, and the Pentagon. Of those posts, I liked Ft Hood. I was with the 17th Engrs/2AD from 1977 to 1981. Ft Hood was very active with multiple field exercises throughout the year, with at least one a month, and deployments to Germany for REFORGER. As a soldier with a family, we enjoyed the area and ability to go to lakes, and many great towns/cities in the area. Most of all, we had a great command and great soldiers.

[@RUforrealsJosh]

That sounds good. I hope it’s the same since it’s been a few decades

[@robertgilbert4291]

@@RUforrealsJosh Unfortunately, the 2nd Armor Division was deactivated a few years ago and the 17th Engineers was deactivated also.

[@EnigmaEnginseer]

@@robertgilbert4291 Did you enjoy your time as a 12B? I’m thinking about making a potential career out of it.

[@kenfrievalt7826]

What about fort Leonard wood

[@joshua891]

I agree with Ft. Drum being one of the worst. Spent seven years there and post only closed once and delayed a handful of times. I'm from Wisconsin so the snow and cold never bothered me. Leadership was horrendous and limited things to do unless you hunting and fishing. Rarely did they authorize that you could to Canada and even if they did, you would have to sit through a security briefing that wad only held on Fridays at the main building hall.

[@fcl1998]

In the Army's infinite wisdom, I was taught German, then sent to Hood. I then had the added pleasure of going to Irwin for training.....in the Winter. I wondered why we were issued parkas. The most miserable three weeks of my Army career.

[@scott8411]

Did you know El Paso has been named safest city in America a couple times?

[@drewnielson6472]

I did

[@charlesfoutch1132]

makes on wonder if he knows what he is talking about. My daughter lives in Horizon City. The Veterans Hospital does suck.

[@armynurseboy]

I'd rather be at Bliss (which I rather enjoyed) than Polk, Leonard Wood, Bragg, Benning, Riley, Drum, etc......

[@philhamlett2223]

The worst duty station I ever had was Ft Devins, MA. 88-89. The city police would sit outside the main gate and tail gate any vehicle with out of state plates to try to get you to do something they could give you a ticket for.

[@bradleyheck7204]

Massholes!

[@mariewalker9466]

My ex was stationed at Fort Polk before we met, he had nothing good to say about it or the nearby town of Leesville

[@Glittersword]

Right, that was the town's name. I must have blocked it out.

[@dennisholiday1868]

Who was at Polk and remember going to The Casino in Leesvile?You had to have at least two buddies to go in that place and you hope that was enough!

[@Funshine99]

Oh I do not blame him. I lived near it my whole life. I lived between alexandria and leesville and I avoided Leesville like the plauge.

[@Jermaine11423]

Fort Riley is by far the most depressing place i have ever been to in my entire life. Suicide and ASAP rates are consistently among the highest in the Army... The figures are so bad that they literally stopped publishing them. Talk to a chaplain and you will quickly find out the statistics. In July of 2020 we had 10+ off duty related deaths in 1 month. Thats more people dying in garrison than in combat... Modern civilization is practically non existent and any major city that matters is a 2 hour drive in every direction. As i type this I am literally blessed to still have my life because many times i have questioned if it was worth it to keep going in this place. It has reached a point where i would rather be back in Afghanistan than to be here... Whoever is reading this please avoid Fort Riley, this is where careers go to die...

[@ashtondenzer1036]

welp that’s my first duty station.

[@beatrice123ful]

@@goguma2008 I’m station there, I’m black and I don’t hate asian

[@lifeandpsychology450]

Shit….

[@austinfiles5835]

Well fuck I’m pcs to 1st id feb 😩🤣

[@mahalko5820]

I remember when I first week Im there, Me and my Buddy talked to 1sgt to Volunteer Asap to go to Iraq, rather than to stay in Ft Riley. They told us to wait then after a year we got deployed to Iraq. Ft Riley Is really a lonely Place.

[@liamcrawford9861]

@Christopher Chaos, 'Sup man. I'm currently serving in the Army at Fort Riley KS and is also my 1st duty station. I've been serving there off and on for about 3 years now and I actually really enjoy it there. For the most part, I've had a great experience there. I like the fishing, the volunteer opportunities, the beautiful nature/landscape, and I like the division itself. I'm a big history buff and that's why I'm proud that we were both apart of the 1st ID. I get that you didn't like it there and I know plenty of soldiers who also dislike it at Riley. I'm not offended because I'm open to all points of view and it does depend on experiences like you said. Your YT videos are great and I thank you for your service brother.

[@scottpatterson8719]

Right on I’m on fort Riley I’m not in the army but my son is and I love the fishing and the people in junction city are super nice.

[@therongperson]

Did a 2 week AT at Twentynine Palms when I was in the Marine Reserves. 13 days and a wake up too long.

[@Ruck.Norris]

You have a smartphone. Thats why they call yall "Hollywood Marines" lol. Jk. But damn I wish we had access to the outside world when I was training.

[@Sturm01]

Rah

[@yattaj]

I was stationed at Drum in the mid 90’s. It was a doozy. One winter in 1 snowfall it snowed like 40 inches. There was a tunnel of snow walking out the barracks. We were delayed, but still did PT in the motor pool. Lots of snow, slush, and ice running on lesser snow days. When I 1st arrived and was getting my gear, they gave me white BDU’s. I said, “I think you made a mistake!” Supply Sgt laughed and said, no son, check it off. It’s on your sheet. That’s when I knew. Ton of field time there. SAPPERS FORWARD!!!

[@tomgray4282]

The only two duty stations I had were Fort Polk and Fort Riley. I was drafted in May 1969 and did basic and AIT infantry training at Fort Polk, La. At that time, they still used the old WWII two story unairconditioned wooden barracks. After six months training at Fort Polk, I was sent to Fort Riley Kansas (Custer Hill) for the rest of my stint in the Army. At that time, the Army kept a backup infantry brigade in place because of the cold war.

[@richamison4834]

I really enjoyed Ft Polk for several reasons. 1. Hunting 2. Fishing 3. Lots of family within 3 hours drive. Basically, the only time I was on Ft Polk was to work or shop at the commissary. Other than that I was in the woods, on the water, visiting family, or coaching my girls sports teams.

[@anthonyhernandez3645]

Well I definitely think you got your number one pick right. I was stationed at Fort Polk for almost a decade back in the early 90's when you had to have a GT score above 100 to pcs state side. My ticket out was Korea and they still sent me back to Fort Polk. Finally before I got out in 2002 they offered me Hawaii but I turned it down and got out. I did go back in the Army after serving with the Texas National guard and finished up my time in the Army. But Fort Polk grew on me, you take advantage of the culture and festivals like in Shreveport with the crawfish festival and of course New Orleans which was about 4 hours away was great. First two years there sucked! No car! I'm from San Antonio Texas.

[@mikecarver8770]

I was stationed at Ft. Richardson Ak. it is way to cold. Temps at 40 to 50 below I have seen wind temps at 120 below. In the winter you have to plug up your car so the oil won't freeze. I was at Ft. Carson and I loved it was able to get out and see the area.

[@Bowhunter-ky3ez]

Dugway proving Grounds Utah. Bio Chemical test area. Closest town 50 miles. Salt lake is about 100 miles. What you do for fun ? Hunt Jack rabbits, or side hill goucher. The Jack o lope.

[@gcopter1963]

Oh boy, Dugway comes creeping back...I was there in 82 or 83, can't remember too long ago. Anyways. I was deployed there as an exercise, originally from Ft. Riley. I distinctly remember being told not to venture into the housing area lest we wanted to get shot by DOD Police protecting the "top secret" chemists living there:p

[@pappykappy8683]

im really surprised that ft sill wasn't even mentioned!

[@TaraHower]

Husband had basic here and said it was basically a prison

[@bigamemphis10]

Never ever ever never ever ever ever never never ever never want to go back to Sill!!!

[@justanothergrunt9053]

did basic and then AIT in that shiiiiiiit. Never again.

[@ethanyang6223]

Be going there next month....

[@giangonzalez2113]

Did basic and currently in ait here. I’m ready to LEAVE! 😂😂😂

[@bobsellman82]

In El Paso I saw for the first time a sign similar to a “deer crossing” sign only it had figures of a man, woman, and child on it. It was on I10 in an area that was close to the border and the barrio. I spent 3 years at Ft Bliss. It was easy to find great Tex-mex food or a superior steak though. I was assigned to the Air Defense school as an instructor. Nice job.

[@warrenbays4539]

First to Fire, Strike Fear 2/44 ADA

[@andrewselking7702]

Ft. Riley was my least favorite duty station. I changed my MOS so I could get the hell out of there.

[@mikedunham8481]

Stationed at Ft. Riley 69/70 with 24th Inf.

[@calfaro530]

@Mr. Clinton Killdepstein Junction City was definitely interesting, from what I can remember 🍻 I was a 13 Bravo with the 2nd and 32nd. Big Red 1!!

[@mglenn7092]

Fort Riley was a special kind of suck in the late 80s. For that, I’m Surprised it was only an honorable mention instead of top of the list. No mission too stupid, no sacrifice is worth it, duty worst. Big dead one. Went back there for a couple years starting round 2012 as a gov’t civilian after retiring from the Army - have to admit it’s so much better now, the improvement in the base and in Junction City is mind-boggling if you knew what it was like before, and the Big Red One has become a much better unit than it used to be. For that, maybe it deserves its escape from the top five.

[@thomasgomez7516]

I was stationed in Baumholder, Germany. Loved it. I was also stationed in Ft. Campbell, Ky, Fort. Bliss and Fort. Irwin. Let me tell you, none of these stations were bad. The units and the leadership is what made it bad. I had some good and bad leadership in my 12 years in the Army. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

[@tagaarado6449]

When I was stationed in Baumholder, the commissary was only open 4 times a week. For a kaserne with almost a division size, that’s pitiful. You always have to go Ramstein or K-town for better stuffs and procrastinate how bad the Army and how good the Air Force got it. And on your way back to Baumholder, where the rest of Germany is sunny, as soon as you take the Autobahn exit in Freisen, it’s gloomy, raining or foggy. I swear, I thought Baumholder has its own dedicated weather. Only in Baumholder you’d experience 4 seasons in one day.

[@nickjacobs686]

What did you like about Fort Bliss?

[@dylan-yr4yi]

you cant tell me knox isnt bad its the most boring place ever lol but the post itself isnt the worst its a pretty neat place with all the old building

[@KingOfBattle119]

El Paso straight up sucks. For a city with 1 million in population, there is nothing to do there. The people are the most rude/anti military of any post I've been to.

[@YankeeDave75B2O]

@@tagaarado6449 I spent 2 years in Baumholder with the 92nd MPs. I hated that our Friday PT, was running in PTs and boots with our rucksacks! The weight of your rucksack, was based upon your body weight! Needless to say, running with 75# on your back, up and down those damn hills sucked!

[@Egad]

I'll say it. I was at Ft Polk from 89-91 when it was 5th ID and I loved it there. My favorite duty station by far. There was a lot of great places to go to on the weekends, great fishing with an MWR spot at Toledo Bend, Lake Charles, Houston. Lots of good food everywhere too. I've heard it sucks now as JRTC, but it was great back in the day if you were an outdoors person or liked exploring a bit.

[@terrygarner4739]

I was there from 77-79, 5th ID, I thought it was a good place. I fished a lot, and the food was great.