Top 5 most requested Army duty stations

[@christopherchaos]

What would be your #1 choice for a duty station and why?

[@futnucks]

Fort Hood for sure. It really is "The Great Place". Sure, some stuff happens there, but it's really not bad at all. There are pretty much endless places in relatively close proximity to do anything you want. The post itself has a lot to do as well compared to some others. Near by places that offer so much: Belton, Temple, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and a ton of good hunting and fishing all over the state. Oh, and Marble Falls is just a beautiful place. There's not a lot to do there, it's a small town, but just really nice.

[@R_L_Joker]

Ft Irwin was my favorite and first duty station.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Graf and Ft Lewis again

[@timt2268]

Fort Campbell. Close to Nashville with four seasons. Great outdoor activities.

[@timt2268]

Ha, almost correct why it was in Ky. The post office is half a block in Kentucky with a Kentucky zip code. I did spend 5 years in the 101st.

[@tommyt8998]

When I was in the Army in 1968, Fort Polk was considered a hellhole where you went for Infantry AIT before being an 11B in Vietnam!

[@Brees1986]

Hasn’t changed…

[@donaldsink8115]

My brother was there the year before. He was on his way to Vietnam and this was AIT. While there he said people returning from Vietnam guys claimed this place was actually worse than being in country except for someone shooting at them. I personally went to Fort Leonard Wood basic base 1970 for me and Fort Carson which for me was a good base to at.

[@Jacob-he1lg]

Ft. Polk (Johnson) is by far the worst US Army Instillation in the US, but I’ve never been to Ft. Irwin. There is absolutely nothing worth seeing within a 3 hour (or more) drive of that place. I only had a couple TDYs there and absolutely hated it . I could not imagine being stationed there.

[@4catsnow]

Lot of young men caught up in government subsidized lunacy,,on an industrial level....We signed out at Ft Benning in '70...6 of us lined up at a table with a warrant officer, getting our paperwork.. guy at the head of the line turned around to us and said.. "Holy shit,,, we're still breathin'.....that was a VERY good day....

[@incognito638]

Folk Polk is horrible

[@vegasmarine23]

My life as an Army Brat gave me chances to live on many Army bases around the world. When the joint forces were stationed at Albuquerque,NM, went Air Force, my dad was asked what his dream duty station was. Schofield barracks Hawaii. 1972-75. Fun, right? As a former Marine, I loved S.Korea and Okinawa Japan, and of course Little Creek Virginia.😎🤙

[@carlmartin9656]

I guess Hawaii was not on the list because of the high cost of living there? Schofield Barracks would be my choice. I hate cold and snow. loool

[@christopherchaos]

It was further down on the list at 8. While it's cool to be in Hawaii I think alot of people prefer to be able to drive home when on vacation rather than always having to book a flight.

[@wardaddy6595]

Schofield Barracks was my last duty station b4 getting out. I loved it, but that red dirt never comes out of your field gear!

[@johnslyfield5096]

Hawaii Alaska and all international bases are places a new soldier cannot choose as their initial duty station. They can still do dream sheets but they can’t say “i want to do infantry and guaranteed assignment in Germany” for instance

[@RobSch-en5uc]

A lot of time if you can get someone to switch it's possible.

[@dallascorpio]

Get your Jungle there.

[@samrester6254]

Favorite duty was West Berlin. Best duty station and my second wasn't even close.

[@oldtop4682]

I tried like heck to get that assignment. Folks who don't know, don't understand why folks would choose it, but those who DO know.....

[@TheBlackhorse1954]

Did 3 tours at JBLM. It was easily the best base in the Army in the 80's/90's. My first duty station was Ft. Carson. Didn't mind it, but I spent 8 to 9 months a year in the field, 6/32 Armor. It was my first duty station and the only reason I reenlisted was to get out of there. I actually retired rather than go to Ft. Campbell and back into airborne status.

[@carlslovinski3224]

I’m was raised in Michigan and Indiana! I loved my 7 years at Ft. Bliss. When I was there I was able to walk with my family into Mexico. I’ve heard that’s changed though.😊

[@ericg1149]

They built up Bliss, and the quilty of living is great. New barracks, housing, parks, gyms, pools, exchanges, etc. Plus, El Paso is large enough and has a variety of nightlife, restaurants, UTEP, Outdoors stuff do to.

[@MaureenSeng]

I did basic and AIT at Fort Polk, April to August 1972. Peace treaty stopped me from departing for Vietnam. Fort Polk weather alone is like feeling you're in Hell

[@jasonlmathews]

Okay ... Retired Army here, Armor. 4 of the 5 areas you mentioned are the WORSE spots to be assigned. Ft Hood, #1 are you kidding me?! They might as well re-named it Ft. Field Prom off to NTC! It's hot, it's sandy. Yea the CAV (I'll have to wash my mouth out now) is there. Germany is the BEST place to go! Korea can be fun I went there 2x in my career and the 2nd time was AWESOME!

[@kayp4601]

I loved Fort Bliss. When I was stationed at Fort Bliss Juarez was off-limits.

[@heavymetalsuperhero]

Still is today. I’m stationed at bliss currently

[@davebender8901]

Did my PLDC at Bliss! Land Nav at Biggs sucked! 103 degrees the day we did it! Had a lizard run out from under a bush... Scared the crap out of me, as we had been warned about snakes!

[@bruceottenberg373]

My father was stationed there in about 1980. Juarez was probably a monthly visit.

[@melvinnott6843]

I was at Ft. Polk and Ft. Irwin, not sure the Army liked me that much too place me in both of those places.

[@timothyday8565]

I did 5 years at each one. I asked for Irwin and was told to go to Polk.

[@tompetty5482]

Imagine going from Ft Shafter, HI to Ft Irwin, CA. And in Jan 1981 before Ft Iwin was activated. What a wake up call that was.

[@timothyday8565]

Mother of God

[@ericg1149]

The green weenie Fd you good 😂

[@Ideo7Z]

Someone in PERSCOM hated you.

[@dallascorpio]

Remember you do have full time National Guard and Reserve too. After active duty consider that if you don't want to move around much.

[@DarthMayers]

I like the first Cav patch, very iconic patch Vietnam war. Huey choppers 😎

[@kennethstone1033]

I was stationed at ft. Hood and ft. Campbell in the 90s i loved ft. Campbell the most awesome video Christopher.

[@LeanSippaX2]

JBLM isn’t bad but the traffic sucks, very expensive here. The weather here is kind of crazy the rain season sucks specially while in the field. Housing is crazy but other than that it’s bad me personally I’m counting down the days till I PCS

[@mortsims]

i spent about 10 years at ft sill one month.

[@TayTayGrace03]

My ideal location is Fort Humphreys in SK 😊 I've always wanted to go there

[@christopherchaos]

The hard part about that is if you get sent to Korea then you don't get to pick where in Korea. They just send you where you are needed. South of Seoul is normally the better locations and north of Seoul are typically the locations people don't like as much.

[@captainjok572]

Fort Polk is definitely the most requesting duty station.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

Me being Army Airborne,naturally Fort Bragg,NC was my best duty station, All the way!🪂 It will always be Fort Bragg!! ( cancel culture can take their Fort Liberty & suck it.) My worst duty station was Fort Lewis, Washington.

[@larrydraper2118]

Great video! I think when I enlisted in 1983 I put Hawaii as my first pick, ended up going to Weisbaden, Germany. Got to see Europe through ITT tours! PCS'd back to Ft Hood as Airborne Pathfinder in 6th Cav, great duty assignment, excellent unit, had alot of fun! Had I stayed in I wanted to go to Ft Benning as a black hat at the airborne school, ETS'd in 1987 and came back to Pa. where I still live. Didn't regret going in the Army one bit!!

[@judelekamge4177]

Hey. I am from Sri Lanka. Can you donate a US Army boots in size 10. Please 🙏

[@nelskrogh3238]

Times have changed. I never even came close to getting an assignment on my wish list. Posts mentioned are not bad.

[@thill51290]

I leave June 2nd and I got Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

[@AustinKaylor]

U goofed up boy

[@AustinKaylor]

I leave July 8 for fort carson

[@thill51290]

@@AustinKaylor a lot of people I’ve talked to said they really liked it but from what I get it’s kind of a hit or miss.

[@thylacinepunic5582]

Have fun with JPMRC 😂

[@alexanderwaite9403]

JBLM only #5? WTF? I spent 7 years there, great location. Sorry Bliss SUCKS and Hood is even worse.

[@Xtremeproducts]

Fort Carson was my #1 choice and I got it in 2019. Leadership was the reason I left the Army. Leadership that took over when I got there was just as toxic as the old leadership.

[@cschoat]

Ft Polk. So bad the Army just shrugged and gave it a more anatomically correct name, Johnson. Truth in advertising, the big green weenie finally gets a name it deserves.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

I was at Ft. Carson after Germany in 1988 and I hated it because I had so much fun in Europe and I was still only 18. We couldn't go to bars or clubs to meet chicks and Colorado Springs was a small town feel even though it was a city. Denver wasn't so fun even though it was away from Carson, state side was lame. I finally got my 4187 approved and went to Panama and I had fun their and being a Paratrooper and it was a single mans paradise.

[@CarlGlassmeyer-jj5qw]

The wind never stops blowing at Ft.Bliss. there is a real safety problem off base with illegals. The base is nice and the exchanges and commissary are relatively new and clean.

[@casca7649]

I did SCHOFIELD & BERLIN BRIGADE two of the best duty station in the army

[@rickwoodmeister2088]

I did too and I agree. 1997-2000 and 1977-1980.

[@therealaustinpowers1967]

I was stationed at JBLM and it was my only duty station. with that said, I really enjoyed my time there. There was really a lot of stuff to do in the surrounding area of the base.

[@Aaron14LifeZZZ]

A bunch of Career Skills Programs as well

[@psychmr2365]

Fort Bliss is underrated. The Mexican border there, perfect place to find a senorita, girls who ‘s mind has not been twisted by woke ideology. Stay away from the area frequented by Americans, but you’ll need to learn some spanish words. Also, fishing is unparalleled with the Rio teaming with musky and trout.

[@jamesvandemark2086]

As I could read & speak German, the Army sent me on my way to Bavaria(And a very good unit)!

[@derrickwilliams1902]

The best duty station that I have been to is Fort Huachuca Arizona, but you have to be in an MOS that's needed there. There's no combat arms there as far as I know. I was stationed at Fort Bliss before all of the build up, it was pretty good, but if you wanted to leave the area you had a drive ahead of you. San Antonio was 8 hours away, Dallas was 10 hours away, Tucson was almost 5 hours away, and San Diego was 10.5 hours away. The closest place was Las Cruces (48 min) and there was nothing going on there.

[@SavagexRaccoon]

Done with basic and done with airborne/jump school and headed to Camp Ederle in Italy with the 173rd Airborne I hope my Spanish can help learn Italian but anything to get out of the states 😅

[@KrakenNate]

My cousins currently stationed at jblm he says its mainly outdoors, if i get the chance when i enlist jblm will definitely be on my dream sheet And yeah to add to fort bliss,as a mexican i have to say juarez is definitely not for tourists, it has one of the larger crime rates and not safe at all even for the locals

[@justwelin5082]

can I choose an oversea's base as my first duty station?

[@allen5985]

Yes. I got to choose my duty station and got Hawaii and Germany as some of my options. I ended up choosing Hawaii to stay in the states

[@owen33333]

Korea!

[@justwelin5082]

Wow cool thanks guys

[@butalina]

Ft Bliss was Horrible.... Ft Lewis was beautiful, great Salmon Fishing FT Shafter Honolulu Hawaii was AMAZING.

[@Diditin81]

I was in 2nd Batt at Lewis in the early 80's and it was great. Carson has always been popular. Hawaii and Germany from all accounts were nice.

[@trentonblyberg4883]

as far as mexico goes for fort bliss, soldiers are not allowed to even go to juarez, they still do but theyre not supposed to

[@nemesysxr0163]

They probably do with a permission 🤔

[@checkdown3774]

I was watching seals train and the teacher was yelling at students asking if they were quitting the exercise. Isn't that a bit of hypocrisy due to the fact that you quit the Iraq exercise?

[@JamesDavis-jo9tk]

May I suggest doing a video on the Army’s smallest bases and camps such as Camp Merrill in Dahlonega GA. That would be my pick for a duty station because of its small area and between training cycles it’s really super quiet.

[@Andrewprez777]

I should have chose Italy, Germany or Korea. I chose Ft. Hood and got it. It was cool but I wish I would have lived in a foreign country. Hawaii was also on my dream sheet but I heard it was boring there.

[@johnjamison6082]

If I had not joined the USMC, I would have loved to have been stationed at JBLM. I grew up in eastern Pierce County WA, about 20 miles from JBLM.

[@laurelcosten1012]

1) Fort Cavazos (formerly Hood), Texas 2) Fort Campbell, Kentucky 3). Fort Carson, Colorado 4). Fort Bliss, Texas 5). Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington

[@ricardosegarrairizarry8396]

Soldiers are not allowed to go to Juarez while stationed at Bliss.

[@JosephAcfalle-vg5kx]

I am surprised that Hawaii is not on the list.

[@christopherchaos]

It's in the top 10 but not the top 5.

[@bryanjarratt7277]

If i join later (im in hs) i either want to be stationed at either fort Johnsons (i was born there) or on the base in Alaska

[@attheworktable]

i was stationed at Ft. Cartoon - I hate the snow. There were 3 blizzards while I was there for 9 years! However I loved Ft. Campbell, it was my first duty station. 1/187th Inf. Whooah!

[@Kononiah]

leader! ⛩

[@samrester6254]

Rakkasan! 2 of my uncles rolled through there in the late 70s and early 80s. I was in 'Five Oh Deuce' a bit later.

[@jthavorn]

I feel like #1 is a big time troll cause that can’t be true.

[@137NorthAve]

It must have changed signifcantly since the 70s.

[@deborahconca1914]

@@137NorthAve What hasen't Pat?

[@SkaterGod510]

Ft. Benning (Infantry, Airborne, Ranger) Ft. Lewis (Ranger/SF), Ft. Campbell (Air Assault), Ft. Bragg (SF)

[@heavymetalsuperhero]

I legit joined the army to get out of Texas and they sent me right back. I was supposed to go to Riley but they changed my orders to Bliss

[@utopiaOKC]

Lol my homie joined the Air Force and they put him in the CITY hes from😂😂😂 i dont think he minded that much, because he has an actual family, but still. Wild.

[@BayonetRed]

In the 90s, the most most requested was Ft Lewis WA, I concur, it's a nice place. If you love the outdoors, it's a great place. The women are very liberal... very liberal😈 so liberal I went there twice.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

It was nice with the women approaching first.

[@BayonetRed]

@@lelandgaunt9985 very true

[@Blix-Tha-Epic-TM4L]

Fort bliss gets snow from time to time. Winters are cold as heck.

[@kerry-j4m]

I was stationed at Bliss while in the army in 2000 and it was a very small post then,then in 2008 I was doing a train-up to deploy to Iraq with a Texas Guard unit at Bliss and it was getting much bigger than when I was stationed there.They added a Sgt Majors Academy,an aviation brigade was also added,new housing for married soldiers too.

[@Blix-Tha-Epic-TM4L]

@@kerry-j4m Bliss was my 1st duty station in 2003. I was in 5/52 ADA, 11TH imperial bde. 507th maintenance company.

[@davebender8901]

Was at Huachuca 99-03. We got 4 inches of snow, the night Bush beat Gore... It was gone before noon!

[@davebender8901]

@@kerry-j4m Sgt Major Acadamy was there before `99. Was at Huachuca then, and had a former 1SG attending when I got there.

[@Jacob-he1lg]

I’m in the Air Force and landed in El Paso (Ft. Bliss) one night in a terrible blizzard. It blew my mind, didn’t think it snowed that far south…but it does.

[@meadowcanmusictime7615]

Yeah so I’m at fort bliss about to reclass (I’m a 19k)I’ll let you know. Area, if you like city and desert. You will love it. How ever if you have a family… that is a different story. Short and simple. If you are in 2nd brigade. Be prepared to spend little to no time with family. The op tempo is very high. Expect to go to the field for an accumulation of 3-4 months out of the whole year. And then expect to go on a rotation for at least 7 to 9 months every other year. PT is 6:30 am to 7:30. And your work day will end at 17:00 Monday - Friday. Yes. Most of those days you will be in a COF (company over family) or an office waiting… for what? No one knows. Fridays people will tell you release is at 15:00… maybe the battalion releases at that time, but most companies do not. So be prepared… btw this installation has the highest suicide rate. 2nd brigade makes up most of those deaths. Also, it has the highest divorce rate of any other ARMY installation. It also has the lowest retention rating in the army. Sorry if I don’t have a lot of good things to say. But people have to know the truth.

[@tracker1171]

Fort Benning / Fort Moore is my number 1

[@nemesysxr0163]

I’m thinking about joining Army Active Duty and have a Bachelor’s degree, at first I was considering reserves but seems to be a pain in the ass (travel and so) thus AD seems a better option given that I’m single with no kids. If I request Bliss, what are the odds of getting it? Any catch? How much will I be there?

[@Ideo7Z]

I wanted Lewis or Carson when I was in if I couldn't stay in Germany. I liked the weather and the surrounding towns and cities were nice. Instead got Korea and Ft Polk. This was when Korea was still considered a rice paddied 3rd World place outside of Seoul. But it was still more civilized than Leesville. God I hated Ft Polk.

[@sandovalperry2895]

You’re right about not basing your choice on the current post commander. I worked for an incompetent new general in a staff position. Fortunately I had orders for graduate school, saved. Signing into my new assignment after school my wife showed me the post paper with the announcement of the new post commander. Within the year her command was such a disaster she was reassigned and the assignment was really enjoyable.

[@RobSch-en5uc]

They all stink , Schofield barracks was my 1 but I Ended up in Camp Humphreys/Edwards then Hamilton/Monmouth/MOTBY Bayonne.Ft Sam was good too

[@davidsmeltz3426]

Finished my career at JBLM, it is not as great as they say. Hawaii and Germany were significantly better, as was Sam Houston.

[@niknack666]

I was stationed there when it was still Fort Hood The Local Cops out there are NO fans of the military. Found that one out the hard way. Although there were a couple things I enjoyed bout being there but yea no never again. Last stages of the career was JBLM yep been there done that got the t shirt. Traffic around JBLM just is garbage come end of day.

[@JayS96Bruh]

Since these are the most requested I’m assuming they’re almost some of the most difficult to get into? Or if you do well in AIT would these still be achievable?

[@terryderush2657]

Put FORT POLK name back. Too it's original name. FJB and the Democrat Jackass party 😜 🥳

[@williamhatmaker2202]

I grew up in Arizona and going over to Mexico was a great place to go years ago but I wouldn't go there anymore it's too dangerous best medicine to stay away from the Mexican border towns

[@Tony-zg5wm]

I know fort Polk my dad army medic specialist was base their 😊an my home state

[@HandsomeRagz]

Bragg not being on here is a crime

[@georgeacun3619]

Ft Liberty?

[@tropicsm3584]

Nah fr tho base ain’t bad at all ! Hour drive from Raleigh , 2 hour drive from the beach can’t get any better

[@jhavalcain9339]

im assuming these duty stations are requested cause they are from or live near these duty stations

[@dennisholiday1868]

Who in their rabbit ass mind would ever go back to Fort Polk or what they call it now?

[@stevejorgensen5274]

I enlisted st 17. 11B and ft campbell. Went to ft polk for basic, 11B ait and tigherland. Then off to airborne school. Then back to polk to toe school. Then I joined another group. Never made it to campbell. Spent time at several different army, navy and sirforce bases. Been to jungles is several countries. Had an absolute blast for the most part. Loosing team members was mot fun. The guys I trained and opperated with over rode any bad place.

[@golfery5119]

How were you able to go to navy and air force bases as army infantry?

[@stevejorgensen5274]

@@golfery5119 for specialized training.

[@GG-to7qi]

Your narration is WAY too wordy. Say things once, not three or four times.

[@coryglueckert1665]

schofield barracks was nice but being in hawaii is expensive.

[@Watermelon11B]

Yo, people are just out here requesting to get stationed at Hood 😂 there’s no way

[@NaturalStateDepths]

I'm shocked Hood is #1 from all the controversy it has.

[@carlslovinski3224]

Ft. Cavasas/Hood was the worst duty station in my 25 years!!

[@minhn2888]

Ft Detrick 🙌🏿 I was at ft Lewis, base was good but hated Washington. Too expensive, too much traffic, too many homeless. Wok in wok out was good though

[@Big_Tuck_Enterprises]

Been to bliss been to Stewart and been to Campbell! Campbell is like 5hrs from my house and my cousin was station there for a hot minute attached to the 101st

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

surprised Germany is not on the list. I was not in the army but I had a friend who I grew up with that years ago was assigned to an army unit that operated out of Ramstein Airforce Base had the chance to visit him in 2009 when I took a two week vacation to Europe so we got to meet up and hung out over a three day weekend in Germany and France got to meet his future wife . Had a blast btw German beer makes American beer taste like pig swill. Sorry but its true.

[@Waffles-bw6gi]

I go to fort Moore on October 2nd, I'm super excited

[@mannyhernandez6507]

Go to Germany or Korea first. I only went to Afghanistan, Iraq over and over. I was always jealous of the troops stationed in Germany. Italy was a closed second.

[@heavymetalsuperhero]

I just finished rotation in Germany. So beautiful over there

[@dennisholiday1868]

​@@heavymetalsuperheroTalk to the people who was in West Germany about 50 Years ago and they will tell you that was a different place depending where you was stationed at!

[@HerbanMagi]

Not a fan of Fort Carson, leaving soon and I can’t wait!

[@bdr6232]

Good video, When I was in 87 to 97 before the bases changed their names, I wíll still call them by that name Fort Hood etc.

[@Watermelon11B]

I’m stationed at Campbell and I’m stabilizing

[@edmondnadeau8180]

As a Tx Veteran Army, who's maternal ancestors fought under Gen Hood's command, I refuse to recognize the name change. I'm the son of retired Air Force Vietnam vet, I was born on Mather AFB. His only brother is retired Vietnam & Desert Storm Army veteran ( chopper pilot). Of my father's family, five members served in WWII, my Great Uncle Donald gave his life to freedom in Italy, 1944. My mother's 3 brothers are/were retired from the US Army. 7 great uncles served in WWII & Korea. My G. Uncle Ray had half his face burned by white phosphorus grenade explosion in Korea. He called the burn his sacrifice to freedom, also did reenactments of "Phantom of the Opera" spot on. His twin sister's husband, my G. Uncle Nix was a WWII member of the 101st Airborne. Mom's family is the Scottish Abernathy clan of Tx, tracing it's ancestors back to Robert ney Abernathy. P.O.W. Scottish army, fighting for King James 1 against Oliver Cromwell at the battle of Bennington 1651. He was sold by Cromwell orders as an indentured agricultural servant and shipped to the Virginia colony in the same year. My plan for today? Hmmm, Memorial day! I'm going to Veterans Cemetery, visit my Mom and Dad's & Uncle Jerry graves.

[@silverhammer7779]

Interesting that you show Ft. Polk (now Ft. Johnson) in the thumbnail. In the opening monologue in the film, "Patton" (1970), Patton, played by George C. Scott, makes reference to "...shoveling sh*t in Louisiana," he was referring to Camp Polk, as it was in WWII. Ol' Blood 'n' Guts got it right. BTW - Louisiana natives still refer to it as Ft. Polk, and screw the PC name change.

[@andrewjohnson9947]

Army Brat and retired Army, so a lot of time around different posts. For combat arms duty stations, my top 5 are Germany, Italy, JBER, Bliss, and Hood (or whatever they are calling it now). For all posts, Germany, Italy, JBER, Huachuca, Bliss. Gordon and Hood would be runners up. Bottom of the lists are Stewart, Benning, Polk....

[@TormentDubz]

Ft. Leavenworth or Ft. Bliss. Doing ROTC ECP soon.

[@cbm2156]

Hard to fathom what modern day soldiers consider good duty stations since they are alien to soldiers of my day. I was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, MO in 1962 for training for about 4-5 months, and then shipped overseas for 18 months before returning to spend my last year of my enlistment at Fort Campbell, KY. I liked Fort Campbell because it was like a small town. Very quiet and peaceful outside of my military duties, but my best duty station was in Ankara Turkey for 18 months. Duty was good there and I wanted to extend for 12 months and be discharged after i returned from there. The guy I replaced did that. I had it approved,, but the new Commander that came in about two months before my 18 months was up vetoed me staying on for another year. His only reason he gave me was he thought American Soldiers should not stay away from home too long in a country like Turkey. I was given the choice of going to Germany for one year or returning to the US. In a weak moment I decided to return to the US. But it worked out.

[@geraldmantanona6116]

I’ve been stationed at both Fort Campbell and Fort Hood (now Cavazos), they are great places. But I don’t see how they could exclude Schofield barracks in Hawaii, Vicenza, Italy along with Wiesbaden, Germany. Those three places are awesome. 👍🏾🇺🇸

[@joeschmidt4858]

I joined in 1977 first duty station 2/502inf Ft Campbell then schofield bks Hawaii 1/27inf then Fulda germany 1/11th ACR , also spent time at camp Page korea subic bay phillipines and several more off the wall places , worst duty station is ft hood how do I know i live here grew up here and worked on post for 15 years

[@Eaa-jz2wj]

I spent all my time in Germany overseas . It was fun and very interesting from a cultural prospective. It was different we lived in old WW2 barracks .big or smaller rooms .3 stories showers down the hallway. It had a couple of washers on each floor. Sounds kind of Spartan but was not that bad we had a day room TV another with a pool table. Cq desk and Commanders and 1st seargeants office . And that was about it some really weird stuff late at night it was a old German officers barracks . definitely some paranormal type stuff going on late at night. It was still pretty cool steam heat for the barracks and rooms. It was a different experience living in a building like that. Was in the mid 80s.

[@davidfritz830]

So all these bases are on Option 19, which is given to certain MOSs, basically it’s a list of 9-10 bases and it’s 100% that you’ll go there after AIT. So based on those 9-10 bases, those are the top 5… Stewart, Drum and Polk are on option 19 as well. Can’t remember the full list of bases

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

I recently just sign a new contract to reenlist in the army in my old MOS. I was given a choice of duty station between Fort Hood, Texas and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. I choose Fort Campbell as I have not heard good things about Fort Hood.

[@harlanabraham7772]

Was stationed at Fort Hood. Didn't like it. Very hot and humid there. Did like being stationed at Fort Leonard Wood. Thought it was nice. The Bastards of Bastogne. Why did they change the name of Fort Hood? Was stationed at Fort Hood. Didn't like it much. Fort Hood was very large. Part of the Fort is restricted. Didn't like being at Fort Hood. Did like being in the Third Infantry Division at Wurzburg.

[@BrianShiba-lm7jq]

Yeah I assumed 25th old have been listed because..HAWAII🤭close to a large city for access to nightlife and women.🤗 outdoor activities and such plus the warm climate. But I guess I was wrong.🤷🏼‍♂️

[@orochioffire]

I’m stationed at Fort Hood/Cavazos right now and to be honest I “Hate this Place.” Yes a play on words from it being called the great place. It isn’t. Been here for almost three years now and it has gotten worse with each passing year. Some people will say that it is the place that will kill your career in the Army and I have to agree. I have really considered getting out of the Army because of this place. Soldiers are nothing more than a number to the units here regardless of your MOS. And they will use and abuse you as much as they can. And they wonder why no one wants to stay in when they get stationed here.

[@rustyturner431]

Don't know about the Army...but i did 26 years in the Marine Corps. And a MAJOR consideration when ranking assignments was always the cost of living in that area. Military pay is much better than it once was, but still lags behind civilian wages. Some installations in high-cost regions can put a very real stress on your lifestyle and budget. Having a bunch of great local amenities you can't afford is not an appealing scenario.

[@markjf131]

For the continental 48 states, Hood and Bliss were at the bottom along with Sill, Leonard Wood and Polk when I was serving in the late 70s and early 80s. Eustis, Hunter AAF, Carson and Lewis were usually most requested from what I can remember that long ago.

[@oldguy445]

Did temporary duty at Fort Bliss in the 1990s. They can have it. Too hot. Warnings were posted not to leave items in cars because of theft. Had no desire to visit Juarez. My first duty station was Germany. If I was enlisting again, I would choose an overseas duty station.

[@loocius47]

When I Joined In '79, They Gave Me The Choice Of Ft Lewis, Polk or Hood. I Chose Ft Hood (2AD). With Ft Lewis, All I Could See Was Cold And Snow. Ft Polk, Swamps Came Mind. So Ft Hood Won By Elimination.